Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Rugby Union holds out against the commercial tide despite widespread speculation about covert payments to players . |
| 2 | By contrast , the report calls for professional investors to be exposed to the principle of ‘ caveat emptor ’ — ‘ let the buyer beware ’ . |
| 3 | Relatives who are carers may also find that the requirement for professional support to be given locally infringes on their own rights to privacy . |
| 4 | In Sutcliffe v Thackrah [ 1974 ] AC 727 the House of Lords overruled Chambers v Goldthorpe ( see 14.3.5 ) , and held that an architect certifying payments due to a contractor under a building contract was liable for professional negligence to his client the employer . |
| 5 | There may also be more room for professional bodies to discipline those whose conduct has not come up to expected standards but where proving dishonesty in a court would be hard . |
| 6 | Actinic Degradation This is the breakdown of ( mostly synthetic ) flysheets through prolonged exposure to the sun , but no-one really knows why it affects some tents and not others of the same make and model . |
| 7 | The waterfall , however , is a hundred yards downriver and is best reached by walking back along the road for fifty yards to the end of a wall , where a step down in the undergrowth discloses a good path high on the river bank above a deep gorge , the waterfall soon being seen through a canopy of foliage . |
| 8 | Dr Hendron said it was time for political talks to be re-activated . |
| 9 | Sir David acknowledged a demand for political reforms to be speeded up , but hedged on how far Britain would go in backing them . |
| 10 | But most are also rivals for political promotion to a higher office and , ultimately , for the Prime Minister 's job . |
| 11 | The king enjoyed their fruits either by direct exploitation or by granting the lands out for political reasons to some of the nobility — Lancaster , Pembroke and even the Despensers , for example . |
| 12 | The militants were publicizing demands for political status to be conferred on their imprisoned leader Patricio Baquerizo whom they wanted released . |
| 13 | In the 1980s , the tendency for political power to be concentrated at the centre has been carried a stage further by a prime minister sufficiently determined and resourceful to achieve a high level of dominance over her cabinet colleagues . |
| 14 | There were calls for political detainees to be freed and chants in support of the new opposition group , New Forum . |
| 15 | In a letter published in the Bogotá daily El Tiempo on Nov. 22 , some 50 prominent academics , artists and journalists , including the famous writer Gabriel García Márquez , called on the CNGSB to search for political solutions to the country 's problems . |
| 16 | For political purposes to the Conservative Party : £2,000 ( 1984 £2,000 ) |
| 17 | Before making the offer it will be necessary to identify all the consents , clearances and notifications which will be required in relation to both the target company and the bidder : ( 1 ) If the takeover falls within the criteria for possible reference to a merger control authority ( eg under the FTA or the Merger Regulation ) then confidential guidance might be sought from , or pre-notification required to be made to , the relevant competent authority ( see Chapter 19 ) . |
| 18 | This is accomplished through the ordering of edges on the Agenda , and through the direction-independent nature of the Fundamental Rule which looks for possible extensions to hypotheses . |
| 19 | Recent thinking on how markets can be affected by bargaining modes will be examined , and , whenever necessary , developed and adapted for possible application to an analysis of the petroleum market . |
| 20 | The objective of this association was to promote the adoption of the instruction of deaf children not through the use of sign language or any method that used it as then prevailed in many countries including the U.S.A. and Britain , but through oral methods to the total exclusion of sign language altogether . |
| 21 | The questionnaire did not ask about specific help to assistants from the LEA support services but , instead , looked at special needs support to the school as a whole . |
| 22 | This forces the teams to anticipate cost problems early enough for corrective action to be taken . |
| 23 | He left to ‘ join the real world ’ at Plessey , as executive assistant to its managing director , Michael Clark . |
| 24 | At the end of 1950 , the co-author of a book advancing Spanish claims to various overseas territories , including Gibraltar , Fernando María Castiella , was appointed as Spanish Ambassador to London . |
| 25 | The procedure is that any person or body entitled under s.16(1) to object to the grant of a licence may make a complaint about that licence to the licensing board ( subs . |
| 26 | I 'm sure Jim Lancaster is n't telling the truth about that door to the viewing room being locked . ’ |
| 27 | Something about that visit to the oculist in Salisbury with Marcus , he wrote . |
| 28 | If that is so , they must explain something about that uncertainty to the child , and include the fact that others have a positive belief in life after death . |
| 29 | In 1982 he was appointed a Vicar General in the Diocese of Westminster and four years later Pope John Paul II appointed Monsignor Crowley as Auxiliary Bishop to Cardinal Hume . |
| 30 | The dancing was held outside , in the open air behind the pavilion , a band playing hot jazz as Rachel and Damian led the dancing by the gleam of the swimming-pool , and the rhythm of their bodies as they moved blazed their desire for each other to the watching guests . |