Example sentences of "or [noun] [to-vb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A high cut-off score is necessary since achieving it is taken to indicate mastery of a particular domain , or readiness to proceed to the next level of learning . |
| 2 | Thus , every three years or so , a strident siren echoed across the Dantesque landscape of Winnington to signal the moment for everyone within eye- or ear-shot to retire to a safe distance and to watch the plant reduce itself to a concrete skeleton . |
| 3 | For hanging ties and belts , you can buy specialist racks or rails to attach to the wall or the back of the wardrobe doors , shoe racks can be placed in the bottom of the wardrobe and , if the exteriors of the doors are not mirrored , you might want to fit mirrors to the inside . |
| 4 | There were no set hours , no union to look after their interests and they were lucky to get out on a Saturday or Sunday to go to the chapel , or on certain special occasions to the cinema . |
| 5 | And while British viewers do n't have to live in Salford or Walthamstow to relate to the problems faced by characters in Coronation Street or EastEnders , few have the terms of reference to identify with the mythical world of Eldorado . |
| 6 | Once you have obtained some professional advice on weight training you can obtain small weights ( such as hand weights ) quite cheaply for use at home ( if you do not have the time or inclination to travel to a gym to exercise ) . |
| 7 | In any case , few men or women had sufficient time or energy after long hours of farm labouring or housework to devote to a garden or allotment . |
| 8 | This enables a liquidator or administrator to apply to the court where , within two years before insolvency , the vendor has given preferential treatment to creditors . |
| 9 | In any case a company formed under the Companies Act has a considerable power of altering the objects stated in the Memorandum of Association which is signed by its first members at the formation of the company , subject to the power of the holders of fifteen per cent of its shares or debentures to apply to the court to cancel an alteration . |
| 10 | At the Olympic Games in Barcelona this year , the spectacle of the 100 metres will provide an almost sadistically tremulous thrill for the spectator , a perfect metaphor for those hidden seconds when one 's own life was changed by the failure or ability to rise to a demanding moment of crisis . |