Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for resistance to the new paradigm was the sheer impossibility of convincing geologists in the traditional way : by convening on an outcrop and hammering out the evidence . |
| 2 | This involved the translocation of the gene responsible for resistance to the carbamate insecticide propoxur on to the male-Y-chromosome so that only the males were resistant . |
| 3 | Through this people God called for resistance to the great rebel and usurper of the world . |
| 4 | Like any other young couple they teamed up for outings to the beach , for barbecues with friends , or visits to the cinema . |
| 5 | These range from the notion that creativeness reflects the same warring psychological tendencies that are responsible for insanity to the intriguing , though question-begging , idea that some mad people are simply labelled as geniuses because of their apparently mystical and divinely inspired qualities of thought . |
| 6 | Acting as midwife to the enterprise has been Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios who was assisted by Roberto Valeriani . |
| 7 | In a wider sense , we need to consider the effects of world issues such as damage to the environment by pollution of air , soil and water ; the rapidly diminishing rain forests ; wars , famine , and the nuclear threat . |
| 8 | At the beginning of her Preface to Divine Songs and Meditacions , Collins claims she undertook to write : ‘ Being through weakness to the house confin'd/My mental powers seeming long to sleep ’ . |
| 9 | Through exposure to the rich variety of skills , attitudes , gifts , life- and workstyles found in ordinary people , children can be shown that all individuals are unique and that it is their differences ( rather than their similarities ) which are of value to society . |
| 10 | They love the way the story trails away into the postscript about improvements to the mental health service . |
| 11 | For his pains in defending Paisley , Boal was fired from his lucrative job as counsel to the Attorney-General . |
| 12 | Those drastic price cuts instituted by Univel Inc last week ( CI No 2,128 ) are being seen as response to the nervousness engendered by Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , the most threatening vapourware ever to descend on the market . |
| 13 | We cycled down through Vigo to the port , where we jostled with the locals to get the bikes aboard a ferry across the Ria de Vigo to Cangas on the Peninsula de Morazo , before cycling to the little sleepy fishing village of Bueu , which was quiet and unspoilt . |
| 14 | Despite a lengthy investigation into the affairs of 10 accountants connected with the Lloyd 's reinsurance scandal in 1982 , the Joint Disciplinary Scheme has decided not to apportion blame to any of them , prompting calls from some quarters for change to the regulatory regime . |
| 15 | If agreed by the Council of Ministers it will form the basis for support to the maintenance of traditional agriculture without intensification . |
| 16 | There is now much more public demand for support to the victims of violent crime . |
| 17 | And this she did , holding on for support to the iron rail that rimmed the wooden edge of the cart and which helped to keep the rags in place . |
| 18 | To her relief , Elinor was not slumped on the floor ; deathly white , she clung for support to the silver brocade hangings of her bed . |
| 19 | Laura moved round to the side of the kiln — it was a roughly built cube of fire-bricks the colour of pale sand , with a bricked-up Norman door-arch on one side and a narrow throat at the rear which led to a tall , cast-iron stovepipe wired for support to the studio wall and a bough of a late-flowering cherry tree across the yard . |
| 20 | In 1681 Lodwick was elected to membership of the Royal Society , and thereafter frequently acted as auditor to the council . |
| 21 | They found many candidates for admission to the colony , and in 1922 Makarenko wrote of them : |
| 22 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 23 | Application for admission to the first year of these courses should be made on the University 's direct entry form directly to the University of Ulster . |
| 24 | Students who complete either of the degree programmes will be eligible to apply for admission to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education , appropriate for teaching in secondary schools . |
| 25 | Exceptionally , candidates with other qualifications will be considered for admission to the course . |
| 26 | Students who complete the four-year sandwich degree will also be eligible for admission to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education . |
| 27 | Normally GCE ‘ O ’ level or GCSE passes at grade C or above in Mathematics and a science subject ( and , as part of the general entry requirements , English Language ) are required for admission to the Sport and Leisure Studies programmes . |
| 28 | A Board of Associateship was set up to manage the new regulations for admission to the Register of Chartered Librarians , and delegated to the Association 's expert Sub-Committee on Training the task of detailed assessment of the training programmes designated to meet these new regulations . |
| 29 | Some Anglophile girls in Adidas plead fruitlessly for admission to the bus in the hope of getting a piece of Clint . |
| 30 | In the summer of 1905 , Robert Connolly , a groom aged thirty-eight , applied for admission to the casual wards , saying that he came from Wellingborough , and was on his way to London . |