Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a hotel increases in size , however , the tasks have to be subdivided into separate areas of work and supervised by section heads ; and in a very large hotel ( Fig. 1.2 ) the volume of work is such that under departmental heads staff specialise in one aspect of the work only and there is little opportunity to relate their individual efforts to the whole operation . |
| 2 | The acquiring bank transfers its good habits to the acquired , so increasing the group 's return on equity . |
| 3 | The income of the lands was divided among the canons of the minster , and they built their respective manors to the north and south of the church . |
| 4 | Some ran into trouble as they severed their lifelines with universities , only to find their initial proposals to the CNAA turned down . |
| 5 | Under the service agreement a small salary was payable to her each year and she was to provide her exclusive services to the company for five years . |
| 6 | You can tell by the signs — not , as you might thin , an early primrose opening its frail petals to the strengthening sun , or the tweet of birds in the tree outside the bedroom window , but by the growing pile of work . |
| 7 | Pressing our itching ears to the caressing fingers . |
| 8 | which display the solo dancing ability of each character and define social status and other traits that are so important to the unfolding of the story , e.g. the Six fairies bring their various gifts to the Christening and Aurora dances happily to acknowledge the compliments of the Princes and all who have come to her birthday ( The Sleeping Beauty . ) |
| 9 | As far as Sarah was concerned Charles was her domain at that time and trespassers were not welcome by the sparky redhead who applied her competitive instincts to the men in her life . |
| 10 | MIPS believes DEC will upgrade its R3000-based DECstations to the new 4400 early next year . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , existing Parsys SN1000 customers can upgrade their non-vector machines to the SN8000 — by adding in 80860 modules mounted on a Parsys TRAM board . |
| 12 | On the other hand , was the local authority segment of higher education constantly to lose its premier institutions to the universities , and be left with a permanently subordinate pattern of further education colleges doing a proportion of advanced work ? . |
| 13 | Predators from the lower ranks of the animal kingdom sometimes seem to be incapable of inhibiting their automatic responses to the brightly coloured individuals they encounter . |
| 14 | True happiness for human beings is possible only to those who develop their godlike potentialities to the utmost . ’ |
| 15 | This she sipped slowly , very conscious of the picture she made in her cream linen dress , her pale hair slightly but attractively disordered , Roman sandal thongs binding her long legs to the knee . |
| 16 | The jury of seven men and five women have been given the day off tomorrow while both sides consider the evidence against Marsh and on Monday make their final submissions to the court . |
| 17 | The scheme interferes with the rational implementation of school closure plans and some local authorities have refused to sell their unwanted schools to the Trust . |
| 18 | Saouma called for fair trade terms to allow developing countries to sell their agricultural products to the industrialized countries . |
| 19 | Four years later , in 1962 , Brian Jackson ( who died while I was writing this book ) and Dennis Marsden added their persuasive voices to the growing chorus of those who were aware of the weaknesses rather than the strengths of the grammar school . |
| 20 | It also froze Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets ; suspended credits , loans and grants ; closed Iraqi Airlines ' offices in the USA and committed its military forces to the interdiction of Iraqi oil shipments in support of UN sanctions . |
| 21 | Manager Howard Wilkinson subjected his shell-shocked players to the video nasty before turning his attention to plotting the downfall of Spurs at Elland Road tonight . |
| 22 | He reiterated his previous statements to the effect that " the traditional use of the coca leaf and its legal and beneficial by-products , as well as its social , cultural and religious contexts … should not be confused with the scourge of the illegal consumption of cocaine " . |
| 23 | Far from it , for he has matched his chosen designs to the theme of the growth of professionalism in architecture from the formation of the Architects ' Club in 1791 to the founding of the Institute of British Architects in 1837 ; and more than this , for just as architects strove for recognition in a professional world being transformed by the Industrial Revolution and new sciences , so does Worsley show us how this new breed of architect acquired technical proficiencies : in the presentation of drawings , in methods of copying and reproduction , in colour coding , and in advanced modes of perspective . |
| 24 | The poet Andrew Marvell [ q.v. ] lived next door , fourteen years Alured 's junior , and received his early introductions to the Fairfaxes and others through Alured . |
| 25 | Match your vocal chords to the best singing bird in the world , the Water Slagger . |
| 26 | The moral is , restrict your straight punches to the mid-section and land with a fair old thump in order to maximise your chance of scoring . |
| 27 | I would like to take this opportunity to express my personal thanks to the Members of the North East Division for their support but particularly to certain members of the Division who have provided me with tuition , advice and encouragement throughout my career in the funeral profession . |
| 28 | I am writing to express my sincere thanks to the rescue services who , on Saturday , January 26 , rescued my injured partner Stuart Adam from Winter Corrie , Glen Clova . |
| 29 | Mr Jackson is tantalisingly vague , though , about the question that worries most TEC directors : how will they be able to fulfil their contractual obligations to the unemployed , if the number of jobless people continues to rise sharply while the TEC budgets continue to shrink ? |
| 30 | Newspapers and magazine offices in Britain and Australia turned their fertile imaginations to the problem at hand . |