Example sentences of "[conj] to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our brains are probably equipped by nature to assess the risks of things happening to ourselves , or to a few hundred people in the small circle of villages within drum-range that our tribal ancestors could expect to hear news about . |
| 2 | The more usual examples arise from the misuse by public officials of the powers delegated by Parliament to central or local government , or to the many other bodies exercising administrative powers . |
| 3 | At night , after dinner , it is very pleasant to stroll from hotel to hotel or to the many bars and small restaurants or , later , to the discothèques . |
| 4 | More than the ten minutes allowed is no longer acceptable to the inspector or to the many thousands of people who live and work in a large and congested area of Leicestershire . |
| 5 | He shows how the same events can be given at least three explanations , each related to different facts , or to the same facts differently interpreted . |
| 6 | The first is where the Act is silent or ambiguous on any given point and the second is where the court in a decided case has given a particular interpretation to a section of the Act ( or to the same section in the original Act of 1893 ) . |
| 7 | If you attempt to pass the SPR on for the seventh time or to the same user twice , LIFESPAN will display an error message and you will not be allowed to pass it on . |
| 8 | Mark : I ca n't say that to the same extent , but where I live at the moment I know a lot of people within five minutes ' walk and there are ten or fifteen gay people I know who live locally ; there are people I can visit without any great effort whatsoever , whom I 'm likely to meet in the shops . |
| 9 | So he wanted more life cover , but he obviously on his old plan could n't sustain that to the same period of time , so he had it for a shorter period of time , the ten years , and when it dropped , he dropped down again . |
| 10 | Most of the work and examples seem far more applicable to the former than to the latter . |
| 11 | Soon a scrum developed which bore a greater resemblance to that other American game than to the former game of Redcoat rounders being played below , and Denis had to pile in beside his uncle to the great detriment of his new coat and the loss of one trilby . |
| 12 | Central Council is also grateful to their spouses who often support the welfare work of their partners , and to the many other volunteers who also help . |
| 13 | The book was ‘ A Tribute to 'The Few' who flew in the Battle of Britain , and to the many who supported them ’ . |
| 14 | And to the many other ways in which CARE is helping the world 's poorest people to find a way out of poverty and ill-health . |
| 15 | I would like him to explain to the Americans , whose US banner had ‘ his ’ rings the size of footballs , or to the Swedes , who had the Olympic logo emblazoned across their tracksuits , and to the many other teams why Great Britain are not entitled to wear it . |
| 16 | Our own competition is ended : our congratulations to the winners , and our thanks to the judges and to the many entrants , who produced some excellent ideas and criticisms . |
| 17 | This applies to those who will be employed by others and to the many who may expect , for part or all of their working lives , to be self-employed . |
| 18 | Favourite excursions are to the Habsburg castle , the very cradle of the Habsburg dynasty , perched on a hillock among green woods ; to several other castles in the area ; and to the many attractions of the countryside on the doorstep of Windisch . |
| 19 | This was particularly important to tutors involved in academic counselling , and to the many staff involved in scrutiny of student programmes after each term 's examinations . |
| 20 | We are grateful also to Lord Flowers and all the speakers at various events and to the many members of the University who contributed to the public launch of the Campaign for Resource . |
| 21 | Although one would probably incline pragmatically to the former interpretation in sentence 3 and to the latter interpretation in sentence 4 , the context could easily override these preferences — most obviously , perhaps , in the case of the president being a woman . |
| 22 | The constitutionalisation of the trade unions and the police refers to the former 's growing commitment to procedural settlements and closer political alliance to the Labour Party , and to the latter 's growing independence from local political control . |
| 23 | ‘ Under normal tax law , these would have been available to the enlarged group under the same conditions and to the same extent as for any other UK group . ’ |
| 24 | This means that in the OED only cross-references backwards or to entries published in the same fascicle are adequate , and in the Supplement , only cross-references to OED , to earlier volumes , and to the same volume ( usually ) are adequate . |
| 25 | 75 ( 1 ) The Limitation Acts shall apply to registered land in the same manner and to the same extent as those Acts apply to land not registered , except that where , if the land were not registered , the estate of the person registered as proprietor would be extinguished , such estate shall not be extinguished but shall be deemed to be held by the proprietor for the time being in trust for the person who , by virtue of the said Acts , has acquired title against any proprietor , but without prejudice to the estates and interests of any other person interested in the land whose estate or interest is not extinguished by those Acts . |
| 26 | I would like , if I may , to give just one illustration of how this happened throughout the Pathfinders and to the same degree within the Main Force . |
| 27 | We owe this both to the two teams of experienced science teachers responsible for the survey , which we direct , and to the several hundred science teachers who have generously given their time and advice to our teams . |
| 28 | Beinn Lair , A' Mhaighdean , the twins Beinn Dearg Mor and Bheag , Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair and Ruadh Stac Mor , the latter recently promoted to Munro status — all these are mountains with magic and mystery in their stones and are unknown but to a few . |
| 29 | The credit for securing this freedom belongs not so much to the legislators ( many of whom now profess themselves appalled at developments ) but to a few courageous publishers who risked jail by inviting juries to take a stand against censorship , and to the ineptitude and corruption of police enforcement . |
| 30 | The summit is 2373 feet above the sea , not a great altitude , but to the many pilgrims who climb to it time and time again , it is a stepping stone to heaven . |