Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , the account in Chapter 3 of the pressures for change amounts to an effective review of the recognition of the right of trade unions to be fully informed and consulted , in good time , by management about its intentions where they will or might affect the interests of employees organised by unions ; and so may be said to provide a firm footing for the argument that the practice of providing full information and of engaging in full consultation should be extended and adopted generally , in order that unions may better consider , and act in pursuance of , those interests . |
| 2 | The point , however , that the inquirer should bear in mind is that these exemptions and exceptions have been granted because the organisations concerned have demonstrated that either they are already regulated by other statutes or are subject to a reporting procedure through branch returns to a central body which itself reports to the Charity Commission . |
| 3 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 4 | In a small town in Surrey an old woman 's plea for help leads to an unsettling encounter |
| 5 | It is sensible for a contractor to apply for payment for work done to a specified date to limit the amount of funding required . |
| 6 | They also found that an error of eight weeks in the date of payment led to an average error in the proportionate mispricing of only 0.01% . |
| 7 | Beyond , a slightly steeper slope of pasture rose to a low skyline with a toupeé of trees . |
| 8 | On the nights when the tide of sewing ebbed to a low water-mark , Aunt Margaret crept up to Francie 's room and played her flute with him . |
| 9 | The increased official recognition of the hazards of asbestos led to a veritable torrent of health-related regulations in the US . |
| 10 | The addition of cisapride led to a significant increase of median contraction amplitude and duration , but only in the mid and distal oesophagus . |
| 11 | It may of course lead to a greater use of the concept of collateral warranties than has hitherto been necessary . |
| 12 | FAMILIES in receipt of state benefit are forced to go hungry because of lack of money according to a National Children 's Home survey just published . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) . |
| 14 | Instead of rent amounting to an annual 15% of operating costs , it could decline to 13% or 14% . |
| 15 | Either course of action leads to a constricted ledge and , to its right , a horizontal break leading out to a stance on the crest of Froggatt Pinnacle — yes , a two-pitch out-crop route ! |
| 16 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 17 | For Lenin , the growing conflict between Finland and the Provisional Government demonstrated ‘ that denial of the right of secession leads to a direct continuation of the policy of Tsarism . ’ |
| 18 | For instance , a work of scholarship devoted to an esoteric subject will sell for a significantly higher price than a novel of approximately the same length and format by a popular writer . |
| 19 | Dividends can be used to influence the class of shareholder attracted to a particular firm . |
| 20 | A trail of blood led to a two-foot high by 18-inch timber box 20 yards away , perched just off the ground on tiny stilts and carefully camouflaged with twigs and branches . |
| 21 | These are generalized , universalized poems , which deal with love-situations in a way that transcends the limitations of poetry written to a special occasion or with a specific individual in mind . |
| 22 | Tradition has it that the infliction was brought to the village in a parcel of clothing sent to a local family , the Beevers , one of whose members had died from the plague in London . |
| 23 | Service of process refers to a formal delivery of documents that is legally sufficient to charge the defendant with notice of a pending action … |
| 24 | This may be because its members had , or could soon sink roots into , some sort of community belonging to a structured society . |
| 25 | A series of scathing and ultimately unfounded articles published in the Sunday People , accusing him of bribery led to a High Court appearance and an early end to his playing career . |
| 26 | 5.2 Miscellaneous It will be no breach of confidentiality to disclose documents on discovery in the course of litigation even if they are held subject to a duty of confidence owed to a third party . |
| 27 | Britain 's native flora and agricultural crops are likely to be transformed by global warming , with the present emphasis on special sites militating against the ability of nature to adapt to a warmer climate . |
| 28 | The only other dissenter is Mary Midgley who , with good sense , questions the pride of place given to an unambiguous vegetarianism ( 1983 : 25–7 ) : ‘ What the animals need most urgently is probably a campaign for treating them better before they are eaten ’ , and she augments this by advocating a gradual move towards the consumption of less meat ( 27 ) . |
| 29 | The prospect of amalgamation led to a bitter battle amongst the aircraft contractors over the TSR 2 , in which only the fittest and most ruthless firms survived . |
| 30 | Because the laws of war derive to a large extent from standards which have developed within states , and because they have always depended for their enforcement largely on national legal systems , court decisions have been a very important source of the laws of war . |