Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Employment Department took the view that the TEC wrongly paid money to employers who had been running their own training schemes outside the Youth Training orbit ; this enabled the TEC to meet its government-imposed target of training weeks . |
| 2 | Schools already have access to Prestel and other hosts using the same equipment . |
| 3 | Perception gradually yields territory to fantasy and hallucination as the protagonist 's faculty for reality-testing breaks down and doubt increases . |
| 4 | Luke broke off without completing the shocked question , the appalled look in his eyes gradually giving way to contrition as he stared at her . |
| 5 | In terms of formal policy , a shift in recent years has seen equity ostensibly yield place to efficacy . |
| 6 | Jordanhill also gives priority to students from sparsely populated areas in its hostel ; offers a Gaelic option in its Primary Diploma course and is associated with the Western Isles Bilingual Project . |
| 7 | Most pupils are now familiar with the teletext information pages on television 's Ceefax and Oracle facilities and many schools now have access to Prestel ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 8 | Text books often include reference to explanations of legislation given by a minister in Parliament , as a result of which lawyers advise their clients taking account of such statements and judges when construing the legislation come to know of them . |
| 9 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 10 | Inner London authorities normally had access to funds via Central Personnel/Management Budgets , for example : |
| 11 | Love Child once paid homage to street musician Moondog on an EP called ‘ Love Child Plays Moondog ’ which Forced Exposure mag released with much snickering . |
| 12 | Older associationist models gradually gave way to interpretations based on concepts of language learning . |
| 13 | As a person 's independence gradually gives way to dependence in one or more areas of daily life , it is generally accepted that the family will increase support and assistance . |
| 14 | Following a change of government in Newfoundland in 1989 , the new Liberal administration of Premier Clyde Wells also expressed opposition to Quebec 's special status and , in April 1990 , the Newfoundland provincial legislature rescinded its original ratification of the Accord . |
| 15 | Natural parents often had access to children guaranteed under a court order and foster parents had to be committed to support for ‘ parental responsibility ’ , which could cause difficulties , said Miss Marion Lowe , the association 's director . |
| 16 | An insurance company can choose whether or not to insure anyone , and all companies now refuse insurance to people with HIV . |
| 17 | With the backing of the BBC , the guarded co-operation of the couple and the collaboration of a fine screenwriter , Andrew Davies , a full-length film drama was prepared and Gerard even secured permission to film in Cape Town . |
| 18 | It was a ‘ sad indictment ’ that some reporting accountants had evidently been issuing unqualified reports in circumstances subsequently giving rise to claims on the fund . |
| 19 | Loathsome as he now is , he becomes still more so as he hypocritically professes to Cornwall his filial embarrassment : ‘ How , my lord , I may be censured , that nature thus gives way to loyalty , something fears me to think of … . |
| 20 | If Godard 's post-1968 films deliberately gave primacy to sounds over images , his earlier , less didactic films were themselves critiques of an image-centred politics , and in particular of the very political use of images in advertising . |
| 21 | Narcotics are widely available in prison , with prison officials illegally selling heroin to inmates , sources say . |
| 22 | Havelock Wilson later paid tribute to Butcher , " a kind of silent man but nevertheless a thinker … who could put up a fight all the same " . |
| 23 | The rapid growth of private charity in these years also gave rise to institutions demonstrating a variety of approaches to the palliation of poverty . |
| 24 | It is the Elves who in years past taught magic to men , although the Elf Mages far surpass the human wizards of the Old World in their skill and knowledge . |
| 25 | A number of voluntary organisations also provide assistance to individuals : sometimes in cash or sometimes with facilities , such as special equipment for disabled people . |
| 26 | Poor children in Jamaica often fall prey to drugs dealers who offer them clothes and shoes in return for carrying drugs . |
| 27 | Firstly , merit pay ; if it is the case that money is not the most important motivator then linking pay to performance , as with merit pay , is not likely to improve performance . |
| 28 | CHRISTMAS morning , 18,200ft up Mount Everest and the Darc Star team reluctantly conceded defeat to nature . |
| 29 | Only hours later fighting spread to Zagreb with an air force attack on a suburb and a television tower and fighting around besieged barracks . |
| 30 | Under the agreement , ICL also gets access to Pyramid 's operating system technology . |