Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far , we have calculated the yield to maturity on the basis of semi-annual discounting of semiannual coupon payments . |
| 2 | There is the inevitable paperwork , but this is much less than for section police although , given the antipathy to paperwork in all police forces , it is surprising how the neighbourhood men welcome it on cold , wintry mornings . |
| 3 | The areas covered included a guide to procurement of computer hardware and software within the RAF , a help desk to assist with the diagnosis of problems on the large variety of PCs within the Engineering Branch of the RAF and extensions to the use of rule induction techniques in the diagnosis of avionic faults at the MU . |
| 4 | This century has seen the rise to prominence on the world-stage of the ecumenical movement , which grew out of the need felt by Christians engaged in foreign mission to overcome the divisions between churches and denominations which made less and less sense in the missionary context . |
| 5 | Death sentence : A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to death for blasphemy against Mohammad . |
| 6 | 14.45 : Secretary informed me that Class Teacher had written a letter to parent of child with Head Lice to replace one written by Head . |
| 7 | Up until now Minton 's homosexuality had presented no bar to friendship with female students . |
| 8 | On the second of July of this year , the Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament on the subject of asylum . |
| 9 | I did n't see this as being primarily er a , a reflection on the day as such , although they have n't actually had the opportunity to sort of mull it over . |
| 10 | The taxi took them off to a small restaurant , and with everywhere seeming crowded to full capacity Fabia guessed , when they were straight away shown to a table , that Ven must have had the forethought to book in advance . |
| 11 | Superman is I do n't know erm , well same difference any way , but you see this is it , he 's not , you know , in that story , in that , in , in , in , in that sort of nonsense thing , he is not the same character at both times , he has n't got , when he 's walking along the street as Clarke Kent he has n't got the ability to whoosh through the air as Superman he 's Clarke Kent , not so Jesus , he was n't Jesus divine one moment , Jesus human the other but they were perfectly married at all time from his , from the time he was , he 's conception took place , so he was n't one thing one moment , you know and one thing the next , but there it was a perfect marriage if you like , the two , I was gon na say becoming one so that they were invisible , you could n't say of that 's it that 's the human nature of Jesus , that 's his diviner it ju , because the two were perfectly married , they were fused together so they really they became one . |
| 12 | RANGERS have been handed the key to success in the European Cup . |
| 13 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 14 | He and I had had a heart to heart in the hotel following some comments supposedly made by him about me in the press , more particularly in the Sun . |
| 15 | I detest the painters : Antonio Lopez , who sincerely believes that ‘ all a painter can demand is that his work be exhibited with dignity ’ ; Luis Gordillo , who has condemned the blandishing to tourism of the previous presentation of ‘ Guernica ’ ; Eduardo Arroyo , who confuses the vulgarity of Madrid 's status as cultural capital with the praiseworthiness of a perverse act ; José María Sicilia who has mistaken ‘ Guernica ’ for a prostitute , maintaining that ‘ if one accepts a gift one must fulfil the conditions it implies ’ ; and lastly , Antoni Tàpies , father of so many aberrations , for whom the transferral of ‘ Guernica ’ is as if , ‘ finally , contemporary art had a father-figure ’ . |
| 16 | The government has belatedly recognised the danger to health of smoking and of passive smoking , but the health menace created by cars is far worse . |
| 17 | He had relegated the match to part of a bigger event as he thought people wanted more entertainment . |
| 18 | CAT STEVENS , or erstwhile Muslim YUSUF ISLAM , has become a convert to Catholicism under the name KENNY O'HARE . |
| 19 | An economics graduate , he had become an adviser to Solidarity in 1980 , and had started his own timber haulage company after losing his job in industrial training following the 1981 imposition of martial law . |
| 20 | The next week Meg had received an invitation to dinner at Martyr 's Cottage . |
| 21 | Many adults have developed an immunity to tuberculosis in this manner . |
| 22 | Labour candidates found themselves pledged to unilateral disarmament , withdrawal from the European Community and an economic policy that would have brought the country to bankruptcy within weeks . |
| 23 | Sections of the Yemeni press linked the trouble to agitation by the main Islamic party , the Yemeni Rally for Reforms ( YRR ) . |
| 24 | Many a student has found the route to vegetarianism via depleted funds . |
| 25 | But she 'd found the answer to part of the puzzle , so surely it should be possible to solve it completely ? |
| 26 | Handcuffed to a plain-clothes policeman , he was driven the half-mile to court along a carefully-monitored route . |
| 27 | Policies pursued by the government of President Zia ( 1977 to 1988 ) and the present government of Nawaz Sharif , in office since November 1990 , have violated the right to freedom of religion , particularly for the Ahmadis of Pakistan . |
| 28 | On June 17 the Council of Ministers secured from trade union representatives an agreement consolidating a no-strike understanding reached on June 9 , which had brought a return to work on June 10 . |
| 29 | The monitoring and control issues marked a return to consensus in the two groups ' assessments of how matters stood . |
| 30 | SCOTLAND manager Andy Roxburgh has welcomed the return to fitness of Middlesbrough midfielder Willie Falconer . |