Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another stated objective of many case management services is the improvement of the client 's quality of life , and there are a great number of attempts being made to measure quality of life ( QOL ) ( Lehman et al. , 1986 ; Oliver , 1991 ) . |
| 2 | Two crowns of laurels were offered to Braque and his wife . |
| 3 | Another group of subjects were subjected to REM or Stage 4 sleep deprivation for three nights , and then deprived of sleep altogether for one night , again allowing a comparison of the effects of a four-day cumulation of loss of Stage 4 sleep with REM sleep . |
| 4 | This system ensured reasonably fair representation for each party , whilst preventing a large number of parties being elected to parliament . |
| 5 | A petition signed by the thousands of supporters was handed to Chelmsford Borough Council leader Tony Sadler . |
| 6 | Like Nos. 17–26 , this batch of cars was transferred to South Metropolitan tracks in 1906 , having been built for ‘ Croydon District Tramways ’ in 1902 , and run as Croydon Corporation Nos. 56–60 . |
| 7 | Two small groups of captives were shown to reporters in Zakho and Dahuk . |
| 8 | Poor Martha 's experience of suitors was limited to Sam Baldwin who , although hardworking and dependable , was not the type to turn a girl 's head . |
| 9 | The withdrawal of derogations was disclosed to Parliament by Junior Minister Colin Moynihan on 20 January the following year . |
| 10 | The 1977 Royal Commission on the Press found that for a quality newspaper , production costs accounted for 31% of total costs ; the next largest group of costs were attributed to newsprint and ink . |
| 11 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 12 | Results of examinations are sent to Local Examination Secretaries , followed in due course by certificates/diplomas for successful candidates . |
| 13 | The picture painted by the Survey is one of a book provision system which is capable of coping remarkably well with the complexities of a Library whose collections have been built up over three centuries : a high proportion of requests are satisfied ; the great majority of items are delivered to readers without difficulty ; and the time taken for most items to be delivered is not only comparatively short , but , despite the fluctuating level of demand for printed books , shows little variation . |
| 14 | In all cases , a small number of items were supplied to readers after having been removed from another reader 's reserve shelf . |
| 15 | the evidence that we 've found out already from C H C is that the operation of the N H S reforms has restrictive patient choice because crucially those referrals to London teaching hospitals which used to made as a matter of course if treatment is unable er , unavailable in Harlow have actually been largely stopped , I got the detailed figures from the purchasing director erm er , recently in the C F C minutes and it shows a miniscule number of patients being referred to London teaching hospitals erm , and this is clearly the reason as this points out in this paper that London teaching hospitals are in serious financial problems and four of them , indeed are being threatened with closure by the Tomlinson report and I think many patients in Harlow would much rather as er , people have pointed out , go to er , Middlesex and U C H , should they still exist than to go to Colchester and er , but this is this a key question , so on the the basis of the this consortium does n't meet those criticisms indeed , make the situation worse I move that we oppose it in principle that Vince reports on that line . |
| 16 | A mean of two percent of patients were returned to theatre across the northern region after T U R P and this ranged from zero to seven point five percent . |
| 17 | 20.4% of the grants made and 3.6% of loans were awarded to pensioners . |
| 18 | Rape counsellors believe only ten per cent of rapes are reported to Police … |
| 19 | This became a forward base for the NPFL , and reports told of ships being diverted to Buchanan and their cargoes used to replenish the rebel supplies . |
| 20 | Access to tribunals for unfair dismissal of strikers is narrowed to victimization in the complainant 's own ‘ establishment ’ ; workers taking part in it elsewhere no longer count as his fellows . |
| 21 | It followed two cases of toddlers being snatched to safety after alarms caught fire . |
| 22 | The liability of members is limited to £1 each . |
| 23 | That 's why the vast majority of users are attracted to Microsoft Windows by its very simplicity . |
| 24 | However grand the latter might be , those who bought the lower order of tickets were condemned to tin huts at the end of the platforms where the sole facility might be a single stand-pipe tap . |
| 25 | Hundreds of children are taken to hospital after swallowing vitamin pills , often because they mistake them for sweets . |
| 26 | All organisations working for the welfare of children were invited to affiliate . |
| 27 | In 1989 , 6% of children were born to women in their second or later marriage . |
| 28 | Public meetings held by NGC to explain the reasons for the new line did little to quell public fear of the pylons and hundreds of letters were despatched to MPs who joined the fight . |
| 29 | We also know that at about the age of 13 a very high proportion of boys are attracted to science and scientific careers . |
| 30 | The Japanese government claims that the resurgence of pests is linked to factors other than pesticide use , such as climate change and the introduction of new species . |