Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 2 | However , both units limited the number of in-patients to two at any given time . |
| 3 | This met with opposition from representatives from civil-law jurisdictions on the ground that it was incompatible with the possession vaut titre principle and had implications going beyond the field of leasing , and the Study Group eventually concluded that no progress could be made on this issue and limited the statement of priority to conflicts between the lessor and the lessee 's general creditors , subject to perfection of the lessor 's title in accordance with any public notice requirements of the applicable law . |
| 4 | A fundamental challenge had been levelled at the settlement made at Troyes which had altered the line of succession to the crown of France . |
| 5 | The liquidator of the sole company in liquidation indeed assigned the cause of action to him . |
| 6 | The only company in the case , Lionhope , was in liquidation , and the liquidator had assigned the cause of action to Mr Crawley . |
| 7 | To the man on whose support he would now increasingly depend , he wrote a little before the end , ‘ It is not pleasant , Thomas Poole ! to have worked 14 weeks for nothing — for nothing — nay — to have given the Public in addition to that toil five & 40 pounds ! ’ |
| 8 | Cognac costs the same , vodka half that — although if one can get drunk on either , given the proportion of water to alcohol , I have yet to prove it . |
| 9 | Most of this stock in the 1920s was subsidized — given the existence of subsidies to builders under the 1919 Housing ( Additional Powers ) Act — and it went to the relatively well-paid skilled and white-collar working class . |
| 10 | In one sense this is comforting for the concerned public in Britain , since visions of an apocalypse for those discharged seem less credible given the differences in approaches to welfare . |
| 11 | Once in the polling booth , the voter is faced with a daunting array of candidates : given the number of offices to be filled and the number of people seeking to fill them , the number of names may be a three-figure one . |
| 12 | As well as acting as a surrogate mum to the hedgehogs , Christine has also given physiotherapy to tortoises and given the kiss of life to a pet rabbit , which everyone thought had gone to the great hutch in the sky . |
| 13 | Recent social theory has emphasized the variety of interpretations to which texts may be subject , with linguistic texts , as usual , providing the dominant models . |
| 14 | The United Kingdom 's negotiators must alter the attitude with which they have approached the question of integration to date : considering as ‘ victories ’ what are at best delays in the advance of Federalism , and being willing , at the last , to go along with any formula of political union as an alternative to being ‘ relegated ’ to an ‘ outer tier ’ of the EEC . |
| 15 | For centuries the science of cooking has intrigued and occupied the minds of philosophers to kings . |
| 16 | They say they 've enjoyed the transition from farmer to fashion designer . |
| 17 | Lactate was measured in the incubation medium by a spectrophotometric assay in which lactate dehydrogenase ( Boehringer — EC 1.1.1.27 ) catalysed the reduction of NAD to NADH , which was subsequently measured at 340 nm . |
| 18 | The bodies and researchers which have considered the problem of access to lawyers all conclude that cost has a deterrent effect on seeking legal advice initially and then pursuing a claim . |
| 19 | All things considered the response of people to the proposed scheme can hardly be described as ‘ extraordinary ’ . |
| 20 | But WS & C as it was now known world wide had carried the development of security to the ultimate . |
| 21 | As a safety-valve mechanism as well as in the effort to use the peripheral labour resources productively , liberal economists such as Vera Lutz have recommended the encouragement of emigration to areas of labour-scarcity , but this may also produce problems of integration in the long term . |
| 22 | Goblin has harnessed the power of steam to maximum effect with the Steamatic , a new , versatile machine designed to help you tackle a wide variety of household cleaning problems . |
| 23 | A deed of transfer was executed on 18 October , whereby the developers transferred the land in question to the Prudential . |
| 24 | But the priest , who had a strong instinct of self-preservation , transferred the litter of river-animals to the convent , as prizes in the Christmas raffle . |
| 25 | The Education Reform Act 1988 abolished the ILEA with effect from 1 April 1990 and transferred the responsibility for education to each of the thirteen inner London councils . |
| 26 | Thus , three days after the February 1957 cabinet changes , a law was passed which , by giving Carrero 's department the power to " initiate , draft and programme legislation " , effectively transferred the onus of policy-making to the Presidency . |
| 27 | The dogs warden who had originally transferred the dogs from Oxford to the police kennels confirmed that Robbie and Sophie were the dogs he had taken , and Mrs Sumner — breeder of the Sharmas ' dogs — stated that they were certainly not the dogs she had sold . |
| 28 | Adorno , in the grip of German idealism which , from Kant , had reckoned the essence of art to be its disinterested quality , absolutizes a specific musical ideal as the condition of productive musical work as such — at least , under capitalism . |
| 29 | By now Tom had related the whole of Genesis to him and had read the Just So Stories twice . |
| 30 | First she was terrified there was a burglar , then when she 'd searched the house from top to bottom she got mad and shoved me back to bed . |