Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [be] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time few attempts were made to measure the effectiveness of such activity , and advertising agencies tended to branch out into sales promotions with the aim of offering an all-inclusive package to their clients in an attempt to combat competition from the emerging sales promotion agencies . |
| 2 | Some printers are attracted to dry-ice blasting because the cleaning processes they use at the moment require volatile chlorinated solvents and dangerous methyl ethyl ketones ( MEKs ) — not very environmentally friendly . |
| 3 | Some campaigns are doomed to failure from the start and that one will certainly be a waste of time . |
| 4 | Such advances are helping to chip away local employer prejudice against recruiting from the estate ; Northern Electric and carbody manufacturer Vickers Pressings have taken on people recently . |
| 5 | It will also explore the extent to which such changes are related to population and employment change and improvements to transport infrastructure . |
| 6 | He then proved to his own satisfaction that all such endeavours were doomed to failure . |
| 7 | These ponies are going to work in the coldest place on earth — they need a lot of food — more than this ! ’ |
| 8 | Together with our EC partners , on 13 November we condemned the violence against the people in East Timor and urged the Indonesian Government to ensure that the Indonesian armed forces and police stopped using violence and that those responsible for these acts were brought to trial . |
| 9 | These rules were to apply to property bequeathed unconditionally or else under a term ( dies ) . |
| 10 | These costs were attributed to job dissatisfaction caused by boring , repetitive work . |
| 11 | It was considered that many of these problems were related to inexperience in the management of stones within a retained gall bladder . |
| 12 | In the autumn of 1915 the Government had assumed powers to requisition at fixed prices all cereal products ; in 1916 these powers were extended to sugar , milk and eggs , but only limited use was made of them . |
| 13 | These manoeuvres were doomed to failure , for both Ruzski and Brusilov had been ordered to turn northwest , with the object of taking in rear all Austrian forces engaged with , or pursuing , Plehve . |
| 14 | These measures are related to information from repeated interviews with parents and teachers . |
| 15 | The cost of these schemes is charged to profit and loss account over the service lives of employees in |
| 16 | The government 's formal reply to these reports is presented to Parliament by the Treasury in the form of a Treasury minute , and the reports and minutes are debated annually in the House . |
| 17 | These franchises were awarded to Sunrise Television , Carlton Communications , Meridian Broadcasting and Westcountry Television respectively . |
| 18 | These papers are circulated to Business School libraries and provide a useful source of reference . |
| 19 | Single stranded DNAs from these phagemids were subjected to primer extension with radioactive M13 universal and reverse primers respectively and cleaved with I- Sce III . |
| 20 | These trends were supposed to be so powerful that many groups were driven to extinction as once-useful organs became overdeveloped to the extent that they interfered with the animals ' ability to cope with the environment . |
| 21 | Hang on , the B-side to ‘ Success … ’ is in fact the same track , and lo and behold , all royalties are donated to AIDS charities … |
| 22 | All sightings are reported to Security and the agencies . |
| 23 | Until the fourteenth century , all clergy were summoned to Parliament . |
| 24 | Many plants are left to self-sow and thinned with a hoe , while others are grown from saved seed , but there are always some varieties for which seed must be bought . |
| 25 | Almost all patients were restricted to bed in the medical intensive care unit during the index admission while waiting a suitable donor organ . |
| 26 | How many brides were left to sleep alone on the first night of their honeymoon ? |
| 27 | Reminders have been sent during the year , and the attention of all members is drawn to Rule 19 , which reads as follows : |
| 28 | How many Liberals were elected to Parliament in the 1970 General Election ? |
| 29 | Please check that all modules are known to LIFESPAN . |
| 30 | Please check that all modules are known to LIFESPAN . |