Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] to " in BNC.

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1 These unreasonable expectations are behind not a few referrals to social services , or they may militate against success in other cases which involve children and young people .
2 Going along as a small independent with just a few programmes to your name does render you relatively powerless .
3 Elsewhere in the country , there are groups of farm buildings laid out on a courtyard plan that can undergo a complete change of use with virtually no visible alterations to the external appearance .
4 The blooms are a soft pink , and fully double , with over a hundred petals to each flower .
5 Since formation in 1978 , ACAUS has sought reciprocity of accounting qualifications and have met with success in only a few states to date where foreign accountants are eligible to sit for the CPA examination ( examples include California and Illinois ) .
6 Average age for the ceasing of menstruation is around 50 , but the hot flushes and sweating that can accompany it are more common after the periods have ended , and may last from just a few months to more than five years .
7 According to the event , the duration of this state may last from just a few months to many years .
8 The comparative implications of adopting this approach are that the meaning of what we are labelling ‘ aggression ’ will necessarily vary from case to case , depending on how the native concepts to which it is opposed vary from case to case .
9 They think it 's the same teenager who 's made at least a dozen calls to the police and a hospital in Lincolnshire she sometimes uses the name Cindy and sometimes Linda .
10 They think it 's the same teenager who 's made at least a dozen calls to the police and a hospital in Lincolnshire since reporting the birth at the weekend .
11 They think it 's the same teenager who 's made at least a dozen calls to the police and a hospital in Lincolnshire since reporting the birth at the weekend .
12 … that after paying at least a dozen visits to Cambridge and engaging in the most unpleasant negotiations I have ever had in my life , we have managed to retain recognition as a body which is normally recognised for Chapter III powers and obtained an agreement which the University people hate like poison .
13 That decision may be taken instead by the EC summit due to be held in Rome in 12 months ' time — although the practical effect will be to delay the start of the intergovernmental conference by only a few months to early in 1991 .
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