Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The return of territories to European rule after Japan 's defeat added dissatisfaction to distress . |
| 2 | For a period in the 1950s and 60s , North American geology was indexed in a separate publication by the United States Geological Survey as Bibliography of North American Geology ( BNAG ) , which does not concern us in this particular study , with the AGI 's publication changing title to Bibliography and Index of Geology , excluding North America ( BIGENA ) . |
| 3 | For a period in the 1950s and 60s , North American geology was indexed in a separate publication by the United States Geological Survey as Bibliography of North American Geology ( BNAG ) , which does not concern us in this particular study , with the AGI 's publication changing title to Bibliography and Index of Geology , excluding North America ( BIGENA ) . |
| 4 | Piper Alpha is significant tonight , but the Herald of Free Enterprise and the King 's Cross disasters can be attributed , to a considerable extent , to the Government 's failure to give priority to safety . |
| 5 | Rain 's discomfort gave way to anger . |
| 6 | The Italian parliament after protracted debate approved on Jan. 16 ( by 382 to 201 in the Chamber of Deputies and by 190 to 96 in the Senate ) a motion providing for Italian participation in an " international policing operation " to secure Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait ; the wording was significant in that Italy 's Constitution forbade recourse to war as a means of settling international disputes . |
| 7 | As Seawitch creamed along with taut sails in the steady south-westerly breeze Polly 's nervousness gave way to pride and pleasure . |