Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than use a variety of notions such as recoverability , predictability , and saliency to explain givenness , Chafe suggests that the key to givenness lies in the notion of consciousness : |
| 2 | just as the reduced level of import controls during the post Second World War period saw a substantial increase in world trade , so the increasingly liberal attitude to capital controls during the 1980s has seen a marked increase in cross-border investment — both to establish new factories and to engage in takeovers of existing firms . |
| 3 | Having shown how the advent to monogamy leads to the subjugation of women , Engels follows their increasing humiliation either as prisoners , as in ancient Athens , or as prostitutes . |
| 4 | It will not , however , include : ( i ) any lateral space outside the limits of the road ( VT Engineering Ltd v Barland ( Richard ) & Co Ltd ) ; or ( ii ) a right to visibility splays beyond the edges of the road ( Hayns v Secretary of State ( 1977 ) 36 P & CR 317 ) . |
| 5 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 6 | This attention to detail begins at the initial planning stage when Kate will work with the architects and engineers on the proposed layout . |
| 7 | In 1792 , Carey by now the pastor of the Harvey Lane Church in Leicester , was persuaded to publish his pamphlet entitled ’ An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Lost ’ . |
| 8 | In an M-tense system we can easily distinguish past ( events completed prior to CT ) , from present ( events whose span includes CT ) , from future ( events succeeding CT ) ; we can further distinguish points from spans ( Lyons , 1977a : 683 ) ; and we can also make first approximations to complex tenses like the Pluperfect , by representing events that are prior to other events , which are themselves prior to CT ( Reichenbach , 1947 : 288ff ; see also Allwood , Andersson & Dahl , 1977 : 121ff ) . |
| 9 | Employing a steam-engine , liquid animal and artificial manures were pumped through ceramic pipelines to delivery points in the fields and , in collaboration with the sanitation pioneer ( Sir ) Edwin Chadwick [ q.v . ] , |
| 10 | This is especially the case with the liberal democratic form of the state whose claim to legitimacy rests on the access to the political system which it grants to non-dominant interests . |
| 11 | ( b ) In English law the choice of law rules governing claims for restitution are influenced by the claim being connected with a contract , having regard to the English conflict of laws rule that the proper law of the obligation to restore a benefit , if the obligation arises in connection with a contract , is the proper law of the contract : Dicey & Morris , The Conflict of Laws , 11th ed. ( 1987 ) , p. 1350 , r. 203. ( c ) Quasi-contractual claims , at least where there is a contract involved , should probably fall per se under article 5(1) : see the opinion of the editors of Dicey & Morris , at p. 341 , to this effect , and the decision of the Scottish courts that a statutory claim to contribution falls within the article in Engdiv Ltd. v. G. Percy Trentham Ltd. , 1990 S.L.T. 617 , 621. ( d ) In the case of a claim for the return of moneys paid under an ineffective contract , there is no artificiality in deducing an implied promise to pay , even though the old theory that restitution was based on the concept of such an implied promise is now largely discredited . |
| 12 | Biron 's claim to learning resides in the possession of books that he does not read . |
| 13 | After a period of exposure to grazing one can then test for the frequency of the various types of damage to clover leaves with the different genotypes and afterwards reconfirm the cyanogenic or acyanogenic status of the plant ( Fig. 16.7 ) . |
| 14 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the proposed improvements to traffic flows on the M25 in Surrey will take account of environmental considerations . |
| 15 | ‘ We are not talking about births , ’ Verity , veteran of TV hits ranging from Dr Who to Minder reveals from the luxury London office she shares with her Great Dane , Arthur Daley . |
| 16 | The process of bringing a major investment project to fruition begins with the original concept or requirement which may be triggered by a company 's business plan , new legislation or perceived external opportunities and threats . |
| 17 | Two of Europe 's biggest road races have fallen prey to security fears over the Gulf War . |
| 18 | The relation of Foucault 's politics to history leads to the question of the tactical use of Foucault himself in current forms of criticism ; in addition to his extensive use by historians and sociologists , he is also associated with those movements that have become known as ‘ new historicism ’ and ‘ cultural materialism ’ . |