Example sentences of "and [noun pl] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Endowed , as he was , with a compelling creative genius , he drove himself with little regard for his own health and welfare , contributing ( over and above his journalistic duties ) serial novels , literary and political commentaries , and poems to newspapers , and an increasing flow of scholarly articles and essays to monthly and quarterly journals . |
| 2 | Hamptons let superior apartments and houses to substantial U.K. companies , major multi-nationals , diplomatic personnel and visitors . |
| 3 | He despises form , reduces everything , sites and figures and houses to geometric complexes , to cubes . ’ |
| 4 | For example , knowing someone has been convicted of theft might influence one 's reactions and attitudes to that person . |
| 5 | History has shown that the insensitivity of civil or military rulers to such pressures often results in a civil war , coups or revolutions which can bring about a sudden change in a country 's political ideology and attitudes to private enterprise . |
| 6 | Clearly ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) are related , as an understanding of community norms and attitudes to bilingual behaviour is necessary to an account of the pragmatics of switching , and perhaps vice versa . |
| 7 | A household questionnaire survey of 100 households ( 50% sample ) will be carried out to establish the social , environmental , and economic needs of these communities ; the level of use , awareness and attitudes to existing state aid ; the nature and performance of existing businesses ; the human and physical resources that are available . |
| 8 | The third aim is to pilot out the effectiveness od a co-operative group work curriculum as a means of enhancing inter-racial co-operation and attitudes to other ethnic groups . |
| 9 | regional and social variations in English accents and dialects ; and attitudes to such variations ; |
| 10 | regional and social variations in English accents and dialects ; and attitudes to such variations ; the range of purposes which spoken language serves ; and the forms and functions of spoken Standard English . |
| 11 | At the end of their weekend residencies , Sylvia Kantaris , D M Thomas and Fiona Pitt-Kethley come together to discuss images of and attitudes to erotic writing . |
| 12 | However , since evaluation gives prestige and rewards to those who are judged to be doing well , and condemns those who are not , it is very important that any evaluation should be fair and linked to positive suggestions for improvement . |
| 13 | Teaching atoms and molecules to nine year olds would add spice and purpose to junior science ( and do better for chemistry 's image than advertising aimed at their parents . |
| 14 | Consumer electronics retailer Dixons Group Plc has bought one of the UK computer superstore pioneers , Vision Technology Group Ltd , which operates the PC World chain of superstores , for about £8.5m in cash and loan notes : Vision Tech was incorporated in 1991 to acquire a group of companies engaged in the sale by mail order of personal computers , peripherals , software and accessories to corporate and educational customers and the individual customers ; it made £400,000 pre-tax on volume of £49.3m last year from its stores in Croydon , West Thurrock , Brentford and Staples Corner , and it has net assets of £800,000 . |
| 15 | The choice of finials ranges from sculptured pineapples and lanterns to simple ball-ends . |
| 16 | Age Concern believes that the participation of older people in all activities which put their skills and enthusiasms to good use should be encouraged . |
| 17 | In the light of the accountability angle of the LEA scheme , to have avoided subjecting school policies and personnel to critical scrutiny whilst at the same time taking advantage of the appraisal to engage in special pleading over staffing and resources , seems to have been a sensible and shrewd strategy . |
| 18 | Generally speaking , racist humour is used to make simple conversation and reactions to these generally leaves us , the black individuals , feeling guilty that we have challenged them . |
| 19 | Students will review the learning they have gained as a result of the investigation and will be given the opportunity to express their personal feelings and reactions to this . |
| 20 | The problem of going round in circles is caused by a surplus of information and explanation , and a deficit of ideas and reactions to those ideas . |
| 21 | The objective at every stage of lobbying is to provide comments and reactions to those who influence the legislative process . |
| 22 | The academic registrar The academic registrar is a full-time administrator , responsible for all matters academic — from the appointment of academic staff to the admission of students , from college statutes and rules to formal relationships between the college and its principal funding authorities . |
| 23 | Kay then presented certificates and badges to those new teachers who had been unable to get to the June meeting . |
| 24 | Langley Point and White Horses producing a few whiting and dabs to black lug . |
| 25 | From sociology there are attempts to adopt and adapt Mannheim 's perspective and attempts to more or less ‘ begin again ’ . |
| 26 | With over 20 years ' experience in servicing the oil and gas sector , we employ approximately 2,800 personnel worldwide providing engineering and high technology services and products to offshore oil , power generation and general industrial markets . |
| 27 | With over 20 years ' experience in servicing the oil and gas sector , we employ approximately 2,800 personnel worldwide providing engineering and high technology services and products to offshore oil , power generation and general industrial markets . |
| 28 | The Distributed Computing Environment 1.0.2 will include enhancements to its security services such , as single point of failure facilities and improvements to relational database security access . |
| 29 | DCE 1.0.2 will include enhancements to its security services such as single point of failure facilities and improvements to relational database security access . |
| 30 | This is based on the observation that the optical density of stirred platelet-rich plasma ( PRP ) falls as aggregates develop and returns to normal as they disperse . |