Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [noun sg] to [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank .
2 Even with such opportunities as the Bill presents to get cases into the Crown court , where the offence involves only damage to vehicles or property — the vast bulk of cases — it is the value of the damage to property , as set out in clause 2 , that is the criterion , not the extent of the nuisance and danger , although that is the real problem with which we need to get to grips .
3 Lovers give not thought to actions and words , joy and sorrow , past and future .
4 He explains male Yanomamo violence as individual competition motivated less by considerations of material well-being than by ‘ reproductive striving ’ ( 1983 : 86 ) , i.e. , men compete over access to women and the subsequent offspring .
5 The present rating system gives neither accountability to residents nor effective control over local authority spending to Government . ’
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