Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun pl] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From February , 1992 , the UK Department of Health sponsored the broadcast of television commercials designed to alert parents to the dangers of VSA . |
| 2 | So far this section has considered activity specifically designed to attract newcomers to the organisation . |
| 3 | Despite his words suggesting solidarity with the Third World , Ceauşescu 's initial actions as maker of Romania 's foreign policy were designed to build bridges to the West . |
| 4 | They should be designed to add skills to the person taking the training even if some of those skills are broader than those actually required for the task . |
| 5 | Mr. Thornton argued first that the whole concept of Stardust Jewellers involved a deceit or trick by the police designed to deprive visitors to the shop of their protection or privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 6 | Firstly , there is the provision that ‘ DHAs will need to allow for referrals by GPs to hospitals with whom no contracts have been placed , keeping some funds in reserve for this purpose ’ ( DoH , 1989a , para.4.24 ) , which is designed to overcome objections to the loss of GP freedom resultant on the Type I system . |
| 7 | Drivers on the French express railway , the RER , which is expected to bring visitors to the site from central Paris are also threatening to strike on Sunday , when the park opens , because of the demands on them to cope with extra passenger traffic . |
| 8 | They will be expected to make presentations to the seminar group , not only on lesson preparation but also on integrating communicative activities . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 10 | Large Government grants are being offered to attract industries to the Enterprise Zones within Liverpool and Manchester but , with an uncertain future , most managers are being cautious over investing money for new industries in the region . |
| 11 | The Court of Session heard that in 1985 , Mr Gillespie had agreed to sell shares to the club 's owners of the time , John Lawrence ( Glasgow ) Ltd . |
| 12 | In situ hybridisation has been used to detect mRNAs to the mactophage secretory products , lysozyme , interleukin 1β and tumour necrosis factor-α . |
| 13 | Throughout the series , use is made of tables , diagrams , and charts which are used to sensitize students to the way in which written texts are structured and also to support the numerous information transfer activities that ensure that meaning is never lost . |
| 14 | Merck has concluded a similar arrangement with the New York Botanical Gardens : botanists there pass on potentially-useful plants to Merck , which has agreed to give royalties to the country of origin should a marketable drug result . |
| 15 | He was nervous and unsettled before the opening , and suffered from chills and fever , but , in spite of his aversion to conventional " publicity " , he was persuaded to give interviews to the press , although he was never at his best on such occasions . |
| 16 | Other advantages for registration as a charity are that those parents and friends who can be persuaded to make covenants to the association will be able to gain tax relief and companies that give donations will find it easier to convince the tax man that their gift was entirely for charitable purposes . |
| 17 | According to Gawley , Dunlop had agreed to make alterations to the gear box immediately after the North West race but he added : ‘ When I got to the pits at the North West immediately after the 125 class had been run off , I saw the bike lying there with no-one attending to it . |
| 18 | Gloucestershire County Council had been told to cut services to the tune of almost ten million pounds or face being poll tax capped . |
| 19 | Some of the Enterprise Centre 's employer partners were invited to nominate participants to the course and the resultant mix was positively received . |
| 20 | Voice of Lebanon also reported that Egypt and Libya had agreed to provide light weaponry to the Lebanese gendarmerie , but had refused to contribute weapons to the Army . |
| 21 | Respondents were asked to assign scores to the factors influencing choice of venue in terms of general area ( 1 point for the highest importance , 5 for the lowest ) . |
| 22 | I have been asked to send copies to the churches in Scorton , the Public Hall , the Bowling Club etc . |
| 23 | On Friday , Scotland Yard strongly denied reports that Royal Protection Group officers were asked to supply details to the security services of secret visits to a man friend , said to be Gilbey , by the Princess of Wales . |
| 24 | ‘ I do believe that in addition to selling religious materials like bibles , Chelmsford cathedral and other churches should be allowed to sell guidebooks to the cathedral , postcards of the cathedral and other ancillary items on a Sunday . |
| 25 | No advertiser has yet tried to sell condoms to the sounds of Lulu or holiday cruises to Peter Grimes ; in the popular imagination opera remains historically remote , an elegant , escapist art form . |
| 26 | To foul up the analysis further , Kane 's alleged physical characteristics are meant to predispose blacks to the sports demanding speed and strength while whites , because of their body make-ups , are rendered liable to go for endurance events . |
| 27 | Diverse factors have combined to force contracts to the forefront of the surveyor 's mind when dealing with building projects . |
| 28 | Amy was allowed to invite friends to the White House pool but security guards were never far away , and many of her holidays were spent travelling the world with her parents . |
| 29 | Richard Hoggart , for example , notes in 1951 that the adult tutor is necessarily forced to face challenges to the self evident value of literature given the types of student involved . |
| 30 | Governors at Heworth Primary School in York have applied to the city council to be allowed to make alterations to the building to form an upper storey and to install a fire escape . |