Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 2 | Although the movements in all three are classically based , they would look out of place in older classical ballets or danced to other music . |
| 3 | Many of her friends were in politics or belonged to political families , it was the era of the Liberal reforms and that was what fired her most : she went to dinner-parties where she sat next to men who were going to make a speech that night and there were weeks when she went to the House every day , it was what she had always wanted , it was history , it was important , immensely important and she was seeing it , seeing it happen and that was important to her . |
| 4 | Thus cells without mtDNA can undergo apoptosis when either deprived of survival factors or exposed to high concentrations of staurosporine . |
| 5 | We have shown the following : ( 1 ) cells without mtDNA , and therefore lacking respiratory chain activity , are still able to undergo apoptosis when either deprived of survival factors or exposed to high concentrations of staurosporine ; ( 2 ) such cells can be protected from apoptosis by the overexpression of bcl-2 ; ( 3 ) the overexpression of bcl-2 in cells ( with or without mtDNA ) does not significantly alter respiratory chain activity ; ( 4 ) the Bcl-2 protein in these cells is associated with the nuclear envelope and ER , as well as with mitochondria . |
| 6 | Decide on your herbs , and then find out what kind of soil they need — moist , heavy and deep , or dry , well-drained and short of plant food ; also whether they do best in sun or a little shade , with shelter , or exposed to some wind , and whether they are immune to cold , or need cosseting and protection . |
| 7 | It will prevent councils from selling open space for commercial gain if the land was given or bequeathed to local people for sport or recreation . |
| 8 | These countries could trade with Britain without being subject to the import duties and restrictions that applied to other countries and British capital could be invested in Sterling Area countries without restriction . |
| 9 | It was also obvious that there was no common set of criteria of needs ( ie in terms of access times , location , form , archiving etc ) that applied to all groups , a conclusion that had serious implications for the proposed systems . |
| 10 | They agreed to extract oil quickly , but argued they would not be able to do so if hindered by trifling safety regulations that applied to on-shore industries . |
| 11 | However , most drama activity should not be seen as leading to a polished end product ; even where this is the result , the most significant educational value of the activity will often have been found in the process that led to that end product . |
| 12 | Hindus have long fled the rural parts of Punjab ; now some Sikhs are joining the exodus , disgusted by terrorist excesses that led to 3,787 deaths last year and about 1,500 so far this year . |
| 13 | It was largely the desire to create a diversion away from Flanders for Marlborough and his triumphant armies that led to new plans for a Jacobite invasion of the British Isles . |
| 14 | In almost every one of the analyses that he showed , the primary enabling inventions that led to such advances lay in the materials field . |
| 15 | Evolutionism played only a minor role because it was associated with the old , rather amateurish techniques that led to unlimited speculation . |
| 16 | The reasoning that led to this development was clearly expressed in a remarkable passage in a late writing known as the Persian Rivayat : |
| 17 | We have taken steps to ensure that the circumstances that led to this tragedy can never be repeated . ’ |
| 18 | The biographer speculated that it may have been failure in his alchemical experiments that led to this breakdown . |
| 19 | The capital accounts were dominated by the loan to the government , which was increased by a further £1m. in the 1740s , and it was the decline in interest paid on the government bonds rather than a fall in trading profits that led to declining dividends . |
| 20 | But by far the most difficult and tiresome task had been that of the telephone girls , who had made scores and scores of transatlantic calls that Tuesday morning , afternoon , and early evening : calls made to one address that led to calls to another address ; calls to one friend that led to another friend or colleague ; from one police department to another ; one State to other States ; calls for one set of records that referred to another set of records that led … ad apparently infinitum . |
| 21 | As we chatted and laughed , I noticed a man sitting just behind us on a small staircase that led to another part of the restaurant ; he was holding an umbrella . |
| 22 | THE back office problems that led to last month 's suspension of Dumenil unit trusts were identified six months ago in a document that put the group up for sale . |
| 23 | A burly , pug-faced adolescent with a violet coxcomb and a bone through his nose slouched towards the door that led to further processing , or rejection . |
| 24 | It was this suspicion that led to American intervention in the Republic of Guatemala in 1954 , and the establishment of a pro-American regime there ( p. 140 ) . |
| 25 | In recovery the Anonymous Fellowships , based upon the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous , provide successful continuing treatment for the spiritual disease that led to those disorders of mood so that recourse to addictive substances or behaviours becomes unnecessary . |
| 26 | The Proprietor has the right to make copies of audio and video components of the Work for use within its institution for its own teaching programmes but such copies will neither be sold nor lent to third parties . |
| 27 | But by far the most difficult and tiresome task had been that of the telephone girls , who had made scores and scores of transatlantic calls that Tuesday morning , afternoon , and early evening : calls made to one address that led to calls to another address ; calls to one friend that led to another friend or colleague ; from one police department to another ; one State to other States ; calls for one set of records that referred to another set of records that led … ad apparently infinitum . |
| 28 | Any territories that rallied to Free France would enhance the legitimacy of his movement , provide strategic bases for his forces , and perhaps even give him the opportunity to transfer his headquarters to a base on French soil . |
| 29 | What were the factors that contributed to this disintegration — was it ‘ law ’ or did other factors play a role ? |
| 30 | Mr Kaifu said he was not considering scrapping the 3 per cent sales tax that contributed to severe election setbacks for his party in July . |