Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some designs are fitted wall to wall where shapes , diagonals and borders are all cut and joined together . |
| 2 | ‘ Labour 's supposed conversion to multilateralism is no more than a confidence trick to try to make Labour electable . |
| 3 | In the 1990s the report of these professional organizations who constituted a separate industry , was based on what they could discover about the applicant 's known record to date as regards prompt and full payment , on the applicant 's own assertions and , controversially ( because of possible contravention of the Data Protection Act ) information volunteered upon questioning by third parties . |
| 4 | Garrucho 's resignation , a public illustration of disunity within the Ramos administration , fuelled growing rumours that the government was racked by conflicts , despite the new President 's repeated commitment to teamwork . |
| 5 | In this context the first reactions of Europeans to the reality of the native inhabitants of the Americas is of particular interest , for here , in a very explicit sense , experience and fantasy were brought face to face . |
| 6 | While travelling on the mainland of South America , Darwin was brought face to face with the conflict that was under way between the European settlers and the native Indians . |
| 7 | The Commons inquiry was denied access to intelligence sources , and its report was published despite the many questions it said were still unanswered . |
| 8 | In T. axei the eggs are arranged pole to pole longitudinally . |
| 9 | The Britons were given mouth to mouth and heart massage but it was too late . |
| 10 | A survey conducted on behalf of the Institute of Marketing into selling practice in the UK ( PA Consultants , 1979 ) found that , on average , only 20–30 per cent of a salesperson 's normal working day is spent face to face with customers . |
| 11 | Six people were found shot to death in an apartment in the crime-ridden South Bronx district of New York yesterday in a modern St Valentine 's Day massacre , police said . |
| 12 | A smart mobile caravan began to tour the area with a reassuring message of safety and reliability , an information shop opened in Bridgwater , and 35,000 full colour newspapers were delivered door to door . |
| 13 | The row began in 1985 when Mr Phillips was granted permission to resite the gates at the entrance to the mile-long lime avenue nearer to the house . |
| 14 | The fifth case belonged to a different category : a gentleman named Thomas Arundell was given leave to demise a tenement and three yardlands which he presumably treated as an investment . |
| 15 | Birmingham specialised in close , dark and filthy courtyards : there were over two thousand of these in the town in the 1830s , and many of their houses were built back to back in order to get the maximum number on to each expensive acre . |
| 16 | But these were not just facsimiles of Big Ted and Little Ted , no : this time Hamble was dressed head to toe in leather astride a miniature Harley Davidson . |
| 17 | Offenders are brought face to face with people who 've lost loved ones in drink-driving accidents . |
| 18 | If the group 's total annual output in biscuits were laid edge to edge , they would stretch twice to the moon and back , or forty-eight times around the equator . |
| 19 | The action of Avril , who had seized power in September 1988 in a military coup [ see pp. 36281-82 ] , appeared to have jeopardized the country 's planned return to democracy , a prerequisite for the full resumption of US aid , suspended since the abortive elections of November 1987 [ see pp. 35695-99 ] . |
| 20 | Interviews were conducted face to face . |
| 21 | The driver told the court the break was so serious his arm was turned back to front . |
| 22 | The word ‘ mass ’ was no longer used , vestments were forbidden , and the communion table was positioned east to west rather than altarwise . |