Example sentences of "to [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exit polls are now a vital part of election night specials — but they are also fatal to the programmes ' capacity to grip an audience through suspense . |
| 2 | The councillors agreed to the mothers ' request to meet education officials to try to speed this up . |
| 3 | Pursuant to the Directives ' aim to promote comparability of the accounts of companies of the various member States , companies are required to adopt one of two prescribed formats for the balance sheet and one of four for the profit and loss account but in doing so they may use either the prescribed ‘ historical cost accounting rules ’ or the ‘ alternative accounting rules ’ which pay greater recognition to the impact of inflation by a type of current cost accounting . |
| 4 | If , when it was in a position to do so , Consumers ' Co-operation had reverted to the Pioneers ' intention to develop independent and self-governing factories and workshops , the story would of course have been different . |
| 5 | Yet , though in the early years almost certainly there was no alternative , there is still the question whether Consumers ' Co-operation , once firmly established , could have reverted to the Pioneers ' intention to establish independently controlled producers ' , or industrial , co-operatives . |
| 6 | The study states that temperature increase could be limited to 0.2 degrees per decade , due to the oceans ' ability to absorb additional heat . |
| 7 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
| 8 | After he survived the vote , Mr Major went to the Whips ' office to thank them for their help . |
| 9 | By Sunday morning , though , they had both their parents ' blessing , and Sebastian went off to the Greens ' house to get more details of the flat from Rosemary . |
| 10 | One of the last acts of Carcani 's government was the announcement on Feb. 20 that it was acceding to the students ' demand to strip Hoxha 's name from Tirana University . |
| 11 | His theory is in stark contrast to the biologists ' attempts to find a relationship between the prohibitions on certain types of marriage partner , and the inhibitions about having sexual contact with such classes of people . |
| 12 | Ella made her way to the ladies ' end to replenish Violet Lovelock 's glass . |
| 13 | Overall , the studies suggest that the children 's adjustment following divorce is related first to consistent and on-going relationships with both parents ; and secondly , which is central to our discussion , to the parents ' ability to co-operate in their respective parenting roles , that is , co-operation without rancour or conflict . |
| 14 | Attendance at a day centre where the parents and child attend together can be very valuable or the professional 's going to the parents ' home to watch a play session will enable sharing of the observations . |
| 15 | Was it a greater crime to let her drown or to cross the great divide to the women 's section to rescue her ? |
| 16 | ‘ Ten minutes , ’ she told him , when he was ready to go into Room C. She went back to the visitors ' room to open the window . |
| 17 | The agency gave assurances that this new evidence had been passed to the relevant prosecuting authorities , and it was this which had led to the prosecutors ' decision to withdraw from their plea bargain arrangement with Drogoul , thereby allowing him to change his plea to innocent . |
| 18 | This year we have added a special Olympian category in addition to the athletes ' section to reflect both the track and field achievements ( Christie , Gunnell and Kriss Akabusi 's 400 metres hurdles bronze ) and winners away from the stadium — Chris Terry ( archery individual and team bronzes ) and gold-winning cyclist Chris Boardman and boxer Robin Reid ( bronze ) . |
| 19 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 20 | The inclusion on the album of two seven-minute songs amongst the other three-minute pop nuggets point to The Stairs ' keenness to gravitate from 1965 towards 1969 . |
| 21 | Female influence was greatest in consumer decisions , and least in public affairs ( although , as in the above example of voting choices , the researchers say that the latter finding may be due to the men 's unwillingness to admit to having serious political discussions with women ) . |
| 22 | The Fijian captain , Waisale Serevi — whose side defeated the district of Suva 26-0 in the final — came to the Scots ' hotel to say ‘ thank-you , good-bye and good-luck , ’ to the teams who had ventured to Fiji 's first such tournament . |
| 23 | It is unwise for mothers to be too ideologically sound in matter of diet — it makes it so easy for rivals to the children 's hearts to worm their way therein , and win . |
| 24 | It is perhaps a reminder to the parties ' advisers to encourage the parties to have one final read through the engrossments before execution . |
| 25 | The governors were bound by section 6(2) of the Act of 1980 to give effect to the applicants ' preference to have their daughters educated in the school , unless such duty was disapplied by section 6(3) . |
| 26 | The polytechnics have responded to the universities ' attempts to recruit CDP members by demanding a merger deadline — probably April 1993 . |
| 27 | The small number of women involved in white water paddling , she feels , is due to a women 's attitude to fear and taking risks rather than any negative feelings from male paddlers . |