Example sentences of "[vb past] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The other factor which contributed to this effect was his decision to become a broadcaster . |
| 32 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 33 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , the platform sediments prograded to some extent over the top of already deposited slope carbonates and , consequently , a lower unit of slope and upper unit of platform sediments is commonly encountered in the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 34 | specifically and tailored to that child . |
| 35 | As I walked by , someone 's car stuck there and would not move , and a neighbouring farmer , irritably habituated to such incident , hauled it to the road with his tractor . |
| 36 | Equally remarkable were the ambition and determination that pushed to completion her final novel , which is also her masterpiece , South Riding ( published posthumously in 1936 and awarded the James Tait Black memorial prize ) : a rich regional study of social change and local government , it drew to some extent on her mother 's experiences as the first woman alderman in the East Riding of Yorkshire . |
| 37 | They are presented in the order of the amount of space devoted to each court case and the immediate aftermath . |
| 38 | Certainly , if we use a ruler or some other simple measure to calculate the amount of speech devoted to each speaker in a typical course book , we find it balances out very nicely . |
| 39 | In terms of the law , the Secretary of State is empowered to lay down all aspects of the curriculum , except for the time devoted to each subject and the style in which it shall be taught . |
| 40 | Here the customer can browse through picture boards devoted to each artist , selecting a style and price to suit , much as one might choose an haute couture outfit . |
| 41 | Limits on space devoted to each record and the number of fields in each record will vary depending on the hardware and software used . |
| 42 | To check whether the relative emphases in the programme get carried over into government priorities , we can count the sentences devoted to each topic and see if these relate over time to spending in various areas . |
| 43 | In addition to this there are four prestigious galleries which will be used for a changing programme of exhibitions devoted to all aspects of industrial fishing addressing local , national and international topics . |
| 44 | Section 1 of the 1944 Act gave tremendous responsibilities to the Minister : ‘ It shall be the duty of the Minister of Education to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose , and to secure the effective execution by Local Authorities , under his control and direction , of national policy for providing a comprehensive educational service in every area . ’ |
| 45 | It shall be lawful for his Majesty to appoint a Minister whose duty it shall be to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose and to secure the effective execution by the local authorities , under his control and direction , of the national policy for providing a varied and comprehensive educational service in every area . |
| 46 | According to the 1944 Education Act the Secretary of State has a duty to ‘ promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose … ’ , although effective control was , at the time of the Tyndale dispute , devolved to the LEAs . |
| 47 | Adult education classes can increase skills in subjects like photograph , badminton , or a language , often leading to joining a club or group devoted to that interest . |
| 48 | In a sense it continues the focus on the interior shown in our Ingres , ‘ La Comtesse d'Haussonville ’ in the exhibition devoted to that picture in 1985 ’ . |
| 49 | Whilst its coverage of public affairs ‘ news ’ was not comparable to the Daily Mirror — the amount of space devoted to such news declined between 1927 and 1937 by 59 square inches or 5% — that decline is one of 19% if one assumes that that content should have expanded in line with the expansion of total editorial space . |
| 50 | However in these years the total area of land devoted to such cash Crops by smallholders was minuscule in relation to the total area in production , and had little impact on the bush/fallow system as it had been traditionally practised . |
| 51 | For example , a child who is sociable , and is likely to benefit from social and linguistic interactions with other children , may be best placed in an ordinary classroom but with special periods devoted to those areas of language which are giving cause for concern . |
| 52 | Direct processing of files organized sequentially or using the indexed sequential technique is covered in the chapters devoted to those types of organization . |
| 53 | In a book devoted to this question Robson ( 1976 ) contrasted the welfare state , as a means of providing services to the needy and underprivileged members of the community , with the ‘ welfare society ’ , in which ‘ welfare is of unlimited scope ’ , involving conditions of work , income , the character and scope of social services , the quality of the environment , recreational facilities , and the cultivation of the arts , as well as freedom of expression and movement , and the protection of individuals against abuses of power . |
| 54 | As for the reform of the National Health Service , it is already well established that every hour devoted to this subject plays into Labour 's hands . |
| 55 | In the second two pairs devoted to this relationship the same pattern emerges . |
| 56 | This judgement was made by comparing the percentage of the regional budget devoted to this service with the corresponding percentages in other regions . |
| 57 | This will be the first exhibition devoted to this aspect of Canaletto 's work to be held for thirty years , and lenders will include H.M.The Queen , the National Gallery , the National Trust and many private and public collections . |
| 58 | Like sheep and horses , mules and asses … and finishes : From sulphurous eggs and oily fishes , And all the highly seasonal dishes : such is the odourous part of a man Devoted to this frying pan . |
| 59 | Although teacher training represented one of the three major priorities identified by the Warnock Committee , the resources devoted to this priority have been meagre , despite a strong commitment to training from teachers , LEAs , staff of higher education , HMI and the DES itself . |
| 60 | In Britain the impact of prehistoric man has been considered by physical geographers and in a thematic issue of the Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers devoted to this research ( Curtis and Simmons , 1976 , p. 257 ) it was explained that : |