Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , there was a very close relationship between employment opportunities and trends of immigration , especially from the Caribbean ; Ceri Peach 's research demonstrates that throughout the 1950s periods of economic expansion led to a rise in immigration while periods of recession led to a decline ( Peach , 1968 ) . |
| 2 | Thus the omission of economic factors leads to a divergence of demand estimates between builders and regions thus increasing the potential for unnecessary conflict . |
| 3 | A recent study of square-headed brooches came to a similar conclusion ( Hines 1984 , p. 180 ) ; they could be divided into three phases on the basis of their distribution : general , localised and , finally , more numerous and widespread . |
| 4 | It could have accepted the proposals which I put forward to rationalise and institutionalise the administrative jurisdiction in a boldly-conceived system of administrative courts separated to a large extent from the ordinary routine of departmental administration and free from indirect ministerial interference . |
| 5 | Consequently , once the northern campaign was resumed , on 20 April , the task of political reorganization came to a temporary halt . |
| 6 | The latter would be called a subjective budget and would list items in headings such as buildings , staff , rent , rates , capitation , in terms of the total spent in each category , rather than show how part of each category related to a particular programme . |
| 7 | As shown in the colour photographs , the Furuno represents the strength of each trace according to a colour code , with the strongest echoes shown in red , and the weakest in blue . |
| 8 | To identify the nature and causes of behavioural difficulties of each pupil referred to a panel . |
| 9 | Similarly the detail design of swept-wing kites contributes to a consistent performance . |
| 10 | Therefore , a lawyer , a financial analyst , an accountant , or journalist , aware of inside information relating to a company in whose shares he trades , is liable under Rule 10b-5 notwithstanding the absence of a fiduciary duty to the issuer of the securities provided there is at least a duty owed to another person — here the law firm , the financial intermediary , the accountancy firm , or the newspaper . |
| 11 | Moreover , it is possible to incorporate elements of randomness into quota sampling by rejecting numbers of possible respondents according to a random sequence . |
| 12 | Provision is made for the registration of further particulars relating to a charge , something of some importance given the effect of defective registration on the rights of the chargee . |
| 13 | A team of German engineers assigned to a European Community ( EC ) project to repair the town 's water system ( damaged some months earlier ) had left the country on account of the fighting . |
| 14 | While 45 per cent of German Jews agreed to a return , Arab Jews were 100 per cent opposed . |
| 15 | All cereals , fruits and vegetables contain some dietary fibre , but , just as the calorie content of different foods varies to a great degree , so does the fibre content of different plant foods . |
| 16 | The concept of free will belongs to a different arena from that of fundamental laws of science . |
| 17 | The series of public meetings came to a climax on the weekend of 30 March with a large protest march , in which anti-nuclear groups participated along with local people , in Lettermacaward . |
| 18 | The task of liberating Kuwait fell to a combination of US Marines , Saudi and Kuwaiti forces . |
| 19 | With women especially , there is a great deal of social pressure to conform to a certain physical shape . |
| 20 | It is some evidence , that is , that the concept of social class points to a real phenomenon with stable properties as reflected in the empirical relationships among the various indicators . |
| 21 | In one way , this lack of British involvement contributes to a view that , even before the shifts and lapses of the 1930s and 1950s , Britain has always had an impoverished experimental tradition , repeatedly needing to borrow from France , Ireland , the USA or wherever , to compensate for a bankruptcy of energies in the domestic context . |
| 22 | It contained reprints of some papers presented to a local antiquarian society — probably research material for the book on neolithic burial mounds . |
| 23 | He died at ‘ a gentleman 's house in Yorkshire ’ 3 October 1740 , leaving no account of some £350 subscribed to a projected edition of his works . |
| 24 | The success of this company led to a growth in life assurance business and the need for practitioners to meet informally to discuss matters of common interest . |
| 25 | They failed to find evidence that the operation of rule 80a delinked the spot and futures markets , although the operation of this rule led to a slight increase in futures price volatility and a minor reduction in the liquidity of the futures market . |
| 26 | ( b ) No part of this rule applies to a solicitor solely by virtue of the fact that ? |
| 27 | The authors observe that analysis of this variable leads to a very broad consideration of the place of the constructions in discourse , of a large number of other constructions serving similar discourse functions and of speaker strategies similar to those considered by Lavandera . |
| 28 | Some of this party went to a talk on the restoration of goods waggons at the Bewdley Depot , while others viewed the delights of Bridgnorth . |
| 29 | In this respect , s14(5) of the SGA provides : The preceding provisions of this section apply to a sale by a person who in the course of a business is acting as agent for another as they apply to a sale by a principal in the course of a business , except where that other is not selling in the course of a business and either the buyer knows that fact or reasonable steps are taken to bring it to the notice of the buyer before the contract is made . |
| 30 | Allegations by the US ambassador in January 1991 of official corruption led to a further erosion of public confidence in Menem who was forced to reorganize his Cabinet [ see p. 37959 ] . |