Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb pp] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Law did not , however , provide for genuine representative government as demanded by many Hong Kong citizens , although it increased the number of directly elected seats to the Legislative Council to one-third of the total by 1997 . |
| 2 | Despite frequently heard voices to the contrary , total catholic — nationalist domination would be the likely outcome of a united Ireland unless a confederal structure were implemented . |
| 3 | She continued caring for his wardrobe during her royal romance , on one occasion delivering a pile of freshly laundered shirts to the back entrance of St James 's Palace , where Rory was on duty , in order to avoid the press . |
| 4 | Of course this 6000 includes some individuals that we picked up more than once ; but by marking the toads we ensured that we counted each one only once each year , and standard marking and recapture techniques enabled us to estimate the size of the population , and the annual rate of mortality and recruitment of newly matured adults to the breeding population . |
| 5 | Although tin sources are rarer than those of arsenic ( or arsenic-rich copper ) , the metal is much easier to smelt and can be added in precisely controlled amounts to the copper . |