Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Semi-industrial units for converting straw to animal feed would be started first and then the calf-rearing would commence . |
| 2 | Tomlinson operates with a very narrow conception of ‘ economies of scale ’ , effectively restricting the notion to cover the technical advantages to be gained by scaling-up a given production process , but the arguments of Chandler , Channon and Williamson enable one to identify other important economic advantages of large-scale integrated enterprises : economies of efficient scheduling of internal transfers ; advantages of linking purchasing to production and production to marketing , the latter providing a feedback mechanism for changing the product-specification ; economies of ‘ horizontal ’ coordination of output plans and reduction of wasteful duplication ; economies of administration ; advantages of technology-transfer . |
| 3 | Twice , aged 15 and 16 , she was remanded to prison for a series of offences including setting fire to rubbish bins , attempted theft , criminal damage ( slashing car tyres ) and making hoax telephone calls to the fire brigade . |
| 4 | Mason was given a prison sentence of 15 months suspended for two years for setting fire to property and a three-month sentence to run concurrently for assault . |
| 5 | It was assisted by the government Guaranteed Loan Scheme , which supported High Street banks in lending money to family businesses by guaranteeing up to 80% of the banks ' risk . |
| 6 | YOU can not look at anything these days without coming face to face with a picture of a blissful couple holding a baby . |
| 7 | Problems in gaining access to lesion must be taken into account in the final evaluation of any of the endoscopic types of treatment . |
| 8 | Institutional racism may become apparent in difficulties in gaining access to health and social services . |
| 9 | In a popular paper , the headline " False profit return charge against Investment Society " suggests fraud , and not an arguable error by accountants in attributing profit to capital rather than income . |
| 10 | It is notable that in the United Kingdom , for example , ministers have prosecuted civil servants for releasing information to Parliament . |
| 11 | In our chapter on literature and appendix 6 we describe ways of bringing literature to life for pupils of all abilities . |
| 12 | If you find the full menus over powering switch to novice mode and you still have quick access to all key features . |
| 13 | If you find the full menus over powering switch to novice mode and you still have quick access to all key features . |
| 14 | The company explains this by saying that a co-operative-server database hides the complexity of a computer network by enabling applications to access data located on multiple computers as if all the data were stored on a single computer , thus simplifying application building and — it is hoped — improving decisions by making access to information easier . |
| 15 | He laid much of the blame on the growth of incomes outstripping that of consumer goods production , and attributed this primarily to mistakes in granting autonomy to state enterprises and in regulating the co-operative sector . |
| 16 | Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack . |
| 17 | For example , in addition to the road-traffic offences , there are offences under sections 32 and 33 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 of endangering railway passengers ; there are the offences under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 of endangering the lives of others by causing damage to property ( usually by fire ) ; the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 penalizes employers for failure to ensure that employees are not exposed to risks to their health or safety ; and there are offences , such as that under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , of selling goods in contravention of safety regulations . |
| 18 | An important underlying concept running through the information industry is the principle of creating distinctive products by adding value to information . |
| 19 | This last suggestion might be taken more seriously as the working week gets shorter and if the pay penalties for devoting time to caring were reduced . |