Example sentences of "[noun] to [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debt which never appears in any balance sheet or account is that owed by the Association to the fund-raising efforts of its supporters and the generosity of the public . |
| 2 | She twisted her head to catch the coroner 's eye as he scowled across at the innkeeper who was busy gossiping to the other customers around the great wine barrels . |
| 3 | These changes provide an opportunity for the ‘ mode of thought ’ of the rational model to act ‘ as a countervailing force to the well-documented tendencies within organisations and departments to perpetuate existing policies and resist innovation and change ’ ( Leach 1982:7 ) . |
| 4 | Figures in italics indicate the implications of the transfer of part of the pre-1971 outer ring to the Metropolitan Districts of Newcastle and North Tyneside . |
| 5 | On March 10 Roman attributed the NSF losses to the economic difficulties in the cities , which had thus far borne the brunt of economic restructuring , and to the divisions within the party . |
| 6 | Only sixteen Unionist MPs were baronets ( less than the number of Liberals , a testament to the eight years of Liberal government ) , and these were the owners of new wealth rather than old titles . |
| 7 | The second capacitor is connected through a ganged switch to the one-tenth tappings of the same windings and so on . |
| 8 | Meantime , he was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy delivering groceries to the local customers on his bike . |
| 9 | In terms of norms associated with dress , awards are made by official bodies such as tailors ' organizations to the best-dressed men in Britain . |
| 10 | The promise was probably vague , we 'll see it , we may use our good offices to the United Nations to some sort of embargoes or , that 's all ca they 're likely to be promised because we 're not in a position to promise anything . |
| 11 | Dr Fisher has clearly demonstrated that the export of manufactures to Portugal was closely bound to their subsequent re-export from Lisbon to Brazil : " The business that English merchants drove to the English colonies in this period was in fact complemented by substantial indirect trades to the Iberian empires in America . " |
| 12 | There are trips to the ancient cities of Vienna and Innsbruck . |
| 13 | Or , you can also visit San Marino , the smallest republic in the world , set on the slopes of Monte Titano , and make day trips to the artistic sights of Florence , historic Ravenna or unique Venice . |
| 14 | The Gainsborough films that best characterize the desire of filmmakers to close their eyes to the darker currents in society , to make believe that the world really is as cosy as some wartime films made it out to be , are Holiday Camp ( 1947 ) and the three sequels set amongst the jolly Huggett family . |
| 15 | However , the overwhelming majority of recruits to the best jobs at the airport are recruited , unavoidably it seems , outside Shetland ( as yet the Shetland workforce does not have the relevant training or skills ) . |
| 16 | His benign indifference to the grave problems of the contemporary world was seen as one of the main causes of the threatened collapse of British civilization and of the total isolation of the Die-hards . |
| 17 | To some extent this was natural , for , as economic mobilisation became total , finance took a back seat to the direct controls over labour and materials . |
| 18 | The data from Parkside conform with the results of previous British studies by failing to link readmission to the demographic characteristics of patients . |
| 19 | Coxe acquired the title in the 1690s , and at the end of that decade he attempted to orchestrate settlement in the area in opposition to the parallel activities of the French . |
| 20 | He fought a vigorous battle for the right of the Croat Church — at this time under the patriarchate of Aquilaea , which owed allegiance to Byzantium — to use the Slavonic liturgy and the glagolitic alphabet , in opposition to the Roman influences of the neighbouring bishopric of Split . |
| 21 | Colonial merchants might not like the English monopoly of trade , but they wanted their markets in England , so there was unlikely to be opposition to the general principles of the Acts of Trade . |
| 22 | For a police force still largely unarmed it highlights fierce opposition to the Sheahy proposals on police reform now before the Home Secretary . |
| 23 | Now , however , it was Nasser 's United Arab Republic — the union of Egypt and Syria into one nation — and the nationalist opposition to the Hashemite regimes in Jordan and Iraq that excited the Muslims of Lebanon , especially the Sunnis . |
| 24 | Throughout the Italo-Abyssinian conflict of this period , Nizan forcefully argued the need for collective security , on the one hand , by voicing his implacable opposition to the colonial ambitions of Mussolini , and on the other , by focusing attention on the highly dubious diplomatic manoeuvres of the British and French governments , the more reactionary elements of which were seeking to use the conflict as a " pretext for a new imperialist arms race " . |
| 25 | It is quite clear that between 1935 and 1939 Nizan formulated a coherent and realistic communist political strategy centred , on the one hand , on unfailing support for the Soviet socialist state , the site of cultural enlightenment and material freedom , and the guardian of international peace and security , and on the other , on unequivocal opposition to the fascist states of Germany and Italy , the site of cultural barbarism and material oppression , and the harbingers of international war and instability . |
| 26 | Other key themes running through the debates included opposition to the military blocs in Europe and support for wide-ranging disarmament measures , and condemnation of protectionism and support for self-sufficiency . |
| 27 | Leavis believed that English was concerned with central moral issues and the study of literature could provide some opposition to the dehumanizing effects of modern industrial society . |
| 28 | There has been a rising chorus of opposition to the governing parties from across the political spectrum . |
| 29 | Lord Justice Watkins said Mr Bartle applied his mind to the correct principles of law and applied them in a manner which could not be faulted . |
| 30 | Haynes may have been apolitical , but his very naivete , and openness to the cultural currents of the time , underlined the difference between the Labour Government 's radicalism and the new popular movements . |