Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it open for parties to the Statute to decide that other States should either commit themselves to the Statute ( by complying with the Security Council conditions ) or be denied access to the Court , or must the agreement of all non-party States be obtained ? |
| 2 | These aids are used as signals to the horse to tell him what we would like him to do . |
| 3 | Referring to Western society Gerth and Mills state that life chances include ‘ Everything from the chance to stay alive during the first year after birth to the chance to view fine arts , the chance to remain healthy and grow tall , and if sick to get well again quickly , the chance to avoid becoming a juvenile delinquent and very crucially , the chance to complete an intermediary or higher educational grade ’ . |
| 4 | A stampede broke out , people pushing past Jezrael to the cockpit to see the first signs of other human beings through the canopy . |
| 5 | Despite calls to the party to maintain " balanced ties with North and South Korea " , Doi gave no indication that the party 's existing policy of normalizing relations with South Korea by recognizing the 1965 treaty ( under which Japan established diplomatic relations with South Korea ) would change . |
| 6 | It is possible to cut a more readily available 86/88 inch Series One roof and fit a new piece of aluminium to the middle to make up the difference , but this is not really a perfect solution . |
| 7 | The response of schools to the need to manage things for themselves has partly been linked with their development as organizations separate from central government and local authorities and partly with the preservation of teacher freedom . |
| 8 | Quite apart from the help to me , I think it would be of benefit to the Society to encourage research , which would inevitably lead to a better understanding of the BCR 's difficulties and the important part it played in the district 's life . |
| 9 | In proceedings before the family proceedings court , where the parties agree on the order which they seek , it would be of assistance to the court to submit a proposed draft order . |
| 10 | Third , and most centrally , the government draw a great deal of attention to the need to establish a close fit or match between secondary school teachers ' specialist subject qualifications , and their teaching responsibilities in school . |
| 11 | Add some bicarbonate of soda to the wash to absorb the chemicals . |
| 12 | Turning to the relevance of consent to the obligation to obey the law , we will here be concerned not with the well-known problem that most citizens in any given society have not consented to the authority of their government , but with the prior question whether their consent , if given , would have been valid . |
| 13 | Under a slightly overcast sky , but with a fair amount of ambient light and a touch of red to the west to show Where the sun had expired , the safety boats , their navigation lights brightly lit for the occasion , skittered about like playful sheepdogs before settling down to hold station in midstream . |
| 14 | Cecil had imported a tribe of Bedouins to the site to play the spectacular scenes . |
| 15 | There was 9,000 feet of descent to the glacier to prepare for . |
| 16 | It is usually beneficial for organisations whose activities involve some degree of risk to the public to establish two–way communication on the issues . |
| 17 | The return of women to the homefront to live in varying degrees of poverty has been paralleled by an intensification of family-centred propaganda to remind us that women are the ‘ natural ’ homemakers , and that in difficult and unsettled times our prime responsibility is to make sure that our men and our children and our dependent relatives are properly cared for . |
| 18 | It might be of interest to the House to hear that already about 40 per cent . |
| 19 | With reference to the application to erect 2 retail units at the Bus Depot , Whitburn Road , Bathgate , we would be grateful if the development could include racks for cycle parking . |
| 20 | Gorbachev on Berlin tightrope : Encouragement for reform in the East coupled with warning to the West to respect post-war borders |
| 21 | Leaving Googol to safeguard their equipment , he had hurried with Grimm to the station to meet up with Meh'Lindi . |
| 22 | Citrine liberally laced his public speeches advocating electrical expansion with references to the need to emulate the Americans in improving industrial productivity by increasing the amount of electric power per worker . |
| 23 | Generally in relation to the mortgage of movables , it recommended a simpler scheme , together ‘ with power to the lender to sell off the security in the event of the borrower failing to repay , after giving him due notice ’ . |
| 24 | Detectives are appealing for witnesses to the attack to ring Hemlington CID on Middlesbrough 590323 or North Ormesby CID on Middlesbrough 301835 . |
| 25 | The beauty spot is a regular haunt for young couples and detectives are appealing for witnesses to the attack to come forward . |
| 26 | Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident to come forward and help them with their inquiries . |
| 27 | Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident to contact them . |
| 28 | Such alterations ranged from the introduction of record cards with ‘ unique ’ The 1944 Education Act assessment of character in Sheffield to the attempt to reduce the age-range of candidates in Caernarvonshire to those between the ages of ten and thirteen . |
| 29 | In the middle of Bangalore , as you thread through a jungle of exotic trees and overgrown ornamental gardens , cross long neglected croquet lawns , tennis courts and disused summer houses , you are confronted with Windsor Castle , or at least a very passable facsimile locked up and in pawn to the Government to pay Royal debts . |
| 30 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |