Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [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 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 24 | ‘ We know what to do with mad dogs , right enough , ’ Mortimer drawled , nodding towards the nearest of the fallen blacks , who had already attracted a brace of flies to the sticky wounds in his face . |
| 25 | But it is by no means certain what the law is when the goods are on the premises of one who was not responsible for bringing them there and who has committed no tort with respect to them . |
| 26 | Diplomatic efforts within the UN from the United States , the Soviet Union and Latin American countries — in particular from Mexico , Colombia and Venezuela — supported by Spain , had reportedly added a sense of urgency to the talks . |
| 27 | PULP ( singer Jarvis above ) , whose latest slice of warped pop , ‘ Babies ’ , is released on Gift this week , have added a number of dates to their current tour , playing |
| 28 | His ship had been in Japan just after the surrender and he had enjoyed a couple of visits to the bath houses in Yokohama A part of the treatment there had included an exhilarating massage carried out by a young girl who , by standing on his inert naked body , and by using her body weight as a substitute for arm muscle , had given him an unforgettable massage with her bare feet . |
| 29 | There was dark cloud to within a couple of yards of the southern horizon , below which a perfect golden background , and there was silhouetted every hill from Clent to the Sugar Loaf by Abergavenny and the Black Mountains . |
| 30 | In view of the presence of the Prince there , and especially in the light of some critical remarks he had made recently about the IRA , I had expected a posse of police to be guarding the entrance gates . |