Example sentences of "to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stockbrokers say there is little interest in Pilkington shares and today 's figures will lead to little change in a ‘ continuing sell ’ attitude towards shares . |
| 2 | Both the Department of Health and the Royal College of General Practitioners have signalled for years that good general practice should not ignore the microchip , but to little effect . |
| 3 | Cadbury 's financial support continued to his death as did his two stipulations : the movement should avoid politics if possible ( it was not possible ) and it should try to create Free Church parishes to end ‘ overlapping ’ between denominations ( it did so but to little effect ) . |
| 4 | More time and energy has been expended on the history of roads and tracks than on any other feature in the English landscape and most of it to little effect . |
| 5 | The Secte Rouge guards had been charging the Marines with their machetes , to little effect , though a couple of Marines had gone down . |
| 6 | Though the expressed aim of this policy was to improve efficiency , ministers went to considerable lengths to make sure that private firms could compete on favourable terms , in the end to little effect since private firms succeeded in gaining only one in four contracts by 1990 ( NAHAT 1990 ) . |
| 7 | Here they fought bitterly with Jewish forces for control of the Jerusalem area , which had been allocated to neither side under the Partition Plan . |
| 8 | To neither form of business undertaking had the privilege of limited liability yet been conceded . |
| 9 | This class includes those shorelines where the exact form is due to neither emergence nor submergence but to a new constructional or tectonic form , e.g. deltas , alluvial plains , outwash plains , volcanoes and faults . |
| 10 | Because it was IBM jumping into the computer market with Microsoft in 1981 — as opposed to yet-another bunch of blue-jeaned entrepreneurs — would-be competitors reckoned the couple 's technology might be worth copying . |
| 11 | It follows from this that if there is an internal defect then damage to that appliance can not be recovered under the CPA 1987 . |
| 12 | He belonged to that alliance of the professions , the remnants of old money and a smattering of intellectuals which had a romantic view of the working man and found a sympathetic ear in the leadership of more conservative trade unions . |
| 13 | Little did he know I was referring to him , to his associates , and in particular , to that alliance of the devil : Hitler and Mussolini . |
| 14 | Yet the subjects of both parties to that alliance were less eager to embrace its terms . |
| 15 | As regards the registration document , it was not a case of obtaining consent by a trick ; he had obtained the possession by a trick but he had obtained no consent at all to that possession . |
| 16 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 17 | So the old ones they 'd have taken back to that yard place would n't they ? |
| 18 | If [ it ] … does not have the power to raise you up … to that mood where one sees the earthly veils pull away from oneself — then I too want to have nothing more to do with this philosophy . " |
| 19 | He got Svidrigailov 's nightmare past the censor , and there is a good deal more to that horror than I have quoted ; and ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ could have been got past him too . |
| 20 | But why shackle yourself to that horror ? |
| 21 | There are two ways of responding to that horror . |
| 22 | For example , knowing someone has been convicted of theft might influence one 's reactions and attitudes to that person . |
| 23 | Now , before speaking to that person , whether your boss or partner , ask your mentor to inspire you and to tell you the right time , to choose the right place and to give you the right words and the correct approach — and to help the other party accept what you have to say . |
| 24 | It was all due to that person running out of the crowd . |
| 25 | The case is straightforward : the testator left his office ( in the civil service , for example ) or its value to a certain person , but changed his plan before death , sold the office and gave its value to that person . |
| 26 | You should try and work out if any one person seems to carry more weight with the others and address your answers to that person whenever possible . |
| 27 | The more one partner complains about the behaviour of the other but remains firmly attached to that person , the more we can suspect that a massive projective system is in operation . |
| 28 | Another is Padfoot , a creature with long , smooth hair who will creep unheard alongside a traveller , then suddenly rattle a chain , much to that person 's consternation . |
| 29 | ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 6.03 in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1989 and 12 March 1991 sent business letters relating to its investment business without bearing the legend ‘ Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry on investment business ’ contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.02 and in that the firm at Shipley between 9 September 1988 and 1 October 1989 entered or required its Principal to enter into an association or arrangement with a person which might result in the defendant being constrained or induced to refer or introduce a client to a person who was not an independent intermediary with a view to that person giving investment advice contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.03 and in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1986 and 31 October 1989 failed before recommending or effecting for a client a transaction in units in an authorised unit trust or a recognised collective investment scheme , to take reasonable steps to establish that other more advantageous or suitable policies or units were not available contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.11 and in that the firm at Shipley between 1 November 1989 and 16 October 1991 having given advice to a client which was such that when acted upon it resulted in commission being received by the defendant , failed to notify the said client in writing of the amount and terms of such commission as soon as that information was available , contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.32 was reprimanded , fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 30 | If you have formally nominated someone to receive the benefit it will go to that person . |