Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working in groups offers an enjoyable contrast to individual work and is also an effective form of therapeutic intervention , as well as being a cost-efficient use of time . |
| 2 | The different purposes of payments to influence the outcome of court decisions in Kandyan and British times illustrates the divergent approaches to these tribunals . |
| 3 | This was not a dreary exercise : rabbinical students feel that chanting the sacred words reveals the inner music to the soul and learning something ‘ by heart ’ — a revealing phrase — helps one to interiorise it and make it one 's own . |
| 4 | A 0–60mph time of 9.0secs is slightly disappointing but 0–100mph in 22.0secs gives a better clue to its ground-covering potential . |
| 5 | The existence of such traps provides a convenient introduction to the case underlying negative income tax and similar proposals . |
| 6 | The current system of vouchers offers the same benefit to all staff , regardless of personal circumstances . |
| 7 | It has often been the haunt of famous cricketers ( the West Indies team has stayed here ) , and the memorabilia of these visits adds an unusual touch to the decoration of the public rooms . |
| 8 | The resulting explosions and the unmistakable scramble of stunt men who are literally running for their lives adds a vital touch to the scene . |
| 9 | Producing furniture that is to be used and enjoyed for decades requires a corresponding attention to detail . |
| 10 | The need to move employees from areas of low-cost housing to higher priced areas presents a special problem to an organisation . |
| 11 | Reclamation of tins presents a similar problem to plastics , owing to the diversity of metals used — tin plate , steel , and aluminium . |
| 12 | The community health movement in western countries presents a similar challenge to the medical dominance we have described . |
| 13 | Management of childhood cancers follows a different path to that of adult cancers . |
| 14 | The sum total of all those little movements makes a big difference to daily calorie expenditure and varies a good deal among individuals . |
| 15 | This implies that the social return on such projects exceeds the private return to those making the decisions . |
| 16 | I would argue that the persuasive force of these statements owes a great deal to their teleological format . |
| 17 | They are morphologically wild , but the lipid fraction of the sorghum grains shows a closer relationship to domesticated than to wild varieties . |
| 18 | Effective control of the climate of ideas requires a thoughtful approach to the choice of words . |
| 19 | Although the current climate of education cut-backs and competition from a large variety of exercise classes presents a considerable challenge to the development of Medau , Pat is sure that the Grant Aid Programme , which she has been appointed to implement , has strengthened the foundations on which the Medau family can build . |
| 20 | Even now one of the best-known West Country booksellers sends a standard letter to any institution if a book from its library comes into their possession without a dispersal stamp . |
| 21 | But neither of these translations gives the slightest clue to the idiomatic meaning of the original French expression ; the first means ‘ to laugh loudly and maliciously at something ’ and the second ‘ to give up ’ ( e.g. when asked a riddle ) . |
| 22 | Training in interview skills takes a preventative approach to poor standards of interviewing . |
| 23 | The creation of a new State by treaty between other states requires a further exception to be accepted to the pacta tertiis rule . |
| 24 | People do n't usually hit out unless they are upset or angry , so showing you understand their feelings goes a long way to preventing them from expressing that anger towards you . |
| 25 | The salesperson who learns solutions to common problems and provides useful advice to his customers builds an effective barrier to competitive attacks and strengthens buyer-seller relationships . |
| 26 | ‘ Where the seller of goods has a voidable title to them , but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller 's defect of title . ’ |
| 27 | What happened in the relay at the European Championships bears an important relationship to some of the friction , argument and unpleasantness that occurred , mostly between Frank Dick and me , over the following two years , so it is important to record an unbiased , respected outsider 's view of what actually took place . |
| 28 | To effectively present open-circuit signal conditions between terminals requires the external impedance to be high compared with the internal impedance . |
| 29 | The intersection of the two curves indicates the simultaneous solution to the two problems . |
| 30 | Saddest export a convoy of lorries begins the long journey to China and , inset , the furnace as it used to be at the height of production Picture : VIC CLEVELEY |