Example sentences of "and [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is charged with leading the team and with day to day liaison with the Lexicographer Group . |
| 2 | Tidal mudflats occur at the mouths of nearly all Sussex rivers , along the coast principally at Pevensey Bay and from Pett to Rye Bay , and most notably in the tidal basins of Pagham and Chichester Harbours . |
| 3 | With boundless enthusiasm , topics ranging from chemiluminescence to polymerisation , and from dyeing to Tyndall scattering were explained , with vivid demonstrations and fascinating anecdotes to an audience held captivated for over 90 minutes . |
| 4 | These possibilities , and from time to time actualities , of conflict may be observed in many different spheres : in the strains which arise from the redistribution of economic resources between industrial and developing countries , and from the scarcity of some natural resources , which will become more acute as industrialization proceeds throughout the world ; in the difficulties of controlling the spread of nuclear weapons ; in the more directly political struggles for power and prestige in some regions of the world ( for example , in the Middle East and among Latin American countries ) , and until recently between two nuclear superpowers . |
| 5 | In various measures after 1911 governments extended benefits in ways that undermined the true insurance basis of the scheme ; but the contributory principle remained an important political symbol , and from time to time attempts were made to return the scheme closer to its roots . |
| 6 | There was a gentle breeze and from time to time Meg paused and lifted her head to feel the warmth of the sun and the sweet-smelling air moving against her cheeks . |
| 7 | Sometimes I lay down and let them dance on my hand , and from time to time children came to play games in my hair . |
| 8 | The windows , black as pitch , were streaming with water , and from time to time doors and windows rattled as if the cottage were under attack . |
| 9 | The screen displayed columns of figures against groups of code letters and from time to time Francis referred to these , scrolling the display on or back . |
| 10 | Although the battle has been hard and long , and from time to time skirmishes still occur , computing is now largely accepted as being a necessary instrument in Clio 's weaponry , albeit in some cases a weapon of deterrence rather than attack . |
| 11 | They were far fewer in overall number and in ratio to adult miners than on the northern coalfields , because in metal mining a much smaller volume of excavated material has to be moved . |
| 12 | And in response to press questions , Charles said simply : ‘ I always look forward to Crathie . ’ |
| 13 | It is in regard to erosion rates that perhaps the most dramatic progress has been made and in addition to world patterns of discharge , Walling and Webb ( 1983 ) have now reviewed earlier attempts to portray world patterns of sediment yield , some of which conflicted quite significantly , and have provided a revised map of global sediment yields based upon data from nearly 1500 measuring stations and pertinent to sediment yields from basins of 1000 to 10,000 km 2 in area . |
| 14 | The development of North Shields was clearly in the interests of the ducal estate , both in terms of gains made in North Shields , and in relation to way leave payments for coal travelling to North Shields by rail for shipment . |
| 15 | 5.3 PSD methods are student-centred and activity based and in relation to programme design , centres should arrange groups which are small enough to allow for practical activity . |
| 16 | ( 7 ) In this section , in relation to planning and building control , the appropriate authority in the case of the Highland , Borders and Dumfries and Galloway Regions is the regional council and , in any other case , is the district or islands council , and in relation to food hygiene , the appropriate authority is the district or islands council . |
| 17 | But these values were much influenced by the changes in the value of the dollar , both in relation to other currencies and in relation to world prices . |
| 18 | Observers speculated that it offered Gorbachev 's conservative opponents probably their last chance to influence policy as a credible force in the central committee : in recent weeks a grassroots party revolt had toppled the conservative leaderships in several regions and cities , including Tyumen in West Siberia , Chernigov in the Ukraine , and Volgograd in southern European Russia , while conservatives were facing a rout in the forthcoming local soviet ( council ) elections ( in which party leaders had been encouraged to stand ) and in elections to party posts ahead of the 28th CPSU congress . |
| 19 | These were to prove vulnerable as time passed : in Turkey to sabotage and in Syria to government action . |
| 20 | In the years that followed labour unity was undermined by further US directives prohibiting national strikes and by revisions to Trade Union laws which sought to isolate those labelled as ‘ militants ’ . |