Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Apparently in response to an appeal made at the Central American summit held in San José , Costa Rica , in December 1989 [ see p. 37119 ] , the FMLN on Jan. 11 , 1990 , agreed to reopen within 30 days peace talks with the government under the mediation of the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar . |
2 | Indeed , in many respects , such an arrangement would strengthen the independence of the auditor , not only in relation to an industry 's sponsoring department but also with respect to the potential pressures of overbearing industry chairmen . |
3 | All these things have to be brought together in relation to an account of crisis . |
4 | I went down to Boulogne to an hospital there . |
5 | He began to relate the story of Paul 's throwing himself from the window , the coming of the doctor , the taking away of Paul to an asylum . |
6 | He is holding forth about beauty to an audience which has been short-changed over food and drink and entertainment . |
7 | This describes the property , usually by reference to an address , and goes on to include any easements or other matters that the property has the benefit of and will also mention any declaration , exception or reservation . |
8 | Palestinian activists initiated a re-evaluation of the intifada during June , partly in response to an increase in intra-Palestinian violence . |
9 | The Qualitas Furnishing Standards Scheme , set up in response to an Office of Fair Trading report in 1990 , was expensive and would need active support if it is to progress . |
10 | As explained in Chapter 16 , there are four possible sources of monetary growth : ( a ) banks choosing to hold a lower liquidity ratio ( probably in response to an increase in the demand for loans ) ; ( b ) a balance of payments surplus ; ( c ) public sector borrowing ; ( d ) a change in the method of financing the national debt . |
11 | Mr McShannon explained that there are a lot of hidden homeless who come out of prison to an address . |
12 | In Meshkinpour 's study all patients had manometry performed routinely in addition to an oesophagogram , whereas in our study most patients were referred for manometry only when prior investigations had failed to identify the cause of their symptoms . |
13 | This venerable leader was lured to Canton by Nguyen in 1925 and persuaded to go on to Shanghai to an address just within the French concession . |
14 | Randles , for example , found that while for observations of UAPs the average number of witnesses per sighting was about 2.6 , this number fell dramatically for abductions to an average of only 1.3 . |
15 | This development came about in response to an increase in the number of child abuse cases being uncovered and the sensitivity of the issues involved , combined with a widely held view that social workers were ill-prepared to deal with complex cases of this kind . |
16 | We were part of a group from many countries who went there in reply to an invitation from West African leaders . |
17 | Allowance should be made for the fact that these pupils are of an age where they mou , may either streak ahead of expectation to an enterprise or remain disinterested and static in their reception programmes . |
18 | Though he 'd never really believed that any woman would behave that coldly and that violently in response to an attack . |