Example sentences of "this [verb] [art] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The surface may be bowed into a curve by tensioning the two cross-spars and , while this contributes a lot to stability , the Rokkaku is still a single line fighting kite . |
2 | The mainsheet traveller tore off the deck and began a chain reaction : next to go was the boom vang , and this caused the boom to fracture at the gooseneck , overloading the mast check-stay which parted . |
3 | This allows the librarian to gauge use of the library in total and the use made by particular classes . |
4 | This encouraged an end to labour force participation and established the two arbitrary ages as customary retirement ages . |
5 | This allowed the company to crow about the new models that cost no more than the old — a favourite Ford device but by no means exclusive to the blue oval badge . |
6 | Prima facie , this raised a liability to stamp duty under s57 of the Stamp Act 1891 according to the value of the debt assumed by the transferee . |
7 | This blocked the advance to socialism — ‘ the awakening proletariat is seized by a naive nationalism , fortified by class hatred , and this obstructs , for a long time , the penetration of socialist ideas ’ . |
8 | This offered the temptation to Government to use section 2 to protect itself against potentially damaging disclosures . |
9 | The rise in equity prices during the 1980s , made it relatively easy to float new issues , and this gave an impetus to equity financing . |
10 | It is surprising to hear that Mill does n't hold this view that he thinks that erm the moral health of the citizens is of concern to the government and it actually gives , although he does n't seem to recognize this , this gives a hostage to fortune to his conservative critics because of course they can say , did say that liberalism was very damaging of er morality of the public and so we need a far more restrictive type of regime than Mill allows us . |
11 | If the former can not be allowed to happen because this spells an end to society , then external coercion must come to replace internal restraint ; and drives which can not be inhibited and redirected by the ego and superego must instead be mastered by agencies of social control . |
12 | This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain , and consequently to human health . |
13 | The papers and the TV , which never published a true picture of JFK when he was alive , are still unwilling to alarm the paying customers with anything too toxic , and this leaves the field to movie directors , historians and writers of fiction . |
14 | ( c ) The charge If the conveyance or transfer does not fall within the provisions of s83 , one is thrown back on the previous stamp duty position : ( i ) conveyance or transfer on sale This incurs a charge to ad valorem stamp duty at 1 per cent unless the conveyance can be certified at £60,000 or less ( see below ) ( Finance Act 1984 , s109 and Finance Act 1993 ) ; or ( ii ) conveyance or transfer " of any other kind " In such a case fixed stamp duty of 50p is payable unless the instrument can be certified as being one within The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) . |