Example sentences of "[coord] to [art] [adj] of " in BNC.

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1 As in previous economic crises , capital expenditure was hit hardest , but on a scale not experienced before — cut to a half or to a third of previous levels in some cases .
2 Wife Doña Ximena , said he , these damsels who have served you so well , I will give in marriage to these my vassals , and to every one of them two hundred marks of silver , that it may be known in Castille what they have got by their services .
3 Leadership is the process of influencing others to work willingly towards an organisation 's goals , and to the best of their capabilities .
4 A certificate to this effect from the person representing the petitioning creditor in the following form is normally acceptable : I certify that I have/my firm has made enquiries of the petitioning creditors(s) within the last business day prior to the hearing/adjourned hearing and to the best of my knowledge and belief the debt on which the petition is founded is still due and owing and has not been paid or secured or compounded for ( save as to …
5 ( I have to translate in this clumsy fashion and to the best of my limited ability the native title of respect by which , on my own insistence , I addressed her . )
6 that those involved in the conduct of investment business carry out their responsibilities capably , carefully and to the best of their abilities ; and
7 ‘ With Francis out of the way Beryl will have to come to terms with his heir and to the best of my belief Francis never made a will .
8 I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force .
9 And to the best of her knowledge she did n't .
10 To me , and to the hundreds of ordinary French housewives who listened to his talks and read his books , his ideas and his attitude to cookery were stimulating and liberating .
11 The Miyazawa government , conscious of recent regional criticism of the behaviour of imperial Japanese troops in occupied south-east Asia , however , was concerned that Akihito might be embarrassed by questions or protests relating to Japan 's conquest of large portions of China between 1931 and 1945 , and to the millions of Chinese civilians who were killed in this process .
12 He drank barley wine which is quite strong stuff and he 'd smoke a few joints as well , but to the best of my knowledge , he would n't touch any hard drugs at all .
13 Even the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy , reporting on the PWR in 1981 , said that ‘ all reactor types require regular inspection , but to the best of our understanding , in none of the others can a small failure in the inspection procedure lead directly to the risk of a major emergency or accident … ’
14 They 've gone a lot of funny ways , the Cauldhames and their associates by marriage , but to the best of my knowledge a gun has never crossed one off .
15 But to the best of my knowledge , the figures I have quoted on the inner northern are without links .
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