Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 Hence if doubts arise as to what the rules are or as to the precise scope of some given rule , there will be no procedure for settling this doubt , either by reference to an authoritative text or to an official whose declarations on this point are authoritative .
2 Obviously such discussions may extend further than mandatory requirements dictate and indeed , from time to time , emerging issues have merited reference through the appropriate channels to the Accounting Standards Board or to the Urgent Issues Task Force for further consideration .
3 If this is not possible , either cut a chase in the plaster ( horizontally or vertically , but never diagonally ) and bury the cable , or run it in surface-mounted mini-trunking , fixed to the top edge of the skirting board or to the wall surface .
4 Most of the other horses are relaxed in spite of the fracas — their ears show whether they 're attending to the fight or to the cameraman .
5 Of course , this could apply to the Mistress or to the poet , but in its absence of relationship it stands apart , as do the other sonnets of this type , as general observations on phases of human love , common at certain times to all men and women .
6 The fact that Y may have been quite innocent and have genuinely believed at the time that the goods were his to sell , gives him no defence either to a claim by Z for breach of contract or to a claim by O for conversion .
7 Notwithstanding this provision , it is often of some reassurance to a purchaser from the husband if the wife is joined as a party to the contract or to a separate consent to sale form ; this confirms that she knows that vacant possession is to be given and the land charge is to be cancelled and can contain a specific release by the wife of her rights in the property as from the date of sale .
8 It is no help to the sufferer or to a solution of the mind-body problem to propose that mind and body are engaged in battle from which the mind should always emerge as victorious .
9 Most of it is devoted either to the Chorus or to the development of Henry 's character .
10 Too often the role is left to a houseproud male or to the women who dig their own grave when entrapping themselves into a traditional duty , by doing it themselves out of resignation .
11 ( 2 ) Where , in pursuance of the contract , the seller delivers the goods to the buyer or to a carrier or other bailee or custodier ( whether named by the buyer or not ) for the purpose of transmission to the buyer , and does not reserve the right to disposal , he is taken to have unconditionally appropriated the goods to the contract . ’
12 If the weather is good , go outside to a local park or to the countryside .
13 I was copying all the afternoon ( Piero ) and I was in the sort of mood where normally I have to go out to the cinema or to a coffee-bar , anywhere .
14 They are not linked to a particular course or to a particular method of study .
15 Whichever he sues , he can not include a claim for damage done to the component or to the larger item which was supplied with the component comprised in it .
16 Before leaving the Scheme they would apply their acquired learning and confidence to work experience or to a commissioned project .
17 This variety is another reason why Orcs and Goblins appeal to so many players , as the number of different troops types enables you to tailor an army to your own style of play or to a particular opponent .
18 Some schools had not related their spending sufficiently closely to the needs of the curriculum or to the reading levels of their pupils .
19 The MP attended the march-past , lunch and fly-past but was not invited on board the Royal Yacht or to the memorial service .
20 ( It is not clear if this refers to his own experiment or to the fact that Jones had by then made his work known to them . )
21 No record existed of any returns either to the Inland Revenue or to the Customs and Excise authorities .
22 Any legacy or benefit given by the will to a witness or to a witness 's wife or husband was formerly void , though the will as a whole was unaffected .
23 Whereas the men , the men were taught to be more tidy erm although let me say this that er if you asked Jimmy who was an old established fitter in Brothers , where you would find a certain item , you know , in the fitting department , er he could go and get it , erm but er when the new system was invoked er everybody knew that they were stored either you know to the north of the department or to the south or whatever .
24 Enquiries should be addressed to the appropriate department or to the Postgraduate Secretary of the Faculty concerned .
25 The technique did not determine whether this was due to failed propulsion of a swallowed bolus or to a common cavity phenomenon due to transient relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter .
26 Put into precise terms , one can say that , in clinical and applied psychoanalysis , the individualistic fallacy alleges that the individual 's Oedipus complex is wholly explicable by reference to himself and to his family situation , without regard to the history of that complex or to the origins of the family and of human psychological structures as a whole .
27 For example , the word ’ bank ’ , in isolation , can refer to a financial institution or to the sides of a river ( among other things ) .
28 But whatever the degree of manipulation involved in specific instances , it is clearly possible in principle for genuine popular consent and active support to be given to a dictatorship or to an authoritarian regime , or to specific measures intended to restrict or even destroy democracy .
29 I think I could go to the food industry or to the brewing industry .
30 Their residents are heavily dependent upon others in most aspects of their lives and unaccustomed to taking action to change their own condition or to the belief that it is possible .
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