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

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1 While murmurs of hope return to the streets of Cardiff , Australian prepare for their 16th international against Wales with coach Bob Dwyer admits : ‘ A win here would go down alongside the best of our achievements while I have been in charge . ’
2 At a special awards ceremony held at London Zoo , Citizen Europe awarded over £11,000 worth of computer equipment to the winners of " Datachase " — a WWF education project , sponsored by Citizen Europe .
3 Apollinaire describes Picasso 's method of work in this way : ‘ Using planes to render volumes , Picasso enumerates the different elements composing objects in such a complete and penetrating manner that they only assume the aspect of objects thanks to the spectators ’ efforts , who are of necessity aware of their simultaneity , precisely because of their arrangement .
4 There are of course exceptions to the rules , and some of them well-known at that .
5 4.4 The Distributor agrees to undertake an Annual Stock Count each year and shall supply details of stock figures to the Publishers and shall permit a representative of the Publisher to be present at the Stock Count should the Publisher so request
6 James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’
7 The issues analysed include the adequacy of ‘ investor protection ’ in highly competitive financial markets ; the responsiveness of stock markets to the demands of the wider economy and to the policies of government ; the impact of competition on regulations ; and the lessons , if any , which New York can teach London .
8 A capitalism connection is relevant in the 1840s and 1850s when Darwin is applying division of labour theory to the problems of divergence ( Schweber , 1980 ; Ospovat , 1981 ) .
9 ‘ What about the relation of cell loss to the symptoms ? ’ he asked .
10 After the film noir of punk had come the escapist musical spectacular of ‘ the new pop ’ , demonstrated in a wild flamboyance which banished the austerity of punk rock to the shadows .
11 Staff of OPSSAT act to the instructions and priorities set by the President of SSATs .
12 The opportunity to achieve a notional transfer of management responsibility to the districts , which were the heavy users of the institutions , was provided by the 1982 reorganization , through which North Devon and South Devon ( Torbay ) became autonomous districts .
13 However close the match of management behaviour to the criteria described , performance management can only work in the broader context of managing change through learning ( see chapter 6 ) .
14 But Kennedy took much the same view of the area as his predecessor , accepting a domino theory and remaining absolutely determined to prevent the fall of South Vietnam to the Communists .
15 That the District not merely survived but flourished is unquestionably attributable to the considerable skilled judgment , shrewd diplomacy and unswerving commitment of Frank Jacques to the principles of the WEA and its social purpose in the best tradition of a disciple of Tawney .
16 They ought to hand out gear instead of ice cream to the kids
17 ‘ We also sold between £1,500 and £2,000-worth of ice creams to the shops locally this weekend . ’
18 Across the lake is a patchwork quilt of Yorkshire countryside to the hills beyond .
19 However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland .
20 Others ascribe the weakening of community consciousness to the failures of the churches to inculcate a sense of moral responsibility into the population , to the fashion for ‘ permissiveness ’ in education in the 1960s and 1970s which undermined respect for authority , and to the failures of parents to control their children .
21 On the formation of county councils in 1888 the administrative functions of Quarter Sessions passed to the county councils leaving only the judicial functions of Quarter Sessions to the Justices .
22 Ordinances of August and September 1944 , and a law of May 1954 , succeeded more in resolving the problems posed by collaborationist newspapers and journalists , and by the transfer of newspaper plant to the publishers of new titles , than in guaranteeing pluralism and forestalling concentration .
23 Up to the last minute the enormous problems of ammunition supply to the guns had not been overcome .
24 The high degree of CEO involvement already noted is an integrating factor and another is the strong orientation of FRG industry to a standards and systems approach .
25 It preferred to insist that industrial democracy should be imposed by a means that had to be in principle unsustainable : that is , by the appointment of representatives of trade unions to the boards of directors of industrial enterprises .
26 Under pressure from diminishing resources and central government exhortations , much greater emphasis is being placed on the careful targeting of policy measures to the places where people suffer from the most severe problems , as evidenced by the successive reviews of regional policy and by the initiatives of the 1970s and 1980s aimed at rejuvenating inner city areas .
27 The text opens with the words of St Paul to the Ephesians ( 4:1 ) videte vocacionem vestram ; the copy in the manuscript belonging to the Yorkshire man , Robert Thornton , renders this vividly as " seese callynge " [ seese : take possession of ] .
28 The guards distributed glasses of mineral water to the occupants of the seats and withdrew .
29 The last month almost spent on a series of farewell visits to the branches and his many business friends in Melbourne and Sydney .
30 Supporters of devolution point to the differences inherent in the administration of Scotland which would assist a more independently-run nation .
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