Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concern of these groups has grown in response to a perceived widening of the gap between cherished moral values and actual day-to-day behaviour . |
| 2 | His eyes had gone from sapphire to a blue so dark it was almost black . |
| 3 | By the end of May around 15,000 former BCCI depositors had applied for compensation to the UK 's Deposit Protection Board . |
| 4 | Since then major currencies have floated in relation to each other . |
| 5 | In some prosperous areas of the country , too , specialist services providing domestic and personal care services direct to elderly people in their own homes have developed in response to local demand . |
| 6 | Bedpans had gone from earthenware to papier-mâché , bottles had progressed from glass to plastic , but there was the same kindly welcome , much the same decor except that the photo of George VI had been replaced by a poster on the etiquette of urinating . |
| 7 | ‘ The managerial and cultural changes which Scottish companies have introduced in response to the green agenda are not well understood and we can say very little about the effectiveness of these changes . ’ |
| 8 | The importance of authorities for the generation and maintenance of conventions has led on occasion to ill-conceived attempts to explain the nature of authority exclusively by reference to conventions . |
| 9 | In a year when all other parts of the charitable sector have been hit by the drop in disposable income , environmental charities have gone from strength to strength . |
| 10 | In the month since the decision had been taken that she would come to school here , her feelings had turned from foreboding to anticipation . |
| 11 | Particular difficulties had arisen with respect to the application of the test to shared accommodation and multi-occupation . |
| 12 | The laundry women and the scrubbers had asked for dinner to be provided but the committee felt that ‘ the wages of these employees were quite adequate ’ and the application was rejected . |
| 13 | Fresh questions have arisen in response to such phenomena as the emergence of the new religious movements or ‘ cults ’ and the rise of new forms of orthodox religions of the right , such as the Ayatollah 's Iran , or Jerry Falwell 's Moral Majority in the United States . |
| 14 | What is loosely termed ‘ global competition ’ is the outcome of how individual firms have reacted over time to the changing balance of opportunity and threat . |
| 15 | The impact of the migrants has varied from country to country , but two areas which stand out as having been profoundly affected throughout the continent are housing and employment . |
| 16 | The French reinforcements had arrived in answer to a plea from Mary of Guise , who had accompanied her daughter to safety in an island priory on the Lake of Monteith , about fifteen miles west of Stirling . |
| 17 | The Tyne yards have lived from order to order with a steadily decreasing total work force . |
| 18 | Although the territory does not have formal political parties , two loose coalitions have evolved in response to the protracted debate over the compact of free association : the Coalition for Open Honest and Just Government opposes the compact , while the Ta Belau Party supports it . |
| 19 | That would be the normal price bracket for a Dior or Chanel creation — but now the supermodels have gone from catwalk to catalogue . |
| 20 | Five newcomers have applied for promotion to the Sealink level and the two front runners are Holyhead Town and St Asaph City , the respective Gwynedd and Clwyd League champions . |
| 21 | Japan 's large , integrated steel mills have switched from coal to oil as well as implementing stringent energy efficiency improvements . |
| 22 | Just as greater speed in the pursued has developed in relation to increased speed in the pursuer ; or defensive armour in relation to aggressive weapons ; so the perfection of concealing devices has evolved in response to increased powers of perception . |
| 23 | The esprit de corps of these forces has increased in proportion to their professionalism and the degree to which this professionalism is recognised by their Soviet patrons . |
| 24 | If the masks have remained of importance to you , you must certainly fashion it again . ’ |
| 25 | The rate of acquisition of these various classes of assets has varied from year to year but with the exception of overseas securities holdings , which have tended to rise as a proportion of the total since 1980 , there are no significant trends . |
| 26 | The rationale for care measures had shifted from control to prevention and re-socialization , hence the increasing reliance on pedagogy as a science and as a conceptual framework . |
| 27 | In August 1988 both sides had agreed in principle to a UN peace plan calling for a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and to a referendum designed to give the inhabitants of the territory ( administered as a Spanish colony until 1976 ) a choice between independence or integration into Morocco . |
| 28 | Scottish ospreys have gone from strength to strength . |
| 29 | ULSTER pensioners have reacted with horror to Government proposals to pay pensions directly into bank accounts . |
| 30 | Since then village children have gone by bus to the primary school in neighbouring Melbourne . |