Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Domestic problems do n't arise when the Rayners want to go to a game — the whole family go along for the ride . |
| 2 | The work force want to return to a contract and yet do not want to return to a situation which takes away from their individual freedom and negotiating rights . |
| 3 | Attempts to highlight and remove differing forms of sexism , sexual inequalities and discrimination in schools have led to a range of policy statements and strategies from local education authorities and individual schools . |
| 4 | The evolution of the role of teachers and the view of the social purpose of schools have led to a multiplicity of demands on teachers which are not necessarily compatible and may be contradictory , if not actually mutually exclusive . |
| 5 | Much less satisfactory , however , is the harsh rule that holds a writer responsible for unintentional defamation , where readers have jumped to a conclusion which was never intended . |
| 6 | ‘ When clients have gone to a firm and believe that they have been treated badly , they tend to complain against the firm , not the engagement partner , and are surprised when the Institute tells them that they can not do so , ’ said Elwyn Eilledge , head of the working party . |
| 7 | ‘ Secondly , taste : excessive production and cultivation methods have led to a reduction in flavour . |
| 8 | Local Conservatives want to sell to a property developer so he can erect two shops , but lovers of Elgar 's music say the builders would be destroying the peaceful haven where the composer wrote his Enigma Variations . |
| 9 | Similarly , bankers become committed to a customer if they can not withdraw facilities without causing that customer financial distress . |
| 10 | Second Division promotion contenders Rochdale Hornets and Featherstone Rovers have agreed to a swap deal between Hornets ' £90,000 transfer-listed centre , Darren Abram , and Rovers ' £100,000-rated prop , Leo Casey . |
| 11 | Such experiences have led to a lack of confidence in the possibility of resolving problems . |
| 12 | Er , the European project goes on and for many of the newer generations in this place , it 's not longer an article of faith er but a part of the political landscape that has to be dealt with on merit and it 's all the more ludicrous therefore Mr Deputy Speaker , that the Conservatives ' internal divisions over Maastricht have led to a situation where candidates for the ever more important European elections are only now being selected in certain seats , just fourteen weeks before the election . |
| 13 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |
| 14 | From the burbling , low key rock of Passing Place to the jangling keyboards of Visionary Days , the group avoid conforming to a set style . |
| 15 | In some cities a relative plethora of doctors and rapid urbanisation have led to a boom in private medical practice , which now provides a substantial amount of curative care for the inhabitants , including the poor ( p 673 ) . |
| 16 | Jan. 21 Further reports on Radio Mogadishu that rebels have agreed to a truce , again denied by USC . |
| 17 | More airlines have responded to a campaign to ban wild-caught birds from their flights . |
| 18 | And so sales and profile have dwindled to a fraction of their enormity circa Purple Rain . |
| 19 | ANNEKA Rice and her husband have agreed to a trial separation after work pressure forced their marriage on to the rocks , her publicity agent said . |
| 20 | In Georgia , supporters loyal to the ousted President Gamsakhurdia and government troops have agreed to a ceasefire . |
| 21 | In the light of these two developments , the clearing banks have moved to a system whereby their base rates are now largely determined by the prevailing inter-bank rate . |
| 22 | The reputations of our national football , cricket and tennis teams have sunk to a level where victory over the likes of Macao or the Isle of Man would be greeted as minor triumphs , while even our Olympic sprint gold medallist Linford Christie could finish no better than seventh in mid-week . |
| 23 | Governors , teachers , parents and the earlier or later phases of education need to belong to a partnership which is managed directly for the benefit of children and students . |
| 24 | The fear is that stretched resources have led to a reduction in places specifically for the most troubled children . |
| 25 | This implies that short selling difficulties have led to a widening of the no-arbitrage band by permitting greater underpricings . |
| 26 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 27 | Football clashes between the age-old rivals have ground to a halt partly because outpourings of nationalism have sometimes got out of hand . |
| 28 | The epidemiological evidence presented in this paper and elsewhere suggests that P cepacia is transmissible between individuals by direct or indirect routes , that some individuals experience a change in clinical condition after acquisition of the infection , and that policies of segregation within CF centres have led to a reduction in incidence of P cepacia colonisation . |
| 29 | ‘ Lower interest rates have contributed to a pick-up in the growth of narrow money , while retail sales have been on a steady upward trend for almost a year . |
| 30 | Global ozone levels have fallen to a record low , according to measurements by NASA 's Nimbus-7 weather satellite . |