Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the very same day as its official launch , three environmental groups — Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment — presented their own solution to the waste dilemma . |
| 2 | Briefly she wondered whether he 'd already drunk himself into oblivion and was lying in a paralytic stupor on the hearthrug while saucepans boiled dry on the stove and vegetables burned to a crisp . |
| 3 | The party 's general secretary , Achille Occhetto , acknowledged the failure of communist policies in 1989 , and said that the new name represented " the two great ideas that define the fundamental alliance of the forces of renovation in the world " , while its new emblem , an oak tree with the hammer and sickle reduced to a small detail beneath it , combined a representation of the history of the workers ' movement with " our duty to live in a relationship with nature " . |
| 4 | After the presentation of trophies the Scottish Amicable teams and supporters retired to a local hostelry for a victory and re-union celebration . |
| 5 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 6 | PREVIOUSLY uncatchable fish are being suckered into grabbing baits and flies attached to a new ‘ invisible ’ line . |
| 7 | Rowntree 's Smarties verdict small box and packaging kept to a minimum , good value eighty three pence per hundred grams ! |
| 8 | The 51 dairy cows and heifers sold to a top price of £1,430 , £1,310 and £1,230 all for calved Friesians . |
| 9 | ‘ Last coupla days there 's been a couple having grub and stuff delivered to a room in the Regal Arms . |
| 10 | The latter is concerned with the duties and rights attached to a particular job title . |
| 11 | Poly(A) + RNA ( 1 m g ) was mixed with oligo ( dT ) 12- 18 ( 0.5 µg ) and water added to a total volume of 11 µl . |
| 12 | Tickets , likely to cost £1 , will go on sale by 1994 in shops and booths linked to a state-of-the-art computer which will be used to draw the winning numbers . |
| 13 | So how do students feel when the likes of Gary Lineker , Bryan Robson , Nigel Kennedy and Lenny Henry are handed honorary degrees by their universities while they 're swotting in some squat with all the comfort and respect afforded to a New Age Traveller ? |
| 14 | As skirts shortened , so heels rose and toes narrowed to a point . |
| 15 | Yet again , is the price of having such a distinction doctors who are afraid to act and patients condemned to a lingering death ? |
| 16 | The control which state and interests together could exert over society and economy contributed to a uniquely low level of class conflict for much of the twentieth century so ensuring a political stability that reached a head over the period 19455 . |
| 17 | Almost 300 bullocks stores and beef sold to a top price of £945 and to £171.72 per 100kg for a 290kg Simmental selling at £498 . |
| 18 | It was reported in October 1991 that 73-year-old Orton was subjected to a special regime known as ‘ cell punishment ’ — forced to squat on the floor with arm and leg-irons chained to a metal rod behind his knees for up two days and nights . |
| 19 | WE WOULD like to thank Stephen Yip and all the staff at KIND for the care and consideration shown to a colleague of ours during her recent difficulties . |
| 20 | The people 's committees connoted a manifestation of profound discontent against deprivation and oppression : high rents , interest rates , large grain collections , the exactions and interventions of landowners and police contributed to a spontaneous revolutionary environment . |
| 21 | In most situations it is advisable that the research project be given a ‘ low profile ’ , with the actual work of data-gathering and analysis confined to a small group of four or five suitably qualified people . |
| 22 | After roots ( and a winter fallow ) , instead of barley I prefer to grow a dredge mixture of oats , barley , rye , and peas undersown to a herbal ley to be fed on the straw to young cattle in early winter . |
| 23 | This now emerged in lectures and papers given to a variety of audiences , including doctors , teachers , social workers , and other members of the helping professions , as well as analysts . |
| 24 | Efforts will continue to be made to set free Brightness as well as all the other whales and dolphins condemned to a life in which they can not experience the mental stimulation that only the challenges and joys of life in the open ocean can provide . |
| 25 | A realistic , practical approach , attention to detail and facts compared to a creative , imaginative approach , concerned with vision and potential . |