Example sentences of "to [noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adopting the taxonomy of energy systems employed by ecologists Simmons ( 1978 ) suggests that geographers could use a set of ecosystem types which broadly provide a set of spatial regions ( Table 7.1 ) which conform to patterns identified from analysis of satellite data . |
| 2 | We do not see our role as merely responding to proposals produced by others for reform of the law , although this is inevitably a major part of our work . |
| 3 | The owner of a thing is the person who has , in the fullest degree , those rights of use and enjoyment , of destruction , and of disposition , which have been mentioned above — subject , of course , to the general rules of law which protect the rights of others , to certain limited rights which he or his predecessors may have created in favour of others , and , in the case of land , to rules imposed by statute under which local and other authorities may purchase property compulsorily . |
| 4 | Following Resolution 43/83 on the Antarctic at the previous session [ see p. 36779 ] , part B of Resolution 44/124 expressed its regret that the Antarctic Treaty consultative parties had not invited the UN Secretary-General to meetings held in Paris in May and October 1989 [ see pp. 36989-90 ] , in spite of numerous resolutions to that effect . |
| 5 | Collor 's wife Rosane Malta , was reportedly forced to resign her post as head of the LBA government welfare agency in late August following allegations in the leading Jornal do Brasíl newspaper that she had authorized credit payments of thousands of US dollars to organizations run by members of her large extended family , the Maltas , an influential clan in the state of Alagoas . |
| 6 | A century later , to eyes hardened by exposure to the brutalities of reinforced concrete , the dams and weirs seem part of the landscape from which their stone was taken . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make provisions comparable to those made to haemophiliacs to non-haemophiliacs infected with HIV as a result of national health service blood or tissue transfers . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co last week launched the first interconnect board under its February agreement with IBM Corp under which the two committed to adapting fibre optic interconnection boards for linking computers to peripherals and computers to computers developed by IBM for the AS/400 and RS/6000 to meet the ANSI Fibre Channel standard . |
| 9 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 10 | But ‘ allocations to sectors based on measures of use have only the most tenuous relationship with cost generation ’ ( MMC 1980 : 27 ) and are essentially arbitrary . |
| 11 | So erm in response immediate response to your question would be , yes and erm to finish the sentence by referring to areas allocated for development in local plans being okay . |
| 12 | Truman was initially less enthusiastic over the appointment owing to criticisms expressed by Dulles in the previous campaign in New York state . |
| 13 | It was only as shore jet ceased to meet increasing demands that recourse was had to outcrops exposed on hillsides in the interior . |
| 14 | Figures released in a new report by the county 's RSPCA show that cruelty complaints reached a new high of 10,561 last year and convictions for cruelty to dogs increased by 12pc to 183 . |
| 15 | Even with respect to statements made by Members in the course of parliamentary proceedings which are introduced as contextual parliamentary material it may be a nice question whether they are necessary . |
| 16 | And he established the principle that any decision which drew on the contingency reserve of public money should go to full Cabinet and not be taken in Cabinet committee , where the Chancellor and the Chief Secretary could all too easily fall prey to ambushes set by cabals of spending ministers . |
| 17 | The chairman of the committee , Mr Robert Sheldon , said yesterday he was awaiting detailed answers from the DTI to questions posed on Monday during his committee 's examination of its permanent secretary . |
| 18 | The programme will be organised in two phases , beginning with a data collection programme in which priority will be given to substances produced in quantities of over 1000 tpa . |
| 19 | According to figures released by Miti in January 1990 , Japan 's industrial output increased by 5.9 per cent during 1989 , compared with a 9.5 per cent rise in 1988 . |
| 20 | There are two further defences whose effect is that the offence does not apply either to goods intended for export from the United Kingdom or to goods not supplied as being new , e.g. second-hand goods and demonstration models . |
| 21 | Duties are placed on inspectors by Article 30(8) to disclose certain information to persons employed at premises to which the Order applies to assist in keeping such persons adequately informed about matters likely to affect their health , safety and welfare . |
| 22 | The great political bonds , which — for all the associated chicanery — did articulate political groupings and attitudes based on considerations of foreign policy and religious belief , gave way to bonds motivated by reactions to the personal behaviour of the monarch . |
| 23 | Important Note Compensation payments do not apply to changes caused by reason of war or threat of war , riots , civil strife , terrorist activity , industrial disputes , natural and nuclear disasters , fire technical problems to transport , closure or congestion of airports or ports , cancellations or changes of schedules by scheduled airlines and similar events beyond our control . |
| 24 | In 1976 the Layfield Report considered alternative ways of financing local authorities , and concluded that local income tax would be preferable to rates raised on property as a source of income . |
| 25 | Many American states apply unitary taxes to profits earned by firms inside America — a system known as ‘ water 's edge unitary tax ’ . |
| 26 | The same would apply to patients kept in hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act , since they would be unable to find alternative care outside the hospital sector by the nature of the section . |
| 27 | The ombudsman claims that the jurisdiction and duty to investigate conferred and imposed on him by the scheme enables and requires him to investigate and determine complaints in relation to valuations made by employees of a building society of properties to be charged to the building society to secure further advances to an existing borrower from that society . |
| 28 | In addition , sugar prices in 1990-91 fell to levels described by Castro as " rubbish dump prices " , while the crisis in the Gulf caused steep increases in the price of oil . |
| 29 | Binding of labelled THP-1 cells to wells coated with srICAMs in solid phase . |
| 30 | On the basis of the actuarial valuation the market value of the scheme assets in the Wedgwood Group Pension Plan at 31 December 1991 was IR£71.4 million and this exceeded the benefits that had accrued to members based on service to and pensionable pay at the valuation date . |