Example sentences of "and [noun sg] to [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Contrasts abound , from the undulating patchwork quilt of hills and vales of the south , east and west to the flat moors of the Somerset Levels in the north .
2 The demand fur such a common culture rests either on an altogether over-optimistic belief in the educability of the majority that is certainly not justified by experience or on a willingness to surrender the highest standards of taste and judgement to the incessant demands of mediocrity .
3 Repeatedly slamming the kick out to its fullest extent eventually leads to inflammation of the knee joint and damage to the supporting ligaments .
4 If such Caravan is disabled by reason of such loss or damage the Corporation will bear the reasonable cost of protection and removal to the nearest repairers but not exceeding in all 20% of the agreed cost of repairs .
5 If such motor car is disabled by reason of loss or damage insured under this Policy the Corporation will bear the reasonable cost of protection and removal to the nearest repairers .
6 He had watched Billy Sullivan box at the club tournaments and progress to the professional ranks .
7 It was clear that this privileged student body with its energy and antagonism to the central authorities could one day be involved in a serious confrontation with the authorities .
8 Increased emphasis is required on the identity of and response to the changing needs of physically disabled people , as evidenced by failure of doctors to detect functional deterioration in general practice and hospital outpatient consultations .
9 During the years of its active life ( its decline and fall will be related later ) it gave thrust and direction to the necessary attempts to develop curricula that would be appropriate to the diverse aptitudes and abilities now present in all secondary schools .
10 It was Lachlan Cattanach who started the Beltane fire for Clan Gillian that Mayday , and later , in the sacrifices of ale and blood to the old gods of the sea and the fields , Lachlan led the clan again .
11 Of similar size and weight to the older ICOMs and King , Narco and Terra sets reviewed in December 1990 's Pilot , it does however offer some distinct advantages over these earlier units .
12 Haynes may have been apolitical , but his very naivete , and openness to the cultural currents of the time , underlined the difference between the Labour Government 's radicalism and the new popular movements .
13 In a confidential report , county personnel officer John Bonham wrote last month : ‘ The contents of the letters were calculated to cause concern and distress to the individual addressees . ’
14 The Lullaby Light Show from Tomy is a revolving planetarium of lights featuring different coloured stars and moons , birds and animals , all slowly moving across the walls and ceiling to the soothing strains of Brahms lullaby .
15 But where will it go to if we 're building all these new requirements to treat water and effluence to the higher standards .
16 For she and the other natives of these isles lived at a time before sin , it seemed to him , a happy time , but inferior in intelligence and humanity to the enlightened ideals of his kind .
17 Following the rout of the Allied ground forces with the fall of France , it was considered vital to perfect methods to assist rapid deployment of men and equipment to the future battlefields of re-occupied Europe .
18 Canada was valued because it would bring peace and security to the American colonies and would allow them to continue to increase their imports of British goods in a much more tranquil continent .
19 This came about on 18 December , when Mr. Mason accepted the post of Assistant Manager and Engineer to the three companies .
20 They were no doubt correct in believing that the financial burdens of Empire fell heavily on the two Castiles : heavy taxation drove industry and population to the peripheral regions and emphasized the decline of agriculture .
21 Comprehension depends upon rapid work recognition , for if the reader is devoting time and attention to the individual words , then the relationships between words will not be appreciated and the integration of word meanings will not be calculated .
22 The association also says the Government should legislate to give better protection from encroachment and development to the green belts and other urban fringe areas .
23 Incidentally , I listen for my own information and education to the early recordings of the Busch quartet to get the measure of what can be achieved , and what pianissimo and dolce really mean .
24 WALES nominated Alan Davies and Robert Norster for the positions of coach and manager to the British Lions in New Zealand next year , and both were invited for interview , but the appointments of McGeechan and Cooke were surely for rubber stamping only .
25 Wildlife will find a haven on a new island and access to the existing ones will be maintained .
26 The debates between radicals and conservatives were not concerned merely with the quality of science and access to the necessary resources .
27 This social fusion has taken place through intermarriage and access to the social circles and institutions which denote prestige in society , such as organisations , clubs and landed estates ( Sunkel 1965 ) .
28 The ethnographical excursuses of the Bellum Gallicum , which few nowadays would consider interpolated , are similar in content and style to the Posidonian sections of Diodorus and Strabo .
29 The worldwide acceptance of the need for supranational controls on the environment — given that the holes in the ozone layer , the greenhouse effect and tropical deforestation affect the whole planet rather than individual countries — has lent new respect and strength to the United Nations .
30 Freidzon also attributes impressive functions of analysis and arbitration to the personal chancellories of Politburo members , which are thought to comprise individuals who are highly expert in their particular fields .
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