Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The livret does not say whether the oboes in the first entrée are the same performers as the harmonie rustique that accompanies the récit , but for reasons having to do with economy of personnel and continuity in the staging , it seems likely that they were .
2 Detection of mutations thought to predispose to disease — for example , myocardial infarction and cancer
3 To his mild surprise he found himself confronted by rows of peers determined to fight on behalf of the brewing industry , a fearsomely effective lobby .
4 As mass consumption , a particular array of objects may be found to represent and assist in the construction of perspectives relating to control over production or rivalry between consumers , but also to wider issues concerning morality and social ideals .
5 And because of the surfeit of accountants forced to look for work ‘ outside ’ , employers are increasingly able to offer poorer terms .
6 But surveys show that the nutritional status of patients tends to deteriorate during hospitalisation , and that many fail to receive the quality of food necessary to meet their needs in terms of energy , protein , vitamins and iron .
7 Although Chamlong called for peaceful action to depose Suchinda , violence erupted in the evening as a group of demonstrators attempted to march on Government House .
8 The cans of beans go to market by road .
9 Moderately high waves of greater length ; edges of crests begin to break into spin-drift .
10 This would however have involved a fairly cumbersome organisation , with regional committees and large numbers of volunteers trained to talk about money management to schoolchildren .
11 There will also be an examination of measures needed to deal with girl offenders .
12 Although over 80 per cent of services claimed to offer after care , only half of these were found to offer help ‘ systematically or always ’ ( Hellinckx and Munter , 1990 ) .
13 Our group of women training to return to management have been finding out
14 Even in Lancashire , where in Blackburn , Preston and Burnley as many as one-third of women continued to work after marriage , the Cotton Factory Times could print a piece of verse which to all intents and purposes ignored married women 's double role : ‘ How Sweet it is when toil is o'er/To sit upon the hearth once more/To whistle , sing and sweet converse/With the sweetest queen in universe/In homely way ’ .
15 In 1670 , Richard Baxter 's book , ‘ The Cure of Church Divisions ’ was published in which he argued that it was good for Christians to continue to worship in parish churches despite the bitter hostility against Nonconformists .
16 The altars are all of c.1680 , with frontals painted to look like brocade .
17 ‘ I would dearly like to see a Tote monopoly off course with bookmakers allowed to operate on course only .
18 On May 27 the Army moved into Hyderabad with orders to shoot to kill in order to quell unrest .
19 Those new pressures have created new and more pressing management problems , particularly with respect to the development of flexibility in organizations designed to deal with stability , and with lower levels of turbulence .
20 This has left morale and funds low and has resulted in schools having to turn to Parent-Teacher Associations and businesses , in order to provide bare essentials like textbooks .
21 Another way of approaching organisational design is to ask questions about the functions which management in organisations need to perform in order to be successful .
22 Whatever the case , non-insulin dependent diabetes in Europeans tends to occur in middle or older age , after completion of the reproductive phase in women , and contrasts with the early age of onset and severity of the disease observed in populations such as Nauruans .
23 Part of that picture that 's coming out about the behaviour of males in colleges has to do with alcohol .
24 The University has limited creche facilities and is actively pursuing the provision of improved facilities ; applications from women wishing to return to work on a part-time basis after the birth of a child would also be considered .
25 Girls on mountains tend to come into contact with more amphibious life than our men folk , on account of our toilet arrangements .
26 The court was told that Gordon Beveridge , of Glendale Close , came to Northern Ireland to sell space to firms wishing to advertise in motor trade brochures .
27 The SLF has been pushing Government to ensure the interests of landlords are taken care of in the regulations but in the meantime , Mr Barlow said the advice not to relet was the only choice even although it would have a serious effect on entrants wanting to get into let holdings .
28 Mortgages at preferential interest rates may be offered to employees asked to move at company request with eligibility criteria ( such as age , service and marital status ) waived or reduced .
29 Grain prices during the 1880s and 1890s , in Russia as elsewhere , were severely depressed , making it even more difficult for landowners accustomed to rely on serf labour to adapt to commercial farming .
30 With regard to the audience for children 's project work , it is becoming widely agreed that it is important for children to learn to take into account their potential audience when they are producing written work .
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