Example sentences of "of [pron] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some tests may involve chemicals which need to be handled with care , but this should not preclude the sale of them to the general public in kits which include protective goggles and detailed instructions on their handling . |
| 2 | The dream that had brought the two of them to the other side of the globe was wedging a distance between them . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm Loretta Lawson ’ , she said , returning and handing one of them to the American woman . |
| 4 | I adjusted one of them to the reclining position , lay back in it and closed my eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 6 | It is also provided that where a person , not named as a respondent , is in occupation , the originating application and other documents may be served by affixing a copy of them to the main door or other conspicuous part , and , if practicable , inserting them through the letter box , or by placing stakes in the ground with the documents ( in a transparent sealed envelope ) attached . |
| 7 | Another key element in Russian culture was alcohol , the unscrupulous introduction of which to the unsophisticated natives by traders led in many cases to addiction , loss of the means of livelihood and eventual pauperization . |
| 8 | Divide the party players into pairs of roughly equal sizes and tie the right leg of one to the left leg of the other . |
| 9 | In short , it may be illuminating to start with the damage and work back through the cause of it to the possible duty which may have been broken . |
| 10 | He once reproached Sir Philip Sidney for his famous refusal of a cup of water on a Dutch battlefield as an act that looks ‘ aggressively holy ’ , and it is hard to imagine any other critic of the age allowing himself such a remark , or even conceiving of it : The okay thing would be to drink some of the cup himself and pass it on , leaving most of it to the other man … ’ |
| 11 | When I reached the House of Andrus I spoke of it to the other women and we said a prayer . |
| 12 | Then , bracing herself , she strode to the top of the staircase and stood gazing down the wide , sweeping curve of it to the imposing hallway and the big front door . |
| 13 | Judging by her tone , she might even have transferred some of it to the absent Rose . |
| 14 | Sift the flour and ground rice together and add one third of it to the creamed mixture . |
| 15 | When an order has been made , the district judge sends a copy of it to the Senior Master of the Supreme Court , Queen 's Bench Division , for transmission to the Registrar of the European Court . |
| 16 | A. The Authority delegates to governors of primary and secondary schools oversight of the curriculum , and control of it to the head teacher in consultation with his staff … |