Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The publication by an LEA of a scheme such as Solihull 's is implicitly intended to signal this newly emphasized responsibility to teachers , to persuade them to accept it and to provide them with an agreed agenda for the review . |
| 2 | In the past did people really deny support to relatives who were in no position to reciprocate , or at least who seemed unlikely to be able to do so ? |
| 3 | The findings of the study , establishing a link between between pollution and chest and lung problems , has given support to communities throughout the country fighting for compensation . |
| 4 | Due to work by the union , the community is now set to act on repetitive strain injury , something we 've campaigned on for years and in late June the E C's Head of Health and Safety will share a platform with John and Nigel in Brussels to launch G M B's campaign to create working environment funds at E C level to channel money to unions and their health and safety work . |
| 5 | Moderator the convenor in his introduction and in the deliverance says that the church 's position is that it offers baptism to parents who are not er who , who is seeking to explain the church 's position to parents who are not communicant members or intending members of the church . |
| 6 | Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds , croup , sinusitis and respiratory problems . |
| 7 | Over half the subjects interviewed ( 57% ) believed that people with positive purified protein derivative ( PPD ) tuberculin test can transmit TB to others . |
| 8 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 9 | The ability to give or lend money to relatives obviously is related to one 's own economic resources in some way — although we are unlikely to find that people who have more straightforwardly give more . |
| 10 | Although bonuses on a life policy can not be realised until the termination of the policy , life companies will normally lend money to clients against the security of those bonuses , quickly and at very competitive rates of interest . |
| 11 | And Horsley had given money to miners ' families during the 1984–5 strike . |
| 12 | We 've given money to organisations like the RSPB , Greenpeace , the Woodland Trust and Working Weekends on Organic Farms . ’ |
| 13 | This lent money to banks , insurance companies , agricultural credit institutions and railroads . |
| 14 | Well I think any change from one system , a total system like rates , to another total system like the Community Charge er would have given rise to misgivings . |
| 15 | This has given rise to fears that the electoral process in the US has become corrupted , as money increasingly ‘ buys ’ political influence through elaborate election campaigns that concentrate power in hands of a ‘ small monied minority ’ [ Alexander ] . |
| 16 | The white-painted Land Rovers had clear UN marking and the attack has given rise to fears that Serb forces have targeted British troops . |
| 17 | This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties . |
| 18 | Secondly , that transfer must have given rise to rights in the individual who makes it . |
| 19 | The increasing domestic and industrial use of a number of stable chlorine-containing compounds has given rise to claims that these compounds may diffuse upwards into the stratosphere where they are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine which act to destroy ozone through a complex chain of chemical reactions ( Crutzen , 1974 ; Molina and Rowland , 1974 ) . |
| 20 | Many churchmen , however , have not been happy with these developments , which have given rise to schisms threatening enough to warrant the Pope 's visit . |
| 21 | Financial collapses , major frauds , litigation , environmental responsibility , all have understandably given rise to demands for companies to strengthen their control over their business and their public accountability . |
| 22 | But the procedures for establishing relief are cumbersome and have given rise to delays in settling a Name 's tax liability . |
| 23 | The resignation in March of two senior economic ministers [ see p. 37316 ] following a visit by the President of the World Bank , Barber Conable , lent credence to reports that almost US$500,000,000 in credits were being withheld by the Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) because of dissatisfaction with the government 's short-term economic policies . |
| 24 | Special connector designed to connect pipework to fittings with male screw threads — such as a bib tap . |
| 25 | On July 21 the six groups formally agreed on a continued ceasefire and on maintaining opposition to forces of former President Siyad Barre in the south , and on respect for " coexistence and national unity " . |
| 26 | Practical considerations , such as the difficulty of finding enough foster placements and adequate staff for children 's homes , also lent weight to arguments in favour of preventing children from coming into care . |
| 27 | The report noted that the industrialized countries could improve the lot of 1,100 million people living on an average per capita income equivalent to less than US$370 a year by increasing and targeting aid to countries committed to reducing poverty . |
| 28 | A form filling application would also restrict recognition to digits or capital letters in certain places . |
| 29 | De Klerk grants vote to Blacks on changes |
| 30 | While Syria made the appropriate public disclaimers , insisting it was serious about eradicating drugs and denying sanctuary to terrorists headquartered in the Bekaa Valley , Washington could take no independent action without risking the charge of meddling in Syria 's internal affairs and thereby still further inflaming Arab sensitivities throughout the Middle East . |