Example sentences of "[conj] to the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also generally unknown is the extent to which decline is due to the abandonment of routes or to the reduction of frequencies . |
| 2 | Picture a graduated scale of improbabilities , analogous to the scale of sizes from atoms to galaxies , or to the scale of times from picoseconds to aeons . |
| 3 | Neither do feelings of ‘ having too much to get through ’ relate to the number of children the housewife has , or to the kind of aids and amenities she possesses . |
| 4 | The legislation merely states that ‘ if it appears to a local planning authority that it is expedient in the interests of amenity ’ , it may take certain action , in relation , for example , to unsightly neglected waste land or to the preservation of trees . |
| 5 | In the case of the UK 's crossroads , for example , that approach pays scant attention to the break-up of the UK 's position at the centre of the Sterling Area and Commonwealth trade in the 1970s , or to the responsibility of unions , management , the financial system and the state for manufacturing industry 's poor productivity growth and hence declining international competitiveness during the long boom leading up to the structural changes of the 1970s/1980s period . |
| 6 | This way of putting it is meant to attribute causal properties to things ( or to the structure of things ) , falling short of a grand determinist scheme but still thinking in terms of real productive powers . |
| 7 | This is a potential source of conflict between service staff and managers if the service side feel that supplies are inadequate or to the detriment of patients . |
| 8 | Investment in the National Accounts is entirely a ‘ flow ’ concept , as it is the addition to the stock of fixed capital or to the stock of inventories in any given year . |
| 9 | The discretion of directors is to be exercised in the choice of means to attain that end , and does not extend to a change in the end itself , to the reduction of profits , or to the nondistribution of profits among stockholders in order to devote them to other purposes ’ . |
| 10 | Yet there is no guarantee that the ‘ priority ’ industries contribute more to social product or to the balance of payments than ‘ non-priority ’ industries . |
| 11 | The Commission strongly affirms the value of silent as well as vocal participation , and it believes that worshippers need to be taught how to listen to music no less attentively than they do to the reading of Scripture , or to preaching , or to the recitation of prayers . |
| 12 | I shall add that to the list of discussions that I shall be having shortly with other assisting countries who are aiming to relieve the awful effects of the wars , wherever they may be occurring . |
| 13 | Lastly , the applicants in the main proceedings pointed out that the conditions imposed by the Act of 1988 attached to the registration of fishing vessels rather than to the issue of licences to fish for quota stock . |
| 14 | The knowledge gained is concerned with the history of the development of the built environment and , as in other disciplines , the resulting insights contribute both to a critical understanding of the present day , and to the formulation of strategies for future development . |
| 15 | The use of portable fire extinguishers particularly of the class A type and of hose reels should be encouraged to the requirements of the B.S. Code of Practice , and to the Scale of Allowances , of the Fire Offices ' Committee . |
| 16 | But to pursue this point further at this stage would take us beyond our immediate concerns , since it impinges upon questions related to money , prices , rates of realised surplus-value , and to the problem of crises . |
| 17 | This ranged from the reproducibility of the film which is now telescoped through television and video ; to the opera or concert through the increased availability of gramophone recordings from the 1920s ; and to the reproduction of paintings themselves through photographic means in books , magazines , and television . |
| 18 | This , however , scarcely deserves such a grandiloquent title , for it is not all-comprehensive , it is too incomplete and makes no claims to being self-contained and to the construction of systems . |
| 19 | As it is vital that all children have access to the rich curriculum and to the kind of experiences that involve pupils with purpose it must be desirable that , at times , the special needs teachers work alongside mainstream class teachers . |
| 20 | When one reads Green 's journals there are various entries which refer to ‘ McQueen ’ , and to the preparation of proofs and the parcelling of plates for dispatch to London for printing . |
| 21 | Most economists would agree that a single European currency , which would also imply a European Central Bank to control it , would encourage trade thanks to the absence of uncertainty in relation to exchange rates and to the elimination of transactions costs inherent in dealing in a multiple of currencies . |
| 22 | It can be argued ( and was so argued by the Saudis ) that any over-supply had been provoked by the encouragement that the over-rapid price increase in the 1970s had given both to fuel conservation on the part of consumers and to the economics of projects to develop substitutes for oil and especially OPEC oil . |
| 23 | Elections to the Chamber of Citizens and to the Chamber of Republics , which together comprised the new Federal Assembly , were scheduled for May 31 . |
| 24 | But the idea that social behaviour is oriented by and to the behaviour of others is one from which we can start . |
| 25 | One consents not only to actions but also to the holding of certain positions and to the imposition of duties and burdens . |
| 26 | knowledge of abortive techniques was widespread in factory districts and spreading due to the interchange of information in the mills , to increase in therapeutic abortions carried out by surgeons , and to the publicity of quacks for their abortifacients . |
| 27 | Further to our meeting concerning the Council Tax Staffing Report on the Control and Collection Sections I am writing to confirm our agreement in order to progress this matter to Committee and to the making of appointments . |
| 28 | The work is being extended to other gases and to the composition of waters and their impact on environmental health . |
| 29 | However , the matter at issue in the cases now before the court is not access by vessels of member states to fishing activities in the Community but access by nationals of member states to vessels and to the operation of vessels . |
| 30 | Calls were made for an end to commercial strikes and to the involvement of children in the process . |