Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a poem continually relating Christian religion to fertility ritual Eliot 's painted annunciation hints at the most primitive rites not only in its ‘ nimbus ’ but also in its drought-stricken landscape , where ‘ The wilderness is cracked and browned. , |
| 2 | There were serious risks to child users , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The Environment Committee concluded by approving five new OECD acts aimed at bolstering the strategy of " sustainable development " as follows : i ) Environmental Indicators & Information ( for policy-makers and the public ) ; ii ) Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy ; iii ) Co-operative Investigation & Risk Reduction of Existing Chemicals ; iv ) Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control ( advocating policies which take into account risks to world environment ) ; v ) Reduction of Trans-Frontier Movement of Wastes * The reports can be ordered at HMSO Bookshops Guardian 28 January , 1 February Independent 28 January Times 28 January , 1 February Financial Times 28 , 29 , 31 January , 1 February International Herald Tribune 31 January The Economist 2 February OECD Press Releases 31 January |
| 4 | If everyone ( or at least those who can mould opinion and wield sanctions ) implicitly agrees that it is weak to get upset , and a sign of personal incompetence to make mistakes , then openness entails real risks to staffroom status and even to promotion and other career prospects . |
| 5 | Editor , — In addition to the risks to health care staff and patients from HIV and hepatitis B outlined by the Joint Working Party of the Hospital Infection Society and the Surgical Infection Study Group , during ‘ invasive procedures ’ there is also a risk of transmission from health care staff to patients . |
| 6 | Apart from the risks to car drivers , passengers , and cyclists themselves however , pedestrian casualty figures are also alarming . |
| 7 | Our conversations range from the Arts to Child Psychology . |
| 8 | A grant of £950 will be given to Dramarama creative arts to part fund a theatre project in Middlesbrough for people who are physically handicapped or who have learning difficulties . |
| 9 | As a time of transition from autarchy and isolation to developmentalist capitalism and international rapprochement , the 1950s in Spain were a time of ambiguity and uncertainty , in which the first signs of a limited degree of liberalism became visible at the same time as the use of the customary repression made it clear that nothing fundamental had changed . |
| 10 | However , the difficulties of this approach became apparent in attempts to relate these parental characteristics to child behaviour . |
| 11 | Our customers are many and varied , ranging from domestic pets to farm animals and even an occasional exotic animal — like the lion that was brought from a travelling circus with a cut foot , and caused consternation amongst our more regular clients ; they were not prepared for such a large cat sitting in the back of a Land Rover in our car park . |
| 12 | Another characteristic of western European parliamentary democracies is the pattern of fairly frequent change from socialist to conservative governments and vice-versa . |
| 13 | However , Webern 's Six Orchestral Pieces and Berg 's Songs to Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg did pose acute problems for listeners . |
| 14 | In general , ten welcomed the proposal , including from Argentina ( ‘ I think this type of study is necessary ’ ) , of the Christian Conference of Asia ( ‘ I join others who have welcomed the idea of linking up theological thinking to development issues . ’ ) |
| 15 | Mr Martin , in his research on migration , discovered the existence of a toll-free telephone number linking Michigan growers to farm workers in the Mexican state of Michoacan . |
| 16 | The police report that over 40 per cent of burglaries of urban dwellings are break-ins to basement flats . |
| 17 | The three groups competing for the right to develop the technology for high definition television are expected to sign an accord to pool resources to develop the standard , the Los Angeles Times reported : it said signing of the pact , which could accelerate introduction of HDTV , was imminent ; the groups involve General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Zenith Electronics Corp and AT&T Co , and Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA , Compression Labs Inc and the National Broadcasting Co arm of General Electric Co . |
| 18 | Hybridization of these same probes to lung sections from untransfected animals served as a negative control against nonspecific hybridization ; neither the human CFTR probe ( g-i ) nor the hisD probe ( j-l ) hybridized to any mRNAs in the lungs of untransfected mice . |
| 19 | People follow in search of work , adding population concentration to capital accumulation . |
| 20 | I support strongly the development of housing associations in view of my experience with my local authority in Sevenoaks , which successfully sold the whole of its housing stock to West Kent housing association . |
| 21 | Also at Horstead Keynes are the carriage sheds where work is undertaken to restore coaching stock to working order . |
| 22 | New ventures that embody a high degree of risk , for example in high technology areas , are often undertaken by newly formed companies financed by the allocation of stock to group members . |
| 23 | Add your name and address and send the card to Vision Video Contest , Daily Mirror , Blackhorse Road , London SE99 7TY . |
| 24 | Alternatively , send your business card to Customer Relations , Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited , Freepost , . |
| 25 | Alternatively , send your business card to Customer Relations , Porsche Cars Great Britain Limited , Freepost , Tel : . |
| 26 | Send your name and address on a card to WOMAN /Toshiba microwave offer , Nelson Bostock Communications , 3 Portobello Mews , London W11 3DQ . |
| 27 | For 25 minutes , fabulous figures and floats that owe a great deal to fibre optics and underlit , liquid-nitrogen smoke glide past in a dazzle of light and changing colour . |
| 28 | CIWF is a public Trust which campaigns against factory farming and for a fair deal to farm animals during rearing , transport and slaughter . |
| 29 | Under increasing public pressure , farmers are taking a greater interest in free-range systems which give a fairer deal to farm animals . |
| 30 | LIPHOOK WI secretary Elsie Penny presented a birthday corsage to president Pauline Williams , who then welcomed Joan Stephens as a visitor to the March meeting . |