Example sentences of "[noun prp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From mid-May to late June , though , the bats were nor particularly concentrated round the street lights . |
| 2 | For example the decision in Austria to stop subsidies for industrial conversion from oil and LPG to non-oil energy sources ; the termination of the West German home retrofit programme ; the Netherlands ' exclusion of owner-occupied dwellings from eligibility for financial assistance with energy saving in 1982 ; the reduction in the US of funding for energy conservation programmes . |
| 3 | This habit of mono-reproduction is explicitly compared by the Lele to human reproduction . |
| 4 | The possession of Western consumer goods of all kinds , from plastic carrier-bags via bottles of Johnnie Walker to sophisticated high-tech household items like hi-fi systems was vital to the status of high Party officials throughout the Communist world . |
| 5 | Explosive letters were sent by Irgun to various high British officials , including Prime Minister Attlee , Foreign Secretary Bevin and Winston Churchill . |
| 6 | A few miles west from Garry Bridge is Queen 's View , a rocky , pine-clad promontory with stunning views westwards down Loch Tummel to graceful Schiehallion . |
| 7 | Lancashire County Council have notified Nether Wyresdale Parish Council of the rejection of your application to have the footpath from Snow Hill to Long Lane Scorton declared a public right of way ( Claim No 804/126 ) . |
| 8 | In December , the DoT decided against granting the £5 million needed for the road , which would stretch from nearby Snape Hill to Red Bridge . |
| 9 | It was a Swift two-seater with a ‘ dickie ’ at the rear , Richard to posh folks . |
| 10 | The troops led by Gneisenau , on emerging from Plancenoit , turned onto the Brussels to Charleroi road just to the north of Le Caillou . |
| 11 | Mr Millan was pressed by Dennis Canavan ( Lab , Falkirk W ) , who wanted to know if he saw any scope in the campaign for a Scottish parliament for EC intervention on subsidiarity — devolving decision-making powers from Brussels to national governments . |
| 12 | We have already seen how section 76 of the 1944 Act proved to be ineffective at forcing compliance by LEAs to parental wishes . |
| 13 | We recognize that the shift in the balance of power in appointment matters from LEAs to governing bodies may seem of itself to resolve this issue . |
| 14 | When people are used to , say , £1 of their limited housekeeping money going each Friday to nice Mr Jones when he calls , it must be very difficult for them even to consider diverting that money into a different spending channel which would instead involve them — rather than Mr Jones — in all the work of paying it in . |
| 15 | In contrast to the English Nonjurors , whose Jacobitism tended to be lukewarm at best , the Scottish episcopal clergy actively preached the divine right of the Stuarts to real power . |
| 16 | The rhetoric of politicians was littered with idealistic assumptions , from the ‘ new thinking ’ of President Gorbachev to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's assertion that ‘ democracies do n't go to war with each other ’ . |
| 17 | Will my right hon. Friend ensure that the message goes out from British trade missions throughout the United States to American firms contemplating investing in Britain that we operate an open free market economy with low taxation and that we have no intention of introducing unnecessary social costs which would make business less competitive ? |
| 18 | Undoubtedly the visit to the S.V.R. of ex LNER No. 4472 ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ was the star attraction , complete with plaque commemorating its record run on 8th August 1989 when on tour in Australia , of 422 miles non-stop from Parkes to Broken Hill , New South Wales , the longest non-stop steam hauled run ever . |
| 19 | An attempted return led David to disastrous defeat at Neville 's Cross , after which he was a prisoner in English hands for eleven years until bought back for what could truly be called a king 's ransom . |
| 20 | Tony Barton , who guided Aston Villa to European Cup glory in 1982 , is another who can identify with Mr Souness 's problem . |
| 21 | Amongst those who watched and then joined that route from Berkshire to central London was the future co-founder of International Times , Barry Miles from Cheltenham . |
| 22 | • BERMUDA — The Classic is socially serious • HONG KONG — Alvin Sallay reports on scuppered Springboks • International Crossroads • DUBAI — Queensland to hot to handle |
| 23 | This strategy has been recommended in a number of structure plans for areas ranging from accessible Hertfordshire and Surrey to remote Cumbria and the Peak Park , although the Secretary of State has later modified some of these policies ( D. Clark 1981 ; G. Clark 1982a ) . |
| 24 | By 1513 , the dispute had grown to such proportions that , before the Battle of Flodden , when James IV challenged the Earl of Surrey to single-handed combat to decide their two nations ' grievances , the rewards to the victor were to include the return of the town of Berwick to Scotland , and the removal of the Esk fish garth . |
| 25 | Believed to actually be A–24A 42–60817 , ( N9142H ) the old Douglas was trucked in from Seattle to Long Beach for some much-needed mechanical work . |
| 26 | Plans to start exporting the Nissan Bluebird to continental Europe were announced in 1988 and the production target was raised to 200,000 cars a year for 1992/93 . |
| 27 | He introduced Ramsey to modern German thought . |
| 28 | Afterwards it was said that at this mission Temple converted Michael Ramsey to decisive Christianity . |
| 29 | On the same day , Turkish President Turgut Özal called for troops to be sent into Nakhichevan and for the return of Lachin and Shusha to Azerbaijani control . |
| 30 | In his view , the presence of WEA classes in evening institutes were valuable indicators of the District 's existence , attractive to potential students and demonstrated the contribution made by the WEA to liberal adult education in partnership with LEAs and their own emphasis on vocational courses . |