Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many electrical accidents are caused by ignoring common safety rules ; for example , failing to replace old and faulty wiring ; by loading too few outlets or points with too many appliances ; and with the thoughtless placing of wires or cords leading from outlets to table or floor lamps . |
| 2 | Over 30 years ago J H Sheldon , whose 'Social Medicine of Old Age' is still one of the most farsighted and compassionate reviews of the circumstances of older people , described old age as ‘ a quality of mind and body whose time or onset varies from individual to individual , rather than a mere quantity expressed by the term of duration applicable to all . ’ |
| 3 | The neutral or mid-position varies from manufacturer to manufacturer but as the output arm is usually attached to a splined output shaft it can be easily adjusted . |
| 4 | In common with all insurance companies , Legal & General has from time to time to adjust its premium terms to take into account the changing nature and frequency of household insurance claims . |
| 5 | Toddlers ' trouser suits in denim or cord reduced from £35.99 to £22.99 . |
| 6 | The conditions of exemption or relief vary from agreement to agreement . |
| 7 | They also have a ‘ stand by ’ appointment scheme , where you can ring in at certain times at half an hour 's notice , where prices range from £4 to £7 . |
| 8 | summarized statements of income and expenditure of each fund or undertaking required by law to be accounted for separately ; |
| 9 | These messages , it is widely believed , can give information about the future , the remote past or things taking place in distant parts of the world ; at a more down-to-earth level , psychologists and especially psychoanalysts think that analysis of dreams can reveal details of a person 's mental state , and have concocted numerous systems relating objects or events seen in dreams to aspects of the human psyche . |
| 10 | You soon find that daylight varies from country to country , or even from one part of a country to another . |
| 11 | Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] . |
| 12 | It is likely that Kim moved from Manchuria to Khabarovsk in January 1941 . |
| 13 | The concept that Derrida uses in opposition to logocentrism of any kind is différance . |
| 14 | Although earnings slipped from 8.1p to 17.6p last year due to a much higher tax charge , they are expected to improve to about 20.3p a share in the current year . |
| 15 | Mushkin attempted this by using the same methodology that Denison used in relation to education and in relation to health for the period 1960–80 . |
| 16 | And Alfgar himself , of course , has got East Anglia again , so Mercia stretches from sea to sea south of us both , and cutting us both off from Wessex . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It was just one of those quirky , naughty , wild sort of drunken things that people do from time to time , ’ said Lowe . |
| 18 | France resumed the granting of loans to China in February 1990 , although Japan waited until November to reactive its development loan programme . |
| 19 | Even the evolutionists who accepted that species change in response to adaptive pressures realized that something more than simple adaptation was involved . |
| 20 | There is a tendency for people 's whole outlook to be foreshortened , so that life exists from day to day " — and Eliot was by no means immune from such general fears . |
| 21 | Closing the road meant that motorists driving from Sisikon to Schwyz at the northern end of the lake — a distance of only six miles — faced a 60-mile detour . |
| 22 | It is true that the initial rhetoric of the statutory curriculum , with its emphasis on keystages and age-related testing , appeared to confirm the traditional belief that pupils have of necessity to be taken through their learning like an army in the field , moving in step through the year group fronts . |
| 23 | The demands arise from the particular tasks that lexicographers undertake from time to time , and are predictable only in overall terms . |
| 24 | But the machine worked for about two centuries , from about 280 to 100 B.C. : and the way it worked was that Rome passed from war to war without giving much thought to the very metaphysical question of whether the wars were meant to gain power for Rome or to keep the allies busy . |
| 25 | the possible distorting effect that technology has on attitudes to , and the availability of , other forms of health care — for example , preventive care and the often forgotten possibility of not doing anything ; |
| 26 | Leicester could have gone up behind Ipswich on Saturday in the second automatic promotion spot in Division Two had they won at Charlton and Middlesbrough lost at home to Bristol Rovers . |
| 27 | Healthy organic growth is proportionate , with each area and function developing in relation to the other . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the possibility remains that , as Wallace argued , many of the sex differences in plumage and coloration ascribed by Darwin to the action of female choice may have evolved because they help the sexes to recognize or locate each other or because they improve male success in competitive interactions . |
| 29 | If you work regularly for one agency you may want to have your position and experience reviewed from time to time , so that future work you undertake can be constructive and part of bona fide career development . |
| 30 | ‘ The number of library service points and hours open in relation to the staff establishment do not allow any in-service programmes to be implemented ’ . |