Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French king Robert the Pious ( 996 – 1031 ) allegedly delighted in generosity to the poor , in acts of humility , such as when he washed the feet of 160 clerics with his own hair , and in making gifts to churches . |
| 2 | It is necessary , therefore , for each part of the universal Church to act ‘ as it believes the whole Church should act in obedience to Christ ’ . |
| 3 | Pursuant to section 85 and Schedule 14 , if both the complainant and the society agree , the adjudicator may act in relation to a complaint within section 83 as an arbitrator with all the legal consequences that that entails . |
| 4 | The information had also been disclosed in confidence to another shareholder who was using if for the purpose of making a bid for the plaintiff company . |
| 5 | Formal structures are designed in order to : |
| 6 | There 's also a list of new custom macros designed in response to user-requests . |
| 7 | Clusters have been designed in response to requests from secondary schools , which felt they needed help in guiding students to make coherent choices from the National Certificate catalogue . |
| 8 | The tasks are designed in relation to a variety of writing purposes and a range of text types for general-purpose language learners . |
| 9 | In 45-minute classes infants grapple with walking in time to music , marching , pony-trotting ; facial expressions and gestures are tested , too . |
| 10 | Unlike most forms of home territory , however , Ends are not colonized in opposition to authority . |
| 11 | Even the deeds of valour , so proudly recorded , only added to her depression as she reminded herself that each was committed in response to yet one more example of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 12 | ( vi ) In conditions of rapid social change , the role of adventurers , guided by the search for power without being committed in loyalty to any interest or class , is important in the creation of a national liberation movement . |
| 13 | Other international companies are moving in the same direction and many , like ICI and BP , are firmly committed in principle to community regeneration . |
| 14 | The main charges being investigated were acts committed in relation to the 1968 invasion by Warsaw Pact troops and to the November 1989 demonstrations as well as more general charges involving abuse of official authority , political interference in legal proceedings , illegal property and currency transactions , and embezzlement . |
| 15 | Assistance may only be granted , however , where the Commissioner believes that the breach of rule about which the member is complaining is one which affects or may affect other members of the union or that similar breaches of the rules have been or may be committed in relation to other members of the union . |
| 16 | Some of the project manager 's time will be committed in advance to systematic management of the project . |
| 17 | They study social justice from the point of view of people committed in advance to no government or constitution , who are free to create the ideal state from first principles . |
| 18 | Despite the egress of isolated specimens , museum collections grow in proportion to the director 's burden of deciding what to accept . |
| 19 | Given the above potential for arbitrage profits , it was argued that if enough investors acted on this opportunity , the price of ABC Ltd would rise and that of XYZ Ltd would fall in response to the changing pattern of demand . |
| 20 | The surface above will rise or fall in response to the changes in volume brought about by these alterations in mineral density . |
| 21 | But conversely if the government raises interest rates the supply of money may fall in response to a lower demand for money . |
| 22 | Because viewing distance from the screen does not fall in proportion to the screen dimensions , this resolution becomes acceptable . |
| 23 | To be sure , this contrast is over-stated , and academic fields have periods of relative stagnation and sudden revolution , just as professional ones can evolve almost without anyone noticing in response to shifts in practice . |
| 24 | It is in the fact that a golden thread methodology may be a two-stage operation that its potential value lies in relation to the issue of women . |
| 25 | The Social Work Department 's involvement with homelessness lies in relation to Community Care legislation . |
| 26 | This could also be a place to introduce vocabulary your students will need in order to be able to follow the programme . |
| 27 | The assisted area map may well change after the general election , but I can assure my hon. Friend that we ensure absolute fairness between assisted areas and that no one area is disadvantaged or advantaged in relation to the others . |
| 28 | It seems that male spatial arrangements are contingent upon those of females , who are themselves dispersed in relation to dietary ecology , and yet in this species it is females rather than males that move between social units . |
| 29 | Further large-scale deforestation is occurring in response to government-sanctioned development projects , many of which involve cash cropping and ranching . |
| 30 | As is the case with the parasitic wasp , it seems that sex allocation is occurring in response to environmental variation . |