Example sentences of "in a [noun] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Inner London Education Authority , in a circular to schools , says that the computers on offer to primary schools are ‘ in many respects inadequate ’ . |
| 2 | The profit attributable to ordinary shareholders amounted to 524 million which , after dividends of 237 million , resulted in a transfer to reserves of 287 million . |
| 3 | We found in a questionaire to buyers last year that the Almanac topped the charts as the item that most surpassed their expectations . |
| 4 | In a response to questions from the House of Commons select committee on energy the UK government stated on Nov. 24 that it was not yet fully committed to cutting the use of fossil fuel by 20 per cent ( as agreed at the Toronto conference in 1988 — see p. 36784 ) , on the grounds that this was an " arbitrary " figure , which was picked " without scientific evidence " . |
| 5 | However , in a warning to looters Iraqi television broadcast on Aug. 16 pictures of an executed Iraqi officer hanging above his looted booty in Kuwait City . |
| 6 | Chen said in a message to employees that the Eau Claire , Wisconsin company had designed and tested a prototype of what would be the world 's fastest supercomputer , and industry executives familiar with the project separately told Reuter that the prototype appeared to be a viable machine with a solid architecture . |
| 7 | In a reference to reforms in other communist-led states , President Aristides Maria Pereira told the council at its Feb. 13-17 meeting , held in Praia ( the capital ) , that Cape Verde could not be " indifferent to current changes in the world " . |
| 8 | In a reference to events of the late seventeenth century he asked , " What are the names of the two most foolish kings of Poland ? |
| 9 | In a letter to Companies House , the Institute points out that the different filing regimes would complicate matters . |
| 10 | In a letter to shareholders Rowland said : ‘ Believe me , it is only my age which occasions this . ’ |
| 11 | In a letter to shareholders , chairman and chief executive Stephen Levy outlined how the company had responded — senior management positions have been consolidated , staff had been reduced by around 300 and the company is pinning its hopes on , among other things , its Emerald Asynchronous Transfer Mode switch . |
| 12 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 13 | In a letter to parishioners in the Diocesan newsletter , Michael Baughen said : ‘ When the result of the vote is declared many will give thanks and many will be distressed . |
| 14 | In a letter to magistrates at Wetherby , West Yorks , he said he was rushing to a speaking date when stopped in a 50mph zone on the A1 . |
| 15 | In a letter to members , the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association warns against schemes ‘ with no guarantee of adequate resources ; which may blur the process of professional development with the identification of alleged weaknesses for disciplinary purposes ; and which may be used as a crude and inequitable process for relating salary rates to arbitrarily judged levels of performance ’ . |
| 16 | In a letter to members of the Lilley Group Retirement Benefits Plan , Allan Martin , a director of Hymans Robertson Trustees , which was recently appointed by the receiver as an independent trustee of the plan , said its assets were totally separate from the assets of Lilley plc . |
| 17 | The changes in the system were disclosed in a letter to employees of National Power , one of the two big generating companies being created in the sell-off , from its chairman , Lord Marshall . |
| 18 | In a letter to employees George thanked everyone for their understanding and sympathy which he said would help him and his family cope with the terrible tragedy . |
| 19 | Mr Stan Eldon , chairman of the organising committee for the wheelchair event , said in a letter to competitors : ‘ At no time must you overtake these escorting motorcycles . |
| 20 | He then opened discussions with Universal , a company in which he had taken a 25 per cent stake back in 1935 , whereby Rank 's smaller films would be packaged with the pictures of an independent US production company , and sold in a block to exhibitors . |
| 21 | And another witness , who had been in the car park , said in a statement to police that he had not seen the policeman check underneath his car before getting . |
| 22 | In a statement to police Mr Burn had explained how he had tried to calm Mr Pollard down . |
| 23 | In a statement to police , the man said : ‘ I felt my neck . |
| 24 | Land might also be vested in a feoffee to uses ( i.e. trustee ) or managed by an attorney . |
| 25 | De Valois reiterated that thought when she said in a lecture to teachers ( 1947 ) : ‘ Classical dance requires an ordered , balanced form in which a calm spaciousness of movement animates the dancers . |
| 26 | As de Valois said in a lecture to teachers : ‘ It is better to have a rule to break than no rule at all if chaos is not to reign in the class-room or on the stage . ’ |
| 27 | In other words they usually , ‘ dance classically from their feet to the waist and above that are free to express themselves as people of more definite behaviour , work , play and age ’ ( de Valois in a lecture to teachers , 1947 ) . |
| 28 | County planning officer , Dave Bown , explained in a report to councillors that supplies of construction material to the Aberystwyth area come from Hendre Quarry , Ystrad Meurig and Glan Rhyd Ty Noeth , near Capel Bangor , but Glan Rhyd Ty Noeth is almost exhausted . |
| 29 | In a report to councillors , he says that the trustees should have served notice on the county council last December if they wanted to exercise the option to continue for another 21 years at the nominal £1 a year rent for the village hall . |
| 30 | The gloomy prediction is made by Mr Clive Owen , chief executive of Darlington borough council , in a report to councillors on Tuesday . |