Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [noun] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My fellow schoolboys vied with one another for admission to the cinema , so that they could witness X-rated films . |
| 2 | I will attempt to do this with reference to the issue of the social consequences of closing primary schools in rural areas . |
| 3 | Strip buildings of varying sizes are particularly prominent along the main frontages , some with additions to the rear , others with internal partitions , presumably providing the domestic and workshop accommodation for local craftsmen to judge from excavation in the suburbs . |
| 4 | In the first of their works which deals with this topic at any length , The German Ideology , written in 1846 , they state on page 43 : ‘ The various stages of development in the division of labour are just so many different forms of ownership , i.e. the existing stage in the division of labour determines also the relations of individuals to one another with reference to the material , instrument and product of labour . ’ |
| 5 | She discusses this in relation to the view held by some feminists that ‘ every woman 's experience of the world is valid , not false , illusory or mistaken , and that all views of the world are equally valid ’ . |
| 6 | Objective setting does just this in relation to the project in which leader and follower share responsibility . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State for Employment is required to pay employees unpaid remuneration and other entitlements and entitled to recover this in priority to the debentureholder . |
| 8 | If anything , the rarity of such successes ( disproportionately few in relation to the number of writers and artists ) testifies to the crucial place of Arts Council grants for minorities in British society . |
| 9 | Moreover , he does not use them as precise logical connectives but only to indicate that ‘ one sentence is connected with another without reference to the nature of the connection ’ ( ibid. : 247 ) . |
| 10 | Plans agreed on by the first meeting included a shopping trip to Holland to visit a shop which sells outsize jeans and sweat-shirts and another to Germany to a shop which claims to sell the biggest size shoes in the world . |
| 11 | We can see this by reference to the Manpower Group . |
| 12 | In this Lecture we have illustrated this by reference to the taxation of capital income and the impact of the national debt . |
| 13 | And her dispatches indeed reveal a bombshell : that despite protestations to the contrary in white American fiction , race has been its subject matter all the time . |
| 14 | ( 1971 ) and Billig ( 1987b ) to be the most prominent : that of benefit to the tourist trade . |
| 15 | If the jurisdiction were mandatory and the House of Lords refused or failed to exercise it , then another issue under the Convention would arise , that of access to a tribunal . |
| 16 | Lakonia proper , the territory of the city of ‘ Lakedaimon ’ , i.e. Sparta , included the large and fertile district between the Parnon mountain range to the east and that of Taygetos to the west . |
| 17 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 18 | The stories not only cover major events in recent months — the Gulf war , summit conferences , etc — but also concentrate on issues of ongoing interest and importance , such as threats to the environment . |
| 19 | Minor complaints such as uncivility to a member of the public can be dealt with by a system of informal resolution . |
| 20 | If an Aplysia receives an alarming stimulus such as an electric shock on the tail , it then responds more readily to other stimuli ( such as prods to the siphon ) that it would otherwise have been less responsive to . |
| 21 | examine the implications of the proposed change and consider any alternatives , such as changes to the information held on the computer or changes to manual procedures |
| 22 | The Warner Bugs Bunny Club will be showing films and cartoons , including old favourites and new releases such as Back to the Future III and Babar the Movie , from about 9.30am at a cost of only £1.50 per person . |
| 23 | During the first year of studies leading towards the MLitt and PhD , students will be assisted by induction courses , such as introductions to the Library 's East Asian and other collections and , where appropriate , courses in sinological method . |
| 24 | A bidder who acquires 75 per cent or more will be able to pass a special resolution and initiate more fundamental changes , such as alterations to the company 's memorandum and articles of association , a change of name , a reduction of share capital and a liquidation . |
| 25 | In a wider sense , we need to consider the effects of world issues such as damage to the environment by pollution of air , soil and water ; the rapidly diminishing rain forests ; wars , famine , and the nuclear threat . |
| 26 | Constraints may include land-quality , the consequences of migration of farm-household members , opportunities for off-farm employment , the political force of rural interest , and local and family values such as commitment to the land . |
| 27 | In translating from a language such as Arabic to a language such as English , the unmarked predicator + subject structure would normally be translated by an equally unmarked structure such as subject + predicator rather than by an identical but highly marked structure which places the predicator in initial position . |
| 28 | It was not merely the major items of patronage , such as appointment to the Court of Session , which occasioned deathwatch reports to politicians from the jobhunters , for the health of local officers was as much a matter of careful calculation , and the first to apply was the most likely to be successful when a vacancy occurred . |
| 29 | Despite these cautions , recent archaeological findings have provided much of value to the study of Earth Mysteries , particularly concerning the extent to which linear features were a prominent part of the prehistoric landscape , and the acceptance that monuments such as chambered ‘ tombs ’ had more of a ritual function . |
| 30 | However , its immediate and total removal , or ban , could bring much of industry to a halt . |