Example sentences of "[vb -s] to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time South Africa has admitted it possessed nuclear weapons , though the United States government suggested as long ago as 1979 that Pretoria might possess an atom bomb after a satellite detected two nuclear-like flashes over Antarctic waters to the south of Cape Town . |
| 2 | He makes explicit what is perhaps implicit in Taskopruzade , namely that Molla Yegan was from the province of Aydin , and adds to the sentence about his becoming muderris at certain medreses in Bursa the fact that this was through the agency of Molla Fenari . |
| 3 | Its subtleness in so few words adds to the cleverness of it showing how perceptive he was . |
| 4 | But that only adds to the wonder of the story that God took a willing young woman and poured into her his grace and love . |
| 5 | TIP : When choosing a hair cut , avoid any thinning or razoring techniques as this only adds to the problem by making the hair lighter in weight and so ever more flyaway . |
| 6 | This chelation adds to the binding between the growing methyl methacrylate chains , increasing both grafting and the crosslink density of the final acrylic-dentine composite layer . |
| 7 | There is chemical pollution discharged into rivers from factories and chemical plants , which clogs up the rivers with toxic substances and adds to the filth in the seas . |
| 8 | His is just one example of the new enterprises supplying fish to shops or restaurants that cut out Billingsgate market ; for they also cut out the 25 per cent or so that trading through the market adds to the cost of fish . |
| 9 | It adds to the cost of the farmer 's inputs . |
| 10 | It adds to the cost of dividends and so to the cost of raising capital from shareholders . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman would do well to recall that the policies of so many Labour authorities leaving properties empty and voids untreated which significantly adds to the level of homelessness ; until those Labour authorities operate properly with their housing resources , they will not make inroads into the housing problem . |
| 12 | When our locals assessed success story , the Nissan Plant , sells less cars , it 's an economic threat and could become an economic disaster , when the plant sells more cars , it adds to the increase in number of cars on the roads which represents a pollution threat and contributes to a pollution disaster , let alone traffic problems of course . |
| 13 | The vast arched glass ceiling adds to the sense of space and grandure . |
| 14 | Dynamic Link Library support is intended to reduce development time for robust client-server applications , enabling users to interface MS-DOS tools with Top End 's remote client services , and adds to the support for MS-DOS , Windows and Unix remote clients . |
| 15 | This delays the appointment and adds to the work of the appointing authority . |
| 16 | A music group adds to the variety of music used in worship and it may help a congregation to experiment and explore new possibilities . |
| 17 | Commissioned work adds to the variety of the Centre 's projects . |
| 18 | Inner London has less than a third of the level of nursing home provision of England as a whole and this adds to the blocking of acute beds in hospitals . |
| 19 | It all adds to the character of the aircraft . |
| 20 | The provisos and conditions that Ryan adds to the Principle in order to rule out such possibilities are as clumsy and ad hoc as the questions that they aim to answer , at least to the non-logician . |
| 21 | The large proportion of women employed in nursing increases the importance of occupational health services , for invariably the nurse will be shouldering responsibilities for others which adds to the likelihood of pressures outside work . |
| 22 | What adds to the fragmentation of policy is that these organizations represent so many different definitions of ‘ Europe ’ . |
| 23 | All this adds to the difficulty of bereavement service organizers in reaching out to those who may be most in need of the care that can be offered . |
| 24 | But the greater birthweight variability within monozygous twins merely adds to the difficulty of distinguishing between the effects of genes and early environment , and is a further reason for distrusting estimates of heritability derived from twin studies . |
| 25 | It also adds to the objectivity of research if information gathered from several independent sources points to the same conclusion . |
| 26 | A bonus disk is available when you register the package which adds to the range of educational themes available from this first class author . |
| 27 | What television , on the other hand , adds to the history of novelistic discourse , its definitive contribution , is a particular development of the interrupted and interruptable narrative , a narrative form built on the principle of interruption and therefore organizing expectation and attention in the short segments which will soften the disruption of being interrupted . |
| 28 | The Guitar Guru 's Guide tells us Levin made archtops and a cutaway model ; the Ultimate Guitar Book only adds to the enigma by adding nothing new . |
| 29 | This small act of courtesy is always appreciated and certainly adds to the prestige of the newly-elected councillor in conforming to custom . |
| 30 | One can either directly estimate the value of all the final goods and services ( a variant would be to estimate what every branch of production adds to the value of the goods it uses as raw materials ) . |