Example sentences of "to [noun] or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The close relationship between some of these groups and their Soviet neighbours is immediately apparent from their names alone but the largest group , the Hui , are either descendants of Chinese converts to Islam or of Chinese intermarriages with Muslim immigrants . |
| 2 | Many parents also want to know what pupils do and where they go after leaving school — how many go into further education , to university or into employment . |
| 3 | Indeed , Pausanias shows us what an account of a war with the Celts looked like in the pre-scientific days of Celtic studies , in the third century B.C. Direct contacts with the Celts seem to have been confined to prisoners or to mercenaries , bad subjects for ethnographic research |
| 4 | The growth of fringe bodies is a retreat from the simple democratic principle evolved in the nineteenth century that those who perform a public duty should be fully responsible to an electorate — by way either of a minister responsible to Parliament or of a locally elected council . |
| 5 | It was of no account to Tilak or to Kabir or Tukaram whether God 's light came via Benares or Jerusalem or Medina . |
| 6 | Like an amber light that changes to green or red , doubt may change to faith or to unbelief . |
| 7 | Aragorn has to choose between going to Mordor or to Minas Tirith ; delays , and then finds himself choosing between Sam and Frodo or Merry and pippin ; picks one quest , and then has to decide whether to rest or pursue by night . |
| 8 | Small booksellers often do n't have time to see however many reps would be calling on them ; they would much rather put all their orders together and send them to Hammicks or to Heathcote or whoever ; we will work with them on that . |
| 9 | This has long been a very popular venue for cruise-ship parties , the descent to Monte or to Funchal being made by toboggan . |
| 10 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 11 | ‘ On the way up to Luxor or on the way back ? ’ |
| 12 | More frequently , the cause of problems can be traced to an excessive desire to stick to policies or to a lack of understanding by the planning officers of the realities of life for developers and occupiers of property . |
| 13 | Those who need personal assistance to enable them to live in their own homes have too often been consigned either to institutions or to enforced dependence on their families . |
| 14 | Whether you want to change your personality from night to day , from work to play or from mother to managing director , the way you wear your hair speaks more clearly than your clothes do . |
| 15 | Transitions from g to g and from u to u states are forbidden ; only transitions from u to g or from g to u states are allowed . |
| 16 | Perhaps we should draw satisfaction from our willingness to accept such directives , unlike so many of our European colleagues , but if that is the situation now , when most Members of Parliament believe that we are still Members of a sovereign Parliament , what might it be like if we were to surrender the rest of our sovereignty to Brussels or to the European Parliament , in which we have only 16 per cent . |
| 17 | Secondly are we going to cave in to French blackmail again and what will it cost us , and thirdly if we 're going to have even more people going to Strasbourg or to Brussels or to anywhere else , is n't it about time we tried to save the people of Britain who are getting more and more worried and concerned and perplexed about E C , particularly in places like Harrow where they take a special interest in public affairs . |
| 18 | From there , it is delivered to shops or to the warehouses of other record companies . |
| 19 | But although Darwinian natural selection seems plainly to deny primacy either to egoism or to altruism , it is interesting to notice that nearly everyone has preconceptions which hinder him from coming fully to terms with the evidence . |
| 20 | A dividend is usually paid as a percentage of the consolidated profits of Newco , but a number of points require consideration in determining how " profit " should be interpreted : ( i ) should the dividend be based on pre- or post-tax profits ( ii ) should the calculation of profit take into account any transfer or proposed transfer to reserves or to general provisions ? ( iii ) should profit include pre- or post-extraordinary items ? ( iv ) how should goodwill be treated ? ( v ) should directors ' emoluments in excess of an amount agreed with the investors be added back ? ( vi ) should profit be defined before payment or the provision for payment of dividends ? |
| 21 | While we do this we must beware of those who are so hungry for authority in our societies that they want to press the authority of the Bible over men and the Church in such a way as to lead to extravagance or to sectarianism . |
| 22 | In one case in 1944 , Scott LJ stated that the ‘ British principle of personal freedom , that every man should be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty , applies also to the police function of arrest — in a very modified degree , it is true , but at least to the extent of requiring them to be observant , receptive and open-minded and to notice any relevant circumstance which points either way , either to innocence or to guilt ’ . |
| 23 | English common law , in statute and in practice , allowed the dominant party to have his way normally without resort to violence or to dubious devices . |
| 24 | Material provisions whose adequacy can not be assessed objectively on the basis of actual experience either in the run up to completion or within a short period from completion ( so that it may not be reasonable to expect to obtain a retention from the vendors ) ; for example , pension provisions and reserves for goods supplied in previous years . |
| 25 | And when the twelve months are over these young mothers usually go on to DHSS benefits , because they do not want to leave their babies and go to college or on YTS schemes . |
| 26 | In the EC only Greece sends fewer of its youngsters to college or into training . |
| 27 | 5 Date of service of the statutory demand ( para 4 of the petition ) : ( a ) In the case of personal service , the date of service as set out in the affidavit of service should be recited and whether service is effected before/after 1600 hrs on Monday to Friday or before/after 1200 hrs on Saturdays : see RSC Ord 65 , r 7. ( b ) In the case of substituted service ( otherwise than by advertisement ) , the date alleged in the affidavit of service should be recited . |
| 28 | Minimum reporting standards require that valuation reports to be issued to clients or to the relevant authorities should normally take the form of a letter which would contain the following : |
| 29 | " How was it made ? " is a very important question which may sometimes lead on to experiment or to further research . |
| 30 | Over-eating involves eating foods you like , convenience foods , take-away dinners , going out to parties or for meals ( but you think this is bad and behaving this way makes you feel guilty ) . |