Example sentences of "to the [noun sg] [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the development officers ' monthly reports to their supervisor the distribution of their work could be broken down into roughly three or four elements ( though the amount of time spent on each changed somewhat as the project progressed ) . |
| 2 | Environmentalists claim that the Russian authorities , desperate for foreign investment , are turning a blind eye to the logging companies ' many breaches of the country 's nature protection laws European 22-25 October |
| 3 | Once aboard two LSIs , the raiders carried out successful rehearsals at Scapa Flow ( north Scotland ) , despite the navy 's understandable challenge to the carrier ships ' small craft bobbing about in the night . |
| 4 | I can not comment on whether last Friday 's events were reactive to the security forces ' recent successes , but the searches on 11 and 12 January were , by the standards of the hon. Member for Belfast , East ( Mr. Robinson ) , proactive exercises in terms of their success . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the Trades Union Congress today accuses the Government of ‘ narrow ideological hostility ’ to the trade unions ' traditional celebration of the May Day public holiday . |