Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 2 | For a summary of the terminology used above in relation to a specific example , see Table 5.1 . |
| 3 | Rejecting Galen 's theory , that blood passes directly from right to left ventricle , he proposed a vital role for the lungs , where a vital spirit emerged from the mixture of air and blood . |
| 4 | An excellent overview of organisational communication research written specifically with reference to the external organisational environment appears in a valuable compendium Handbook of organizational communication — a volume that in this context I am not ashamed to admit that I came across just by chance in a bookshop whilst looking for something completely different ! |
| 5 | Third , in some cases the defendant acts instinctively in response to an unexpected situation , completely misjudging the proper reactions in the heat of the moment : this is a similar reason to the second , but adds the element of emotional disturbance , which may explain the over-reaction in certain cases . |
| 6 | He followed the tracks of a car driven apparently at speed to the edge of the reed bed . |
| 7 | did not ‘ think it is open to this court to hold that the rule applies only to damage to adjoining land or to a proprietary interest in land and not to personal injury . ’ |
| 8 | In a sense , this criticism is an extension of the issue of causation discussed earlier in relation to the statistical correlation studies . |
| 9 | The small dog was sniffing round Contralto 's heels , causing the horse to skip nervously from side to side . |
| 10 | Pressures in adolescence to conform e.g. in relation to alcohol abuse , drug abuse etc . |
| 11 | A grass snake swimming obligingly from island to bank in full view of watchers . |
| 12 | This measure came largely in response to suggestions made to the government in April by representatives of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) . |
| 13 | Much as the CMEA emerged as a diplomatic counterweight to the Marshal Plan and OEEC , the Warsaw Pact arose principally in response to the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO . |
| 14 | Well it 's a difficult question to ask in a answer in a way because , because the pattern of grouping differs enormously from school to school . |
| 15 | Well it 's a difficult question to answer in a way because the pattern on grouping differs enormously from school to school . |
| 16 | The Scottish League management committee met yesterday in response to a letter from Tannadice accusing Rangers ' owner , David Murray , manager Walter Smith and captain Richard Gough of unlawful inducements to Ferguson to break his long-term contract with United . |
| 17 | Izzie sat at his head and Gabriel at his feet , while the sun moved gradually from shoulder to shoulder of the stained-glass saints in the window of the gallery , and cast a variety of colours across the scales of Lucie 's costume . |
| 18 | The Act regulates the use of automatically processed information about living , identifiable individuals ( personal data ) which is held on computers and other ‘ equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose ’ . |
| 19 | The September-October northern limit of pack ice varies considerably from year to year . |
| 20 | Accordingly , assessment of results must rely largely on subjective reports ; and the subjective experience of backpain varies greatly from person to person , and is much influenced by mental states ( and hence placebo effects ) . |
| 21 | Very small schools ( 50 children or less ) accounted , in 1987–8 , for around 10% of primary schools in the United Kingdom , but the proportion varied greatly from region to region . |
| 22 | Stock Exchange rallies strongly in response to open border . |
| 23 | The climate differs less from north to south and distances are shorter . |
| 24 | Holly turned slowly from left to right , gazed and absorbed . |
| 25 | However , in the absence of financial security , the option of early retirement rested primarily on proximity to pension age ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In addition , the rate of the tax varies widely from state to state — the standard rate in Ireland is 23 per cent whilst in Spain it is only 12 per cent . |
| 28 | The precise relationships between the ESSE/L Project and other developments taking place varied considerably from school to school , and this will be demonstrated in the discussion of Major and Minor Projects in Chapters 5 and 6 below . |
| 29 | In the first place , we should not paint too pessimistic a view of what was happening to the landed classes , since the experiences of this group varied considerably from region to region . |
| 30 | Head clasped in hands , he sprawled on the bed , gasping for air , as the room swayed crazily from side to side . |