Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman . |
| 2 | THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 2 ) Determinations of complaints under recognised schemes shall be made by reference to what is , in the adjudicator 's opinion , fair in all the circumstances of the case and any direction given to a building society or associated body by an adjudicator may ( if the complainant accepts the determination ) require it or the complainant not to exercise or require the performance of any of the contractual or other obligations or rights subsisting between them . |
| 4 | ZOMAX , a new pain-killing drug given to a million people in the UK over the last two years is being withdrawn by the manufacturers , pending changes in the prescribing information issued to doctors . |
| 5 | Or is a study of democracy bound to be a study of the diverse meanings given to a term which simply acts as a linguistic umbrella for them all ? |
| 6 | There is no known proof of true hereditary surnames in the period before the Conquest , and although a number of Domesday tenants of English origins have names additional to their first — such as Alnod of Kent , a byname given to a man with land in Oxfordshire — there is little or no evidence to show that these were other than personal to the individuals . |
| 7 | an evaluation of two kinds of training in writing skills given to a smaller group of postgraduates . |
| 8 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 9 | In the same boat close to the bottom of Yorkshire Division plunged to a 20–6 defeat who played their best rugby of the season . |
| 10 | The prolific striker added to a succession of first-half near-misses with another spectacular shot on the turn which just went over the Ipswich bar . |
| 11 | Obediently the noise level dropped to a whispered exchange , and Larsen ran his eye over the sea of faces packing the long corridor on either side , trying to pick out his daughter Karen . |
| 12 | The motor noise dropped to a rumble and feet clattered around his car . |
| 13 | What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand . |
| 14 | The architect Clough Williams-Ellis of Port Meirion fame published his influential England and the octopus in 1928 — ‘ an angry book , written by an angry young man ’ as the author confessed in a Preface added to a 1975 edition . |
| 15 | In fact , I have always thought it would make a great spectacle for television if performed in surf with three contestants confined to a small area , all trying to knock each other of their boards . |
| 16 | are activities overlapped to a greater extent than is practical ? |
| 17 | The price for tax purposes will now include any accessories added to a car after it is made available to an employee , unless these were made available on or before 31 July 1993 and excluding those worth less than £100 . |
| 18 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 19 | At first she only saw the dark shape of the forest beside the road , then as her eyes adjusted to a faint lifting of the gloom a narrow laneway appeared between the trees . |
| 20 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 21 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 22 | Concurrents Concurrents is the term given to a number in the series 1 to 7 assigned to each year , and has close correspondence with the dominical letter . |
| 23 | The term given to a chemical wash that reproduces the effects of age . |
| 24 | Input is any data given to a program for the computer to act on . |
| 25 | In fact in its original Hebrew setting the shepherd referred to a totally different picture — one who actually cared for and was perhaps even prepared to give his life for the sheep , protecting them from very real danger from which they could not be expected to protect themselves . |
| 26 | Another Orton diary entry referred to a man complaining about the TV show being a ‘ fake ’ — presumably because he could see they worked from scripts . |
| 27 | Many more primary than secondary schools referred to a focus on healthy eating although this was clearly not without its difficulties : |
| 28 | However , it is the further legitimation given to a particular socio-ethical form of political religion in the constitution and to the implied authority of religious intellectuals in deciding in concreto what must be taken by the state as in the interests of the common good which gives to conflict in Ireland between the two alliances its political religious dimension in the sphere of law . |
| 29 | Her eyes plunged to a russet flecked deep green when she talked about him . |
| 30 | It might be ( and indeed I think it would be ) an improvement in our law , if a release or acquittance of the whole debt , on payment of any sum which the creditor might be content to receive by way of accord and satisfaction ( though less than the whole ) , were held to be , generally , binding , though not under seal ; nor should I be unwilling to see equal force given to a prospective agreement , like the present , in writing though not under seal ; but I think it impossible , without refinements which practically alter the sense of the word , to treat such a release or acquittance as supported by any new consideration proceeding from the debtor . |