Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] to [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He 's gone all over the eastern Mediterranean , and now has plans to go to the western end , to Spain , which was a thriving colony of the Roman empire with a lively intellectual life which had n't been touched by the Christian faith . |
| 5 | Perversely , in the way of Customs Officers , we insisted but gave him ten minutes to clear up , then climbed on board to see to the necessary documentation . |
| 6 | The union wants employers to agree to a specific date for equalising eastern and western wages , though it is willing to wait beyond 1994 . |
| 7 | On this occasion he had , after the expenditure of many millions , built a refinery in Newfoundland , and he telephoned me to ask whether I could persuade Winston Churchill to come to the grand opening . |
| 8 | Sails are kept ready rigged , ready for action , and all rigs are interchangeable with all boards — an unrivalled opportunity to try to a wide range of sails with a wide range of boards . |
| 9 | It would seem that the direction in which it will be refined is to move towards a system more or less completely based on unit costs , or common funding , and that the element of further funding has been included as a temporary measure to allow high cost institutions to adjust to the new system . |
| 10 | The procedure is that : LCH gives notice of its decision to consolidate to the relevant exchange , the selling member and the buying member ; the seller is charged with the conduct of LCH 's case against the buyer ; and the buyer is charged with LCH 's case against the seller ; copies of all pleadings being supplied to LCH and LCH retaining the right to submit its own arguments to the arbitrators . |
| 11 | There are eight such standards of which No. 2 requires twice the exposure to fade to a given extent as No. 1 , No. 3 twice that of No. 2 and so on . |
| 12 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
| 13 | The presbytery also instructed their clerk to write to the Prime Minister , John Major , the Secretary of State for Scotland , Ian Lang , the local Member of Parliament , Jim Wallace , and the Member of the European Parliament , Winnie Ewing , asking for the law concerning child abuse to be reviewed as a matter of urgency . |
| 14 | A high cut-off score is necessary since achieving it is taken to indicate mastery of a particular domain , or readiness to proceed to the next level of learning . |
| 15 | In a similar fashion it was becoming common for quite trivial legal disputes to go to the papal Curia on appeal : this was to transform the very nature of papal jurisdiction and authority , and is a striking example of the cosmopolitan links and assumptions of twelfth-century culture . |
| 16 | ‘ It is difficult to judge how far this attempt to appeal to the baser sort is dictated by the mere desire to be re-elected ( which , though by no means admirable , is , we suppose , understandable enough ) , rather than by any firm conviction ; or how far a re-elected Tory government would seek to put these detestable principles into practice . |
| 17 | Yet there can be little doubt that Joseph 's reformism was genuine and was combined with an attempt to appeal to the national past ; he encouraged the national theatre , set up a commission to exhume Cervantes ' remains , patronized a national museum of painting . |
| 18 | ‘ It had always been her ambition to go to the Holy Land and so when I arranged the trip I told her ‘ Right , now you 're going ’ . |
| 19 | And traditional handbag makers are injecting more fun and fashion into their designs to appeal to a wider audience , while maintaining the quality which makes them so distinctive . |
| 20 | OSI enables all the different manufacturers to work to a common set of standards . |
| 21 | For a moment she stood in the doorway , allowing her eyes to adjust to the gloomy interior . |
| 22 | Bishop Konstant says : ‘ On the larger issue we will need time , information and guidance to come to a clear understanding of the morality of such situations . |
| 23 | It is an attempt to conform to a divine reality and standard that the soul can not ‘ see ’ at this early stage but which she has to take on faith . |
| 24 | Another significant contact is developing between the Historical Group and the local primary schools ; the young workers are being invited into the schools to talk to the older primary children about the materials they have collected . |
| 25 | Father Boyle stopped the car to talk to a young mechanic in overalls . |
| 26 | Inner City 's singer has flown into Detroit to listen to the new single . |
| 27 | When he left an hour later , he paused on the steps to wave to the still-waiting crowd . |
| 28 | People are also being asked to make their voices heard expressing concern over the possible cut to aid to the third world . |
| 29 | Se alquila — there were several ‘ To Let ’ signs as she drove slowly through the complex and all requesting clients to apply to the central reception for details . |
| 30 | His death enabled Mr Beltrami to Apply to the Scottish Law Society for a waiver of the confidentiality he had observed in relation to McGuinness 's admissions to the Ayr crime ; and he enclosed a statement from Mrs McGuinness that her husband had also admitted the crime and Waddell 's Participation in it , to her . |