Example sentences of "[adv] in [noun sg] to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not saying necessarily in response to that resolution , but at least in the direction that we were hoping . |
| 2 | Perhaps in response to this call for negotiations ( though that is something that the administration would not admit ) , Mr Baker is set to make another tour of allied capitals in Europe and the Middle East , during which he would , at the very least , be available for a meeting in Baghdad . |
| 3 | I suggest that these meanings arise from everyday discourse , which habitually makes use of oppositions such as masculinity/femininity , science/arts — oppositions which make sense only in relation to each other . |
| 4 | The noun ‘ dependent ’ is an ugly label , implying that a person exists only in relation to another person . |
| 5 | This means that the court can not take account of the various breaches actually committed , for which the defendant is seeking protection under the clause , to decide if the clause is reasonable or not , either generally , or separately in relation to each breach . |
| 6 | Gabriel moved away in silence to another seat . |
| 7 | It was thus a political decision in the strictest sense , but it was taken , not in response to any kind of popular pressure , but in response to a narrowly but powerfully based pressure-group campaign in which those who stood to gain most from it financially , such as the makers of television sets , played a prominent role . |
| 8 | Section 68 states , in essence , that if the Secretary of State is satisfied that any local education authority is acting unreasonably in relation to any power conferred on it , the Secretary may give directions as to the exercise of that power . |
| 9 | Section 10(3) ( b ) goes further : ( b ) any failure to do more in relation to any matter than is required by — ( i ) any safety regulations imposing requirements with respect to that matter ; ( ii ) any standards if safety approved for the purposes of this subsection by or under any such regulations and imposing requirements with respect to that matter ; ( iii ) any provision of any enactment or subordinate legislation imposing such requirements with respect to that matter as are designated for the purposes of this subsection by any such regulations . |
| 10 | I did n't make any bread out of it , just me own gear , like , and I was still in debt to this lad who was laying it on me . |
| 11 | Assumptions and expectations which lie behind an inter-agency approach require to be made more explicit in order that agencies , and individuals within agencies , are absolutely clear about where they stand , not only in relation to the paramount concern of protecting the child , but also in relation to each other . |
| 12 | The words emerged involuntarily in response to that moment of stark recognition . |
| 13 | Knowledge of the issues and problems facing the peoples of the Community , both in relation to each other and to the rest of the world , is essential for anyone seeking a career in , for example , business , politics , languages , the national and international civil service , and journalism . |
| 14 | Partly in response to this criticism , the government introduced in 1985 the Urban Programme Management Initiative ( DoE , 1985c ) . |
| 15 | It is not surprising to find the Russian government in 1784 asking officially for information on the organisation of the ministry ; and the memorandum drawn up in response to this request by one of the premiers commis paints , even allowing for some gilding of the lily , an impressive picture of the efficiency with which , at least in theory , correspondence was classified , answered and indexed . |
| 16 | Throughout the Prussian east a wide range of specifically Polish cultural organisations sprang up in response to this pressure : the Slav Literary Society ( 1836 ) , the Wroclaw Flute Choral Society ( 1890 ) , the Sokoł Physical Culture Society ( 1894 ) , and the Association of Polish Boy Scouts in Germany ( 1912 ) . |
| 17 | At least in relation to this argument of Thomas ' against the ordination of women , it must be said that it does not hold water . |
| 18 | Thereafter the appellants never took steps to discharge their obligations under the agreement which was the subject of the Tomlin order , either in relation to the matters to which I have referred or indeed in relation to any other of the terms . |
| 19 | But there is another memory that has remained with me very vividly in relation to this matter . |