Example sentences of "to [adj] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The early career of the great missionary John Wesley showed the problems facing Anglicans in an area without bishops ; when he went to preach in the newly-launched colony of Georgia from 1735 to 1737 the Church of England made no provision for his activity , and he went out attached to the Moravians . |
| 2 | THE ADJUSTER The ‘ loss adjuster ’ of the title is a melancholic insurance clerk who attempts to rebuilt the lives of his disaster-stricken clients from the record of old snapshots , his feelings gradually eroded by constant exposure to these images . |
| 3 | THE BOARD of Irish Rail has decided to rebuilt the Carriage Shop at Inchicore Works , Dublin , which was completely destroyed by fire last September . |
| 4 | In September 1946 , the Secretary of State , James Byrnes , made a speech expressing America 's determination to rebuilt the economy of the American zone in Germany whether the Russians agreed or not . |
| 5 | The National Assembly on Oct. 17 adopted by 272 votes to 256 a bill introduced by Bérégovoy , banning corporate contributions to political parties . |
| 6 | At a quarter to eleven the taxi came for me . |
| 7 | On Nov. 8 the Senate approved by 89 votes to eight a minimum wage bill which would increase the minimum hourly rate of pay from $3.35 to $4.25 by 1991 , but with a new , lower training wage for teenagers . |
| 8 | Repeat steps one to eight the following day . |
| 9 | The Secretary of State is therefore increasing from four to eight the number of full-time inquiry reporters in the Scottish Office Unit , the setting up of which has in itself reduced the time involved in arranging inquiries and submitting reports . |
| 10 | In Seoul a 38-year-old woman set herself on fire and leapt to her death in front of Yonsei University , and two other people were hospitalized after setting themselves on fire during the May 18 demonstrations , bringing to eight the number of self-immolations ( six of them fatal ) associated with the current protests . |
| 11 | Ochirbat visited China in May 1990 [ see p. 37454 ] , and co-operation agreements in the educational and legal fields were signed on Nov. 26 and on July 4 , 1991 ; an agreement was signed on June 24 to increase to eight the border crossings between China and Mongolia from the hitherto sole crossing at Erenhot in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia . |
| 12 | In Wellingborough the number of male boot and shoe makers rose from 613 in 1841 to 814 in 1851 and to 861 in 1861 ; female numbers rose from a mere 37 in 1841 to 473 in 1851 and to 744 a decade later . |
| 13 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 14 | Tenants tried to injunct the president of the RICS from appointing an independent surveyor to act as an expert in a rent review . |
| 15 | It tried to injunct the newspaper , on the ground that the papers contained military and diplomatic secrets , the disclosure of which would substantially damage the national interest . |
| 16 | Up to 1980 the supplementary benefit regulations permitted claimants in residential homes who could not be catered for by the local authority an amount sufficient to meet reasonable board and lodging charges in the area . |
| 17 | Up to 1980 the sick leave for industrial accidents declined considerably at British Telecom ( BT ) , but from 1981 as a run-up to privatisation , BT introduced more competition into its working methods . |
| 18 | From 1950 to 1980 the tendency was for chronological studies to become increasingly sophisticated and more interdisciplinary so that this is a stricture on visualizing earlier work rather than the most recent . |
| 19 | When inadequate response occurs or there is difficulty in compliance owing to the need to ingest a large bulk of exchange resins , a further agent may be required ( e.g. , bezafibrate ) . |
| 20 | Its efforts to ingest the last scattered parings of modern existence seemed half-hearted , as its voice rose to a crescendo as if to bewail its incapability and incompetence . |
| 21 | Boats can take you to the Borromean Islands and to tall the other resorts around the lake and regular bus services along the lake road . |
| 22 | In the end I got another doctor to sedate the poor man . |
| 23 | Staff from the animal charity worked alongside Darlington firefighters and a vet to sedate the terrified animal , then winch it above ground . |
| 24 | Preparing for the off in the London Marathon last April , WCUK Nottingham project manager , John Holder , got his running shoes on to complete the 26 mile 394 yard distance for the first time . |
| 25 | Other environmental pressures could shorten this to nearer the fifty years required by law in the United States . |
| 26 | From 1984 to 1986 the people of the territories watched uneasily as the mainstream PLO tried to recover its position by uniting with Jordan in an initiative intended to rescue the territories from occupation . |
| 27 | From 1981 to 1986 the total population of Kosovo rose by about 220,000 , and of this increase about 200,000 may have been Albanians . |
| 28 | From 1980 to 1986 the annual rate of growth averaged c . |
| 29 | Of a planned 2,266 a total of 1,581 Cuban troops had been withdrawn during January , bringing to 31,138 the number withdrawn since January 1989 . |
| 30 | The buyer will be entitled to damages only and he will still have to pay the purchase price of the computer , although he may be able to set-off a sum representing the damages . |