Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sealstones and frescoes often depict cult scenes ; stone vessels were often intended for cult use ; the finest faience figurines were idols ; the metal and clay figurines and miniature double-axes were intended as offerings to deities ; the recurring marine motif on the pottery and in frescoes may have had a cult association with the worship of Poseidon . |
| 2 | One can assume that the leaders of the Revolt were eliminated , removing the upper levels of tribal society , and also that the lands and possessions of the tribes would have been seized by the state to be retained as agerpublicus , sold off to speculators or given as rewards to loyalists . |
| 3 | At the same time , politicians were increasingly pressed for answers to problems against which the measured , patrician tones of the lay administrator seemed amateur and outdated . |
| 4 | These are not entirely satisfactory as they are simply crude adaptations of the basic forms in which a specification is substituted for references to bills of quantities . |
| 5 | Jo 's hair was towel dried and put into sections , the mixture was then applied from roots to ends whilst it was still warm . |
| 6 | On the same day Richard Gough was transferred from Spurs to Rangers for £1.5 million . |
| 7 | Arab traders exploited the winds of the Indian Ocean to knit together the Persian Gulf , the coast of east Africa and the Malabar coast of south India , where goods could be transferred from dhows to junks bound for Canton . |
| 8 | Surplus of PmRMPc has been transferred from consumers to producers and total surplus has fallen to ARMPc . |
| 9 | The Jay Committee reported in 1979 and recommended that nursing staff working with the mentally handicapped should be replaced by holders of a new social work qualification , that numbers of staff should be doubled and care transferred from hospitals to homes . |
| 10 | If the ostriches were indeed infected with BSE by this route , it would be the first recorded case of the disease being transmitted from cattle to birds [ see Eds passim ] . |
| 11 | Chomsky has claimed that the principles underlying the structure of language are so specific and so highly articulated that they must be regarded as being biologically determined ; that is , as constituting part of what we call " human nature " and as being genetically transmitted from parents to children . |
| 12 | Peter Parker does his best for Ackerley , praises his work — minor , but with an odd verve — and tries to bring out the more endearing sides to his nature revealed in letters to friends . |
| 13 | These messages , it is widely believed , can give information about the future , the remote past or things taking place in distant parts of the world ; at a more down-to-earth level , psychologists and especially psychoanalysts think that analysis of dreams can reveal details of a person 's mental state , and have concocted numerous systems relating objects or events seen in dreams to aspects of the human psyche . |
| 14 | The Government 's desire to assist charities is seen in concessions to individuals , such as Gift Aid , payroll giving and covenants , but the Chairman remarked that it makes no sense if the Institution has to hand the money back , and more through Value Added Tax . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make provisions comparable to those made to haemophiliacs to non-haemophiliacs infected with HIV as a result of national health service blood or tissue transfers . |
| 16 | The more I researched , the more I realised that I was missing the dog that did n't bark — and that was all the stuff that was being done by women to men , that nobody wanted to talk about . |
| 17 | They record dues owed by peasants to landlords ; and they are snapshots of particular points in time . |
| 18 | In trying to regulate insider dealing within conglomerates by means of a Chinese Wall , obligations owed by conglomerates to customers may need to be modified . |
| 19 | Several people wearing masks connected by tubes to cylinders strapped to their backs pulled levers and inspected moving parts of the machine . |
| 20 | Inland Revenue Statement of Practice , SP 4/86 , extends the spirit of this section to cover payments made by employers to employees for periods of attendance on a full-time educational course , including a ‘ sandwich ’ course at a university , technical college or similar educational establishment . |
| 21 | We shall distinguish attributions as external when made by members of the dominant society to the deeds of members of the microsociety , and as internal when attributions are made by members to deeds of their own or of other members of the microsociety to which they belong . |
| 22 | Nonetheless any differences in some aspect of the responses made by subjects to stimuli presented in left and right visual fields may plausibly be attributed , in the absence of more compelling alternative explanations , to differences of one kind or another between left and right cerebral hemispheres , at least where a visual field effect clearly over-rides the effect of stimulus-response compatibility factors ( e.g. Anzola , Bertolini , Buchtel and Rizzolatti , 1977 ) and/or procedures to counterbalance the effect of the responding hand are incorporated into the experimental design . |
| 23 | Visits made by inspectors to schools have been praised by school personnel in many instances for the value of the advice , recognition of good practice and the consequent professional support given . |
| 24 | Usury was forbidden among Jews but was not forbidden in loans made by Jews to foreigners . |
| 25 | This will not always be used as visits to departments or ward rounds may form part of the programme . |
| 26 | A variety of tempers were used as additives to clays ; whether the choice was conscious or not has yet to be studied , although it has already been observed that the same clay was used with different tempers in certain places . |
| 27 | Also , polymeric ( whole protein based ) diets , when used as adjuncts to steroids , are well tolerated in active Crohn 's disease . |
| 28 | Of the $1.7 billion shifted from losers to gainers in workouts , senior creditors gave up $1.3 billion . |
| 29 | Most other cases of severe hepatic injury associated with NSAIDs have occurred within weeks to months of starting treatment . |
| 30 | The policy would see at least 80 per cent of school budgets handed from councils to headteachers , who would then allocate them in consultation with parents on the school boards . |