Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An act designed to register Korean antagonism to the consolidation of Japanese dominance in Korea undertaken by Ito ironically led to the imposition of full Japanese rule in 1910 . |
| 2 | Ungar 's experiments were done before other research — which was to lead in due course to the opening up of a major new branch of neuropharmacology and to the making of some very distinguished scientific reputations — had revealed how important many peptides were in the brain . |
| 3 | These arrangements led in due course to the building society sending the £15,000 , less a sum in respect of its conveyancing costs , to W. H. Hopkins & Co. , pending completion of the purchase and mortgage . |
| 4 | This led in due course to the enactment of a new code which was substituted for the relevant sections of the Act of 1972 by the Transport Act 1981 and is now found , without material alteration , in the Road Traffic Act 1988 . |
| 5 | It was Matilda 's private route to the chapel , after all . |
| 6 | At a gallop , the amount of strain on a horse 's fore tendon is very near to its maximum capacity and any further loading leads to progressive damage to the tendon fibres resulting in extreme cases of tendon rupture . |
| 7 | Collision Damage Waiver which covers the renter 's responsibility for accidental damage to the vehicle . |
| 8 | With Oliver Cromwell 's approval he took his seat on 7 February , bringing his legal and administrative experience to the task , and he attended all but a handful of recorded meetings between 7 February and 5 December . |
| 9 | The negotiation of the contractual terms of such relationships is all too often regarded as a contest in which the supplier attempts to exclude the maximum possible liability to the customer , and the customer to impose the maximum possible liability on the supplier ; the only rules are those imposed by the Unfair Contract Terms Act , and the contest is finally decided by the relative bargaining power of the two parties . |
| 10 | The only possible change to the batting line-up , despite the despair of England 's 179run defeat in the Ashes opener , is in the middle-order where the left-handed approach of David Gower or Graham Thorpe may be preferred to Mike Gatting . |
| 11 | For one thing it is rare for a human to suffer total loss of the visual cortex without extensive damage to the rest of the brain that confounds interpretation of the results . |
| 12 | A further complication arose in late November when a sharp rise in the Danube 's flow ( up to three times the normal rate ) caused severe flooding and extensive damage to the dam site . |
| 13 | The Chief of Staff of the Air Force , Vice-Marshal Momtazuddin Ahmed , confirmed publicly for the first time on May 10 the claim made eight days earlier by the head of the opposition Awami League Sheikh Hasina Wajed that there had been extensive damage to the country 's small fleet of aircraft . |
| 14 | An official spokesman said on June 20 that the government did not intend to suspend work on the Narmada River irrigation projects despite the recommendations of a World Bank-commissioned study , released on June 19 , which highlighted the project 's extensive damage to the environment and threat to the way of life of the local tribal population . |
| 15 | In particular , the rebels assert that waste from the open-cast mine , including mercury , has caused extensive damage to the island 's forests and has widened and silted up streams in the Jaba River system . |
| 16 | Kerrier District Council 's chief services officer , John Cadman , said the ‘ incredibly intense ’ storm lasted for six hours , causing extensive damage to the ground floors of businesses and homes . |
| 17 | According to LTTE reports , the air assaults killed large numbers of civilians and caused extensive damage to the town 's infrastructure . |
| 18 | ‘ In recent years IRA bombs have caused extensive damage to the City Hall , Ulster Hall and Maysfield Leisure Centre . |
| 19 | He stated that the American forces caused extensive damage to the site of Ur , with its stepped ziggurat suffering more than 400 shell hits . |
| 20 | None of the informants from Village mentioned possible economic damage to the community or the loss of the school building as a location for organised activities . |
| 21 | If he could first weaken the seal , a solid blow to the middle might be enough to break it open . |
| 22 | The offer made can either involve both parties jointly admitting liability to the pursuer , or to putting the pursuer to Proof but proposing a sharing in the event that he succeeds . |
| 23 | In the fourth place , I consider the levelling of groundless allegations to be a shameful response to the hospitality I have extended to you . |
| 24 | Montagu welcomed dissent in India as a sign of blossoming political maturity , and distinguished confidently between legitimate and illegitimate unrest — the latter being that which had for its object ‘ Home Rule ’ , the former that which aspired to political responsibility to the degree the British saw fit to give it . |
| 25 | They were just about to move away when a big estate car eased out of a space in front of them and Stuart 's Mum parked with a grateful wave to the driver . |
| 26 | Normal motion is possible parallel to the semiconductor 's surface but movement perpendicular to the surface is forbidden . |
| 27 | What Ken hated most of all when working was being alone — in total contrast to the facet of the man who wanted no company at all when he was n't fully employed . |
| 28 | The old pub looked cold and lifeless in the moonlight , a total contrast to the turmoil which normally prevailed during licensing hours . |
| 29 | Interest was needed to obtain any office , but all too often it was also required to rise in rank thereafter , and something more than the ‘ ability and character ’ mentioned by Scott would be needed to take the junior clerk to the headship of a department . |
| 30 | Many individuals also displayed a strong attachment to the Prayer-Book ceremonies associated with rites of passage : baptism , churching , marriage , and the burial of the dead . |