Example sentences of "of a [noun] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was not helped by such petty interferences with ordinary life as a decree of 1781 which forbade young men under the age of twenty-eight to travel abroad , or another of 1789 which forbade the granting of a marriage licence to peasant couples unless they could prove that they had already enriched the state by planting a number of fruit trees . |
| 2 | A pilot scheme , using one welfare rights worker , indicated the potential of a specialist approach to welfare rights which concentrated solely on the needs of people with learning difficulties : it raised an extra £20,000 over and above existing benefits . |
| 3 | INDUSTRY Minister Peter Lilley said yesterday he is lobbying hard to bring part of a £500m contract to Darlington . |
| 4 | This is clearly a crucial element in the battery of skills which a health system needs and in some areas like surgery and acute care there is less immediate possibility of a CD approach to health . |
| 5 | CORK City ended tiny Cwmbran 's European dream and dashed the Welsh club 's hopes of a glamour trip to Turkey . |
| 6 | The end-result of a telephone call to Sandy Lil from Sanders . |
| 7 | Kenton , a former attendant at Hambleton leisure centre , and Sarah , who has just finished her HND in illustration at Cleveland College , Middlesbrough , have also received £700 from North Yorkshire County Council and are awaiting the result of a grant application to Richmondshire District Council . |
| 8 | MP Michael Clark would not confirm he had been threatened with the withdrawal of a Government trip to Canada if he did not vote with the Tories . |
| 9 | On Sept. 16 , the Committee of Senior Officials of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in Prague adopted the report of a CSCE mission to Bosnia-Hercegovina on Aug. 29-Sept. 4 to investigate 21 detention camps . |
| 10 | RTPA 1976 applies to agreements or arrangements between two or more persons carrying on business in the United Kingdom in the production or supply of goods or services or in the application of a manufacturing process to goods , being agreements in which two or more of the parties accept restrictions in respect of the matters contained in RTPA 1976 , s6 in relation to goods and those contained in reg 3(2) of statutory instrument ( SI ) 1976/98 in relation to services . |
| 11 | In fact , he made his entrance after the interval because of a foot injury to Ryan Giggs , and took his place alongside Hughes , with Brian McClair dropping into a deeper position on the right . |
| 12 | Cantona made his entrance after the interval because of a foot injury to Ryan Giggs , and took his place alongside Hughes with Brian McClair dropping into a deeper position on the right . |
| 13 | ‘ Acid rain ’ has been identified as the cause of a pollution threat to forests and lakes throughout the industrialised world . |
| 14 | The first was to cut public expenditure as part of a monetarist approach to inflation control , and the second was to reduce the apparently deadweight burden of ( income ) tax upon incentives . |
| 15 | An excellent soldier , Astorre simply accepted the prospect of a night ride to Sigouri , and made no bones about his employer 's decision that , against the King 's wishes , an assault was to be made . |
| 16 | Once a week guests have the opportunity of a day trip to Sardinia 's capital , Cagliari , where you can explore the bustling shops and a market . |
| 17 | The 1990 Report discusses a number of consequential matters that are yet to be decided , including assistance for the deaf ; the preservation of , access to , and use of the television archives ; and the provision of a television feed to Members ' rooms . |
| 18 | The book , published by Media Associates International of Illinois , USA , covers all aspects of getting text onto the printed page , from the organisation of a production office to quality control of the end product . |
| 19 | He suspected that they might think he had used the incident of the bad teeth and the convenience of a farming father to bolt from that tough and dirty job . |
| 20 | A comprehensive set of basic arithmetic operations to manipulate fixed-point binary numbers consists of the following : ( a ) Add contents of a store location to contents of the accumulator , leaving the result in the accumulator . |
| 21 | P.S. I have checked the cost of a bus ticket to San Francisco . |
| 22 | If you like a challenge — and the chance of a £5,000 prize to boot — The Key To The Kingdom ( Pavilion Books , £12.99 ) will keep you occupied for many an hour . |
| 23 | From the Schallenberg the road descends in the course of 1 5km ( 9 miles ) via Oberei and Schwarzenegg to Steffisburg , which in modern times has become something of a dormitory suburb to 4km- ( 2½ miles- ) distant Thun . |
| 24 | Like the multiculturalists , antiracists have often failed to confront the limitations of a rationalist approach to education . |
| 25 | Friends and a typewriter are superimposed on to the film of a car journey to Avebury , and background noise is provided , I think , by something called Throbbing Gristle . |
| 26 | But the star of a GTF break to Baden bei Wien is really this truly luxurious hotel . |
| 27 | The move was seen as an attempt by Israel to defuse the worsening crisis in its relations with the United States , which had in October voted for the sending of a UN mission to Jerusalem . |
| 28 | The video , Right First Time , will not be appearing in the shops , but is designed to highlight the importance of a team approach to Inroads ' work . |
| 29 | In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port : a little too close for comfort . |
| 30 | In the following year an even stronger resolution on the navy was passed unanimously , but a resolution calling for national service was conveniently not reached at the end of the order paper ; there was an undoubted commitment to a stronger army and navy but some doubt about the wisdom of a party commitment to conscription In peacetime . |