Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 2 | ON December 14 TODAY warned of the threat posed to women by the dangerously short sentence given to the multiple rapist Dr Thomas Courtney . |
| 3 | Like the implicit analogy between the Nixon pardon and a cleaning product , the comparison between denazification and the action of washing powder points to the arbitrary nature of the performative act and questions the authority on which it is based . |
| 4 | WOMEN factory workers fighting for equal pension rights had their case referred to the European Court of Justice yesterday . |
| 5 | Their discovery helped overthrow the medieval concept of the Solar System and a few decades later , by a method that I shall not describe , observations of Io led to the first determination of the speed of light , which until then was thought by many philosophers to be infinite . |
| 6 | The gravelled drive split into two ; one branch led to the front door , the other to the back of the house and , according to a finger post , to waiting room and surgery . |
| 7 | Differentiation refers to the positivist assumption that there is something ( preferably measurably ) different about criminals ; they may be seen as differing from non-criminals in terms of their biological or psychological make-up , or in terms of their values , again according to the academic origins of the criminologist concerned . |
| 8 | English Nature spent over £6 million on habitat management agreements during the year and gave more than £250,000 in land purchase grants to the voluntary sector . |
| 9 | The coast ( or cliff-top ) walk from the hostel in the other direction led to the delightful settlement of Robin Hood 's Bay , where the slipway resembles a drawbridge let down from the towering sea walls . |
| 10 | The most important difference was the protection given to the embalmed body itself . |
| 11 | Moscovici 's defence refers to the destructive power of operational definitions to restrict intellectual advance . |
| 12 | The support given to the Urban Foundation showed British recognition of the acute shortage of housing for blacks in South Africa 's urban areas , a move welcomed by Nthato Motlana , chairman of Soweto 's civic association . |
| 13 | In this way , the original formulation contributes to the overall relevance just as much as the reformulation does . |
| 14 | This suggests that even when writers explicitly indicate that they are correcting themselves , as for example in [ 34 ] , the original formulation contributes to the overall relevance of the text . |
| 15 | Labour would then benefit from the extra coverage given to the incumbent government . |
| 16 | The Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus [ see p. 39155 ] on Nov. 11 ordered partial mobilization in all of its republics , instructing commanders to go to the Chechen capital , Grozny . |
| 17 | The Albion board over-reacted to the whole situation . |
| 18 | Its activities led to the British Film Weeks of 1924 , which involved screening a programme of British pictures , accompanied by the sort of ballyhoo which left the public , according to critic Paul Rotha , ‘ hypnotized into readiness to applaud the worst picture in the world because it was British . ’ |
| 19 | The application of such skills led to the greater control of an army and , as a consequence , to its more effective use as a military arm . |
| 20 | The standard form analysed by Professor Tetley refers to the individual carrier 's contract of carriage as follows : |
| 21 | Using the mouse or cursor keys the user points to the main heading of the menu he or she wants and the menu pulls ( Windows ) or drops ( GEM ) from the heading . |
| 22 | And we hit the bar as well , so it goes to the ninetieth minute does n't it , that 's what it is , a fifteen round fight goes to the last second does n't it as some boxers have found out . |
| 23 | By challenging the right of Parliament to agree to the social chapter against the wishes of the Government and proposing that the treaty will be ratified without the decisions of Parliament , it has underlined the very reasons why there is a need for referendums on the crucial constitutional questions that face us . |
| 24 | Search literature refers to the best path as having the lowest cost . |
| 25 | Your writer refers to the recent agreement between BBC Enterprises and talent unions to allow release of BBC material featuring those union members , on the BBC Video label , for sale or rental to the public , for home use . |
| 26 | It is not suggested that the money belongs to the former regime of Siad Barre , nor that it is the property of a government or governmental agency rather than state property belonging to the Republic . |
| 27 | But at least some of the meaning of blackbird belongs to the whole complex , and is not attributable to either black — or bird separately ; so , when black is replaced , this additional meaning is lost , along with ‘ black ’ . |
| 28 | It states that not using a lawyer would save you money initially but that it could be a false economy , particularly if your case goes to the High Court , where your opponent will almost certainly have a solicitor and a barrister . |
| 29 | of our aid budget goes to the African continent . |
| 30 | Certain restrictions on competition are allowed in co-operative R&D ventures , including an obligation not to carry on independent R&D in the same field as the cooperative venture ( or to enter into R&D agreements with third parties in the R&D field assigned to the joint venture ) , and the inclusion of limited territorial protection clauses restricting some of the production and marketing activities of other participants . |