Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the last six months his father 's image had begun to intrude on his consciousness at odd moments , in the middle of a meeting , across a boardroom table , in a gesture , the droop of an eyelid , the tone of a voice , the line of a speaker 's mouth , the shape of fingers splayed to an open fire . |
| 2 | DETECTIVES are investigating the theft of £300,000 of gems belonging to a high-class madam from the home of actor David Niven 's son . |
| 3 | Analysis of teachers ' responses will seek groupings of activities according to a common pattern of use . |
| 4 | Although not a new phenomenon abroad , occurrences of listeria were relatively rare in Britain until 1989 when the number of cases rose to an estimated 800 , one third of which were pregnant women . |
| 5 | Murchison acted upon the recommendation quickly and the resulting influx of recruits led to a radical change in the organisation of the Survey in Scotland . |
| 6 | HARPY 's use of a finite-state grammar permitted backwards pruning since a finite-state grammar has the property that any string of words leading to a given state is equivalent to any other string leading to that state as far as future states are concerned . |
| 7 | The loss of amenities caused to an elderly person as a result of his injuries can be more severe precisely because he is old and has already suffered some impairment of his activities on that account . |
| 8 | During the 1920s the discovery of hormones led to a new variant in the theory of sexual difference based on emotional instability . |
| 9 | ‘ Old fashioned brushes made from bundles of twigs tied to a wooden handle . |
| 10 | The first moves towards dating involved the ordering of finds according to an assumed technological development : the theory was that stone tools preceded copper tools , copper tools preceded bronze tools , bronze tools preceded iron tools , and that iron tools continued in use into the historical period when dates could be obtained from written records . |
| 11 | By clearing a quadrat of all plants and then checking it periodically , the succession of plants leading to a mature sustainable ‘ climax ’ vegetation could be observed . |
| 12 | The glut of tries came to an abrupt halt when the party flew in to Sydney for the New South Wales game . |
| 13 | When the antislavery movement as a movement began to have a history , the writing of it by participants or writers dependent upon the perspective of participants contributed to a unifying consciousness central to which was a veneration of the heroic first generation who in their functional and religious diversity confirmed the possibility of unity in common endeavour . |
| 14 | In 1795 , after a severe winter and the failure of many crops , the price of provisions soared to an unprecedented height ; the price of wheat in London was 108 shillings a quarter : and this meant that it was impossible to buy bread , even if it were obtainable . |
| 15 | During the first three years , very little time was spent on such whole-school issues as management and curriculum leadership , but in 1988 an apparent change of priorities led to a dramatic increase in provision in this area from an average of 102 teacher-days a year to a somewhat startling 1,280 . |
| 16 | Dr Leo Kinlen , the director of the Cancer Research Campaign 's epidemiology unit in Oxford , who carried out the research , has produced a series of studies pointing to an infectious agent being involved in leukaemia . |
| 17 | The lack of clearly defined benefit from selective decontamination of the gut in a heterogeneous population of patients led to a European consensus conference on the topic . |
| 18 | Another set of leads ran to a different tape recorder in the kitchen , which recorded the whole evening 's conversation . |
| 19 | This may be relevant where the ground for claiming maladministration is failure of a local authority to take formal action in respect of odours amounting to a statutory nuisance , in view of the fact that an individual has the right to take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 in respect of a statutory nuisance . |
| 20 | But as scores of motorists flocked to a nearby tyre centre to take advantage of the offer , the firm called a halt to the deal . |
| 21 | It is an impossibly restricted view , therefore , to imagine a universal approach to landform study being based only upon consideration of historical development … the physical and the resulting psychological , inability of geographers to handle successfully the simultaneous operation of a number of causes contributing to a given effect has been one of the greatest impediments to the advancement of their discipline . |
| 22 | Semi-proletarianisation is closely linked to temporary intra-rural migration , as numbers of peasants move to a particular area for seasonal work and then move back to their small plots of land or on to another area , where a different crop has reached the planting or harvesting stage . |
| 23 | Napoli 's proceeds from months of negotiations amounted to a paltry $6,500 . |
| 24 | Thus in Seager v Copydex Ltd [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 923 details of an unpatented invention disclosed in the course of negotiations relating to a similar patented invention were held to have been disclosed under an obligation of confidence . |
| 25 | It is also true that proceedings by way of injunction are not the only form of proceedings open to a local authority under the section ; but , unlike Mann L.J. , I am not impressed by that fact , because , in practice , for reasons I have previously given , the circumstances in which injunction proceedings may be successfully brought by a local authority are such that no other proceedings will be effective to enforce the law . |
| 26 | Media coverage of issues relating to a healthy lifestyle is certainly extensive , but can be confusing . |
| 27 | The clinical interview provided information about the severity and diagnosis of disorders , but also enabled researchers to measure onset and course using a concept of change-points : a point in time when an increase or decrease in the number of symptoms led to a noticeable change in a woman 's psychiatric state . |
| 28 | Similarly , if it is found that 45 per cent of boys admitted to a regional observation and assessment centre have already been in prison or custody , there is little point in promoting the value of a punitive stance to their behaviour . |
| 29 | Alternatively , farmers could treat plants that act as alternative hosts for the pest and so reduce the number of pests migrating to a susceptible crop . |
| 30 | One of the principle reasons for the development of anti-school attitudes amongst these young people is the separation and ranking of students according to a multiple set of criteria which make up the normative , academically oriented value system of the school . |