Example sentences of "to [art] [det] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this period , the press and the political parties experienced their most intimate relationships : newspapers were closely allied to the many political factions which dominated late 19th century politics . |
| 2 | In addition to the many successful plays he has written , David also contributes to the acclaimed radio serials The Archers and Citizens |
| 3 | The conclusion is irresistible that Mr Mandela is exploiting the government 's growing dependence on him to extend his influence to the many black organisations whose adoptive leader he is . |
| 4 | Ratepayers in the above areas will withhold payment of rates and we will recommend similar action to the many other communities who have publicly supported us ; |
| 5 | Central Council is also grateful to their spouses who often support the welfare work of their partners , and to the many other volunteers who also help . |
| 6 | It had done him no good , but the same quality was to stand him in good stead when he turned away from international relations to the many domestic difficulties which the war had engendered or highlighted . |
| 7 | It is a way of bringing some kind of order to the many diverse things which the scriptures could be said to be about . |
| 8 | Although it is most obvious and acute when there is an actual death ( and we go on to describe reactions to the death of a partner in the next chapter ) , some mourning is appropriate to the many minor deaths which occur in the course of married life . |
| 9 | The unfortunate result is that farmers , angered by the attitude of the careless few , block footpaths or refuse access to such places as the dry valley of Gordale Beck to the many considerate walkers who respect not only the countryside but also the problems of the working community who for centuries have fought to make a living from the land . |
| 10 | The topic of metaphor is too broad to receive a detailed treatment here ; let us simply say that a metaphor induces the hearer ( or reader ) to view a thing , state of affairs , or whatever , as being like something else , by applying to the former linguistic expressions which are more normally employed in references to the latter . |
| 11 | I can swear to every pie I have swallowed , to every cup of sack I have gulped , to the few good women I have met and , thankfully , to every bad woman I have slept with . |
| 12 | Yet the practising Christian remains as ignorant as his predecessors of centuries ago ; and he subscribes essentially to the same simplistic accounts he heard when he himself was a child . |
| 13 | If you were back in your own house and subject to the same old strains you might end up getting into the same sort of scrape again . |
| 14 | Empirical evidence of the participants ' interpretation of next turns is not available , and conversation analysts instead fall back on circular arguments , claiming that the conversation develops as it does by " orientation " to the same organizational devices which have to be taken for granted in order to get this interpretation of the data ( p. 120 ) . |
| 15 | It was also reported that the Governor of Cauca read out the faxes/cables received from Amnesty International to the several thousand Indians who marched on the city of Popayan . |
| 16 | The credit for securing this freedom belongs not so much to the legislators ( many of whom now profess themselves appalled at developments ) but to a few courageous publishers who risked jail by inviting juries to take a stand against censorship , and to the ineptitude and corruption of police enforcement . |