Example sentences of "thanks [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THANKS LARGELY to Doris Day , pop singers like Sandra Dee , Helen Shapiro and Connies Stevens and Francis , were sweetly feminine — nice girls , all looking for that one special guy , in their songs at least . |
| 2 | By 1978 , thanks largely to Roche , Heidrick and Struggles were earning higher total fees than any other search firm ; charging 33.3% of the successful candidates ' remuneration , these reached $13.5m . |
| 3 | In fact , thanks largely to Sir Robin Day — ‘ the Grand Inquisitor ’ , as he calls himself in the title of his new book — the impression that the average viewer probably has of politics on television is that it is predominantly adversarial . |
| 4 | The party 's share of the vote crawled up to barely 35 per cent , thanks largely to Lib Dem deserters . |
| 5 | The two pluses are books , thanks largely to Addison Wesley , thankfully decisively so and the oil services business and the only other item worth reflecting , I think worth er , remarking on , is in fact that if you take out the black hole effect er , the entertainment fall was only two million and I think that is a creditable performance . |
| 6 | However as an account of the actual historical evolution of kinship , their use of anthropology was disastrous , thanks largely to Morgan . |
| 7 | But , thanks both to Daimler 's bad luck and bad judgment , the odds against this ever happening are high — and getting higher . |
| 8 | Thanks also to Caroline Kane for the centre page spread Prayer Lists and to Theresa Scott and Helen Chalmers for the BMS Birthday Lists . |
| 9 | Thanks also to Lynn Inglis and her team for the many newsletters they produced to such a high standard . |
| 10 | On behalf of the society I should like to thank all those who contributed to the success of these productions the actors and actresses , backstage staff sound and stage management , props front of house tea , coffee makers programme and raffle ticket sellers thanks also to Adrian who has patrolled the car park on occasions . |
| 11 | ( Thanks also to Stephen Reglar of Worcester who points out that XK488 made its first flight on October 3 and not the 31 , 1958 and was without wing-fold capability . |
| 12 | In doing so he expressed thanks also to CSD staff and pointed to the construction work currently under way on the new European Technology Centre at Royston as a demonstration of our showing confidence in the future and JM 's determined intention to maintain leadership . |
| 13 | Er , special thanks also to Neil for all support and encouragement that he 's given me . |
| 14 | Teddy has lots of people to thank , including such nice FlyPast -type people as W/C Chris Booth of 8 Squadron who got him flying not only in a Shackleton , but in 8 Squadron 's new Boeing E–3 Spinning Coffee Table ; Teddy 's logbook itself came courtesy of Vulcan XH558 ; thanks also to Plane Sailing , Sally B , the Old Flying Machine Company , the Fighter Collection and the Shuttleworth Collection . |
| 15 | Thanks also to Toni Bergman for all her efforts . |
| 16 | My thanks also to Sandra Burslem and Sue Thorne who kindly lent me their word processor . |
| 17 | Many thanks also to Phil Collen for his comments on widdley-widdley guitarists . |
| 18 | Thanks also to Graham Lloyd for being the clerk of the works ! |
| 19 | Thanks also to Les for his point of view on that . |
| 20 | Thanks are due to Christine Healey who always helps us and had arrived back from Kenya in time to rearrange the exhibition screens to a more attractive display and thanks also to Mr Derek Andrews , Manager of Blackwell 's , the University Bookshop , for generously sponsoring us this year . |
| 21 | … = thanks partly to Julian ! |
| 22 | Their first goal came after 32 minutes , thanks partly to Chris Short . |
| 23 | Figures for America 's total current account ( to be released next month ) may even show a small surplus , or at least a rough balance — thanks partly to payments by foreign governments towards the cost of the Gulf war . |
| 24 | The other version , thanks partly to Hollywood , is the more familiar of the two . |
| 25 | Thanks partly to Miller 's threat to sue , the short was scrapped . |
| 26 | It announced a loss of £2.8m , on a turnover of £13.5m , thanks mainly to write-downs in the depressed property market . |
| 27 | Cyclists fare a bit better , thanks mainly to Sustrans . |
| 28 | The English team batted first and mustered 117 , thanks mainly to C.B.K. Beachcroft , the Exeter opening batsman who made 23 , and F.W. Cuming , who top-scored with 38 . |
| 29 | Usually after elections we have an upsurge in memberships , so this year , thanks mainly to Tom Hilton , er it 's been good that we 've managed to maintain our membership . |
| 30 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |