Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Item 4 of the same Schedule specifies the ‘ place where the property is situated ’ for an appeal where there is a dispute over a valuation , but this statement is only intended to apply to property within the UK — the authorities can not be compelled to travel to Portugal to hear the appeal ! |
| 2 | Work on voting behaviour in Great Britain in the 1980s illustrates this , with the class divide much distorted according to power in the market place , which in turn has become increasingly spatially variable : Johnston and Pattie , 1988 , 1990 . ) |
| 3 | This rationalist approach is overtly expressed in Fowler 's statement that ‘ The proper excellence of architecture is that which results from its suitableness to the occasion … and this principle rightly pursued leads to originality without the affection of novelty ; but … the present enlightened epoch in architecture is woefully distinguished as having no character of its own nor any pretensions beyond that of adopting the various styles that have prevailed in all ages and nations without regard to the difference of circumstances upon which they were founded ’ ; while the critic J. C. Loudon [ q.v. ] described him as ‘ one of the few modern architects who belong to the School of Reason and who design buildings on fundamental principles instead of antiquated rules and precedents ’ . |
| 4 | But her mum refused to hand over a penny — and Chris 's parents finally decided to go to court for the cash . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've always preferred to starve to death on one peanut , you mean ? ’ |
| 6 | Attitudes towards professional development are also differentiated according to length of teaching experience . |
| 7 | Some of the other writers in this book , and a number of other researchers are also seen to contribute to knowledge in this area . |
| 8 | Secondly , there was no settlement agreed by the parties involved — the Union and the National Coal Board ( NCB ) ; the strikers simply decided to return to work in March 1985 . |
| 9 | These were then classified according to impact on the business and ease of solution . |
| 10 | The bodies of a couple and their 16 year old son were earlier found battered to death at Beckonsfield . |
| 11 | The US Senate foreign relations committee chairman , Claiborne Pell , had warned on Nov. 8 that the President " would be badly advised to go to war without a clear prior expression of congressional support " and should not " establish an offensive capacity in advance of a UN resolution authorizing offensive action " . |