Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is necessary for the respondent to an application to be served with a sealed copy of an application . |
| 2 | The speakers have chosen their own topics , based on their own interests and enthusiasms , and it is important that they convey their zest for the subject to an audience , preferably establishing at the outset that the subject deserves the audience 's attention . |
| 3 | One of the major sources of revulsion against offenders who profit from their crimes may arise from the practice of some sections of the media to pay an offender for the right to an interview or the right to publish her or his story , so-called ‘ cheque-book ’ journalism . |
| 4 | Moreover , in a volatile period , such as the run-up to an election , all kinds of events may predispose some people to change their minds and their attitudes , and it may well be important to chart this movement in order to decide if it is systematic , persistent or spasmodic . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , I firmly believe that the young man concerned regarded it as the means to an end — I leave that to your imaginations — and not in any way binding . |
| 6 | As the loss to an owner-occupier was economic loss , the courts sidestepped the problems this presented by framing the duty in terms of not constructing a building which was a danger to the health and safety of the occupier ( Anns v Merton London Borough Council [ 1978 ] AC 728 ) . |
| 7 | The gift was correctly treated as the coming to an end of the share transferor 's deemed interest in the trust and was therefore chargeable , as provided by paras 4(1) and ( 2 ) , Sch 5 , FA 1975 . |
| 8 | It is this which he takes as the key to an understanding of contemporary society , and of culture itself . |
| 9 | My Lords , this appeal exemplifies the conflict between two principles , one that no one ought to be compelled to incriminate himself and the other that justice should be done between the parties to an action . |
| 10 | ( In Germany the supreme court has just decided that pregnant women may lie about the pregnancy to an employer . ) |
| 11 | But I I th I think what we 're talking about is the fact th that Ma you know he 's writing in nineteen twenty seven , that , that he 's not quite sure about the means to an end , he 's sort of writing he , you know , it 's , in a way it 's like writing an essay |
| 12 | What this appeal is concerned with , however , is only the landlord 's obligation to repay once the lease has expired without breach of covenant , there being neither any obligation on the original landlord to pay over the amount of the deposit to an assignee of the reversion nor any obligation on the original tenant to assign to an assignee of the term his contractual right to receive back the amount of the deposit when and if the condition for its repayment is fulfilled … |
| 13 | The assignee surrendered a small part of the premises to the landlord and then assigned the remainder of the premises to an assignee who became bankrupt , hence this claim for rent against the original lessee . |
| 14 | ( 11 ) There is a right of appeal from a decision of the Panel to an Appeal Committee in four cases , namely : |
| 15 | Bishop 's Castle Railway , Wenlock extensions , plans and sections ( from the third extension of the plan to an end-on junction with the Wenlock Railway near Presthope in P. [ parish ] Much Wenlock ) . |
| 16 | It involves the transformation of an object that is meaningful but structured at the level of the signification to an object that is still meaningful but is also structured at the level of the signified . |
| 17 | But the overwhelming size of the response to an initiative like ‘ Childline ’ indicates that it would be dangerous to conclude that young people do not have problems even if first attempts to tap them fail . |
| 18 | To suggest that it matters whether the mislabelling precedes or succeeds removal from the shelves is to reduce this branch of the law to an absurdity . |
| 19 | Many of the famous capitals , decorated by animals , biblical scenes , demons , etc. , have been removed for safety from the vibration of the bells to an upstairs museum where they can be studied at leisure and at a more accessible height . |
| 20 | Stratus attributes part of the decline to an increase in its own direct sales . |
| 21 | 28–1 At a congregation meeting they resolved that , as under present circumstances the Spiritual and moral interests of the congregation and the large outlying population can not be adequately attended to while Bowmore remains a mere station of the church , seeing that when probationers and Deputies of the Church come their stay is but temporary and quite insufficient for the necessities of the place , that an effort be made to raise the contributions of the congregation to an amount which might warrant the Presbytery to recommend to the Assembly that Bowmore be made a regularly sanctioned charge . |
| 22 | Bede 's statement that Wihtred was the rightful king of Kent who brought the rule of the usurpers to an end ( HE IV , 26 ) reflects the viewpoint of a Church thoroughly committed to him . |
| 23 | The proportion of people initially becoming unemployed as a result of the coming to an end of a temporary job who found a new job within 10 months of initial registration was not markedly different from the proportion applying to the total sample , even after taking age into account . |
| 24 | The developer made a claim against the owner for extra costs caused by additional building works due to variations and initiated the reference of the claim to an expert . |
| 25 | The Supreme Court on Dec. 7 dealt a blow to supporters of the right to an abortion by refusing to review a Mississippi law which required women to obtain counselling and then to wait 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy . |
| 26 | This is very different from the Common Law procedure , which will never compel , or even allow ( at that time ) , one of the parties to an action to give evidence ; but it is a procedure , and the only procedure , which is suitable for trying such questions as uses and trusts , for which no open public acts , no formal documents may be available as evidence . |
| 27 | My first book , When Sixpence Was A Fortune , has reached many corners of the world — a lady told me her sister read some of the poems to an audience of exiled Scots in New Zealand and half the folk there ‘ wiz greetin' ’ ! |
| 28 | For an industry with a turnover of billions — £2.5bn in 1991 according to the Publishers Association — the UK book business may seem behind the times to an outsider . |
| 29 | He also claimed that Senegal had imposed trade sanctions and embargoes , damaging Gambian companies and parastatal organizations ; Senegal had imposed a restriction limiting each person crossing into the Gambia to an allowance of 20,000 francs CFA ( about US$75 ) . |
| 30 | In every contract where expert determination is to be used , there will be a clause which refers questions arising under the contract to an expert and which contains a number of ancillary provisions . |