Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These are not necessarily forces for continuity but they may act as barriers to government attempts to impose a new line of policy .
2 On the other hand I could do with icons to Exit Ami Pro , Find and Replace , Full justification , Right justify text , Insert the current date and so on .
3 The serum concentration is falling rapidly at 15 minutes , and small changes in the timing of the sample will greatly affect the observed result , which could result in day to day inconsistencies and unwarranted changes in dosage .
4 This transform is essentially an equation which will convert from image to map coordinates and vice-versa .
5 Answer guide : It is assumed that variable costs are the same per unit of activity ; therefore the variable costs will move in proportion to activity levels , i.e. in a linear fashion .
6 DUTCH striker Marco van Basten may never fully recover from injury to play soccer again according to a doctor who operated on the star 's injured right ankle .
7 It came courtesy of fellow African hopefuls , Zimbabwe , in the quarter-finals of the Sicily Trophy as the tournament did a rapid shift from Pool to Knock-out format .
8 They could range from spurs to church bells , woolpacks , shuttles , rainbows , millrinds or staples , to sea-shells .
9 The panel could provide a forum for both shareholders and auditors to air concerns that might arise in relation to audit appointments and corporate governance or other issues arising from the audit .
10 Mr Mullen explained that the tickets allocated to the 40 GAA clubs in Derry would sell like hotcakes to club players and members , as well as family and friends , leaving few left for other eager punters .
11 Although Schedule 17 comes into force only on a day still to be appointed , when it does come into force it seems it will apply in relation to debt instruments already in existence .
12 The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’
13 It is not yet known what commitment Darlington Health Authority will make to day to day staffing and running costs .
14 It is yet to be seen what commitment Darlington health authority will make to day to day staffing and running costs .
15 What planning should he undertake with respect to inheritance tax — bearing in mind that under the deemed domicile provisions in IHTA 1984 , s267(1) the taxpayer is deemed to be domiciled in the United Kingdom if he was so domiciled three years immediately preceding his death or he was resident in the United Kingdom in not less than 17 of the 20 years of assessment ending with the year of assessment in which the death occurs ?
16 He always went for a type — dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorphs — and when chatting up his quarry , his voice would change from baritone to bass baritone without realising .
17 Tickets for the FA Cup replay with Portsmouth will go on sale to season ticket holders , and the public , from Thursday .
18 The two American researchers say that , despite some of the workers having 20 years ' experience in the electricity industry , none of the workers had heard of sulphur hexafluoride , nor did they know that their work could lead to exposure to irritant gases .
19 That 's one ninety five for three people , plus for the extra couple of coppers you 're gon na get for door to door delivery
20 Symptoms — Symptoms were graded according to the presence and severity of diarrhoea ( 0=formed stool ; 1=occasional liquid stool ; 2= mostly liquid stool ; 3=all liquid stool ) , rectal bleeding ( 0=no blood ; 1=blood with occasional stools ; 2=blood with most stools ; 3=blood with all stools ) , abdominal pain ( 0=none ; 1=pain that does not interfere with day to day activities ; 2=pain that interferes with day to day activities ; 3=incapacitating pain ) , and urgency ( 0=no urgency ; 1=urgency with occasional stools ; 2= urgency with most stools ; 3=urgency with all stools ) .
21 That is a gift with regard to which he had reserved a benefit and that gift ( the full value of the house ) will come into charge to inheritance tax on his death .
22 Any reasonably well-known professional scientist will receive from time to time letters written by bell-meaning people who indicate , usually in rather guarded terms , that they have in their possession the solution to the riddle of the universe and they just need a little help in polishing it up or propagating it .
23 But anyone working in this field will receive from time to time invitations to offer evidence as an expert witness in such cases .
24 There is a slight problem of ghettoisation or marginalisation but that 's an inevitable stage that people pass through , just like you need any form of organisation to group people around as a focus . ’
25 They rely on the fact that brain weight will increase in proportion to body area , which is , in turn , related to body weight .
26 These episodes can be due to both apnoeic and non-apnoeic mechanisms , and some of the apparent benefits of additional inspired oxygen may arise through relaxation of bronchiolar or pulmonary arteriolar muscle tone , both of which may increase in response to airway hypoxia .
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