Example sentences of "to [det] [noun pl] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now this picture leads to few complications if the action is playing the piano or playing tennis … |
| 2 | Attention has been given to such topics as the marking of subjects for gender , the differential achievements of boys and girls , and the poor performance of secondary school girls in mathematics . |
| 3 | Without so much as one cartoon , Valentine offers a brisk introduction to such perennials as the role of introspection , free will , the relation of psychology to physiology and some newer ‘ big questions ’ , such as the role of humanistic psychology and computers in studying behaviour . |
| 4 | Teachers may give their verbal assent to such precepts as the need to " start where the child is " and to " individualise children 's learning " . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) The consent of the Secretary of State may be given in respect of a particular disposal of property or of disposals of any class or description and may be given subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine . |
| 6 | The tenets expressed in these two quotations have greatly influenced attitudes and the context of in-service courses , giving rise to such approaches as the special needs action programme . |
| 7 | It was answered , here was a local visitor , who has given a sentence ; and be it right , or be it wrong , the party is concluded by it ; and you must submit to such laws as the founder is pleased to put upon you . |
| 8 | Differences are presumably related to such factors as the angle of dip of the basement fault at its subcrop , the presence of splay faults , and the competence of both the basement and the Mesozoic sequence . |
| 9 | The regulatory system therefore seeks to cater for these divergent situations by tailoring the degree of regulation to the degree of investor protection required , having regard to such factors as the sophistication of the particular investor , whether transactions are executed on exchanges ( which have their own investor protection mechanisms ) , whether the particular transaction can lead to contingent liabilities and whether margin is taken in support of a transaction . |
| 10 | The auxiliary impression , he suggested , was due to such things as the skin being of different thicknesses at different parts of the body , the fact that sometimes it extends over the firm surfaces of the bones , sometimes over the flesh of the muscles , sometimes over cavities , and so on . |
| 11 | Kermode sees this change — which is at the heart of what I am writing about — as having radical implications for letters , comparable to such things as the advent , first of printing and then of cheap paper ; the bourgeoisie 's greater leisure for private reading ; and the abandonment by circulating libraries of the three-volume novel , which had been the favoured vehicle for fiction during much of the nineteenth century : Kermode exaggerates a little , I think ; nothing in the establishment of university English is as important as the innovations in culture and technology which established the book in its modern form . |
| 12 | The code contrast here seems to relate to such things as the distinction between talk about action and talk as action , the degree of speaker involvement in , or distance from , a message , whether a statement reflects personal opinion or knowledge , whether it refers to specific instances or has the authority of a generally known fact . |
| 13 | ( H.C. , 1976 ) the court held that it had the power to restrain publication of material relating to such discussions although the power was not then exercised . |
| 14 | The carer may be under too much stress , both physically and mentally , to cope with paperwork relating to such matters as the patient 's sick pay from work , relevant insurance claims , or simply organizing payment of the normal household bills . |
| 15 | When it comes to such matters as the protection of creditors and third parties dealing with a company , the obvious way forward is for the Community to lay down in its Directives detailed rules which are to be given similar effect under national law in all member states . |
| 16 | The DUP will lead opposition in the Assembly to such matters as the legalising of homosexuality , opening sex shops and Sunday opening of public houses . |
| 17 | This extends to such matters as the avoidance of abusive correspondence or personal behaviour and the desirability of warning that a telephone conversation is being recorded . |
| 18 | Burton 's approach can be seriously criticized on the grounds that he pays little attention to such problems as the globalization of capital , class struggle or ideology , and that he often appears to confuse society and system at both the descriptive and the conceptual levels . |
| 19 | Fresh questions have arisen in response to such phenomena as the emergence of the new religious movements or ‘ cults ’ and the rise of new forms of orthodox religions of the right , such as the Ayatollah 's Iran , or Jerry Falwell 's Moral Majority in the United States . |
| 20 | This is the reason for the periodic letters asking for contributions to such appeals as the repair of Igtham Mote in Kent or for the restoration of Stowe Landscape Gardens in Buckinghamshire . |
| 21 | The tour took place immediately after the Sterling crisis in 1992 , so visits to such places as the Bundesbank , the German Stock Exchange and Deutsche Book were particularly interesting for the participants . |
| 22 | In June he was appointed chair of the Central Qualification Commission set up to scrutinize former security service personnel recruited to such bodies as the State Protection Office and the police . |
| 23 | In addition to such items as a fridge and a vacuum cleaner , she has a dishwasher , central heating , hired domestic help and the use of the family car in the day time . |
| 24 | Internal evidence in regard to such details as the use of motor cars or the social idiom and manners of the characters suggests the first two decades of our century but the wise reader will accept a certain anonymity as an integral part of the fiction . |
| 25 | The king 's need has been calculated by M. Prestwich : between 1294 and 1297 , to fight in Gascony and Flanders and to pay bribes to such allies as the king of Germany and archbishop of Cologne , some £615,000 was required . |
| 26 | no steps may be taken to enforce any security over the company 's property , or to repossess goods in the company 's possession under any hire purchase agreement ( defined widely and including conditional sale agreements , chattel leasing and retention of title agreements ) , except with the leave of the court and subject to such terms as the court may impose ; |
| 27 | no other proceedings , or execution or other legal process may be commenced or continued , and no distress may be levied against the company or its property except with the leave of the court and subject to such terms as the court may impose . |
| 28 | no other step may be taken to enforce any security over the company 's property or to repossess goods in the company 's possession under any hire purchase agreement , except with the consent of the administrator or the leave of the court and subject ( where the court gives leave ) to such terms as the court may impose ; |
| 29 | no other proceedings , and no execution or other legal process may be commenced or continued , and no distress may be levied against the company or its property except with the consent of the administrator or the leave of the court and subject ( where the court gives leave ) to such terms as the court imposes ; |
| 30 | The ruling makes it all but certain that Britain will be found guilty on charges relating to these matters when the case comes before the European Court later this year . |