Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like an amber light that changes to green or red , doubt may change to faith or to unbelief . |
| 2 | Christians and humanists are not alone in agreeing that doubt can be an antidote to inauthentic faith or to error and falsehood . |
| 3 | Overall , 153 strains were resistant to trimethoprim or erythromycin alone or cross resistant to tetracycline and doxycycline or to erythromycin and clindamycin . |
| 4 | Whether the increased release of the precursor in type II diabetes is due primarily to a low β cell mass or to insulin resistance is unclear , but the serum concentration of 32–33 split proinsulin in the men reported on by Hales and Barker correlated inversely with their body weight at 12 months . |
| 5 | While we do this we must beware of those who are so hungry for authority in our societies that they want to press the authority of the Bible over men and the Church in such a way as to lead to extravagance or to sectarianism . |
| 6 | But although Darwinian natural selection seems plainly to deny primacy either to egoism or to altruism , it is interesting to notice that nearly everyone has preconceptions which hinder him from coming fully to terms with the evidence . |
| 7 | In one case in 1944 , Scott LJ stated that the ‘ British principle of personal freedom , that every man should be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty , applies also to the police function of arrest — in a very modified degree , it is true , but at least to the extent of requiring them to be observant , receptive and open-minded and to notice any relevant circumstance which points either way , either to innocence or to guilt ’ . |
| 8 | Presently , we do not know the reason for this , but it may be due to different conformations of the fusion protein or to dimerization . |
| 9 | Secure the deal and to hell with integrity or compassion . ’ |
| 10 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow referred to rattan and to water in Africa . |
| 11 | Delivering the leading judgment , Nolan L.J. , having referred to the breath specimen provided by the defendant and to section 8(2) said , at p. 228 : |
| 12 | Our recruitment fell disastrously in 1976 with the consequence that a College decision was made to close the department and to phase out the courses that had been developed . |
| 13 | He had a progressive mind , favoured women 's rights to the vote and to university education , supported trade unionism , and advocated bimetallism . |
| 14 | 17.5 These points are relevant both to programmes of study and to assessment , since they show that linguistic forms can not be corrected or assessed independently of their purpose . |
| 15 | But it is also very costly — to the individual , to the college and to society generally . |
| 16 | It is varied , later in the sonnet , with the traditional image of the adder , which is believed to be able to block its hearing ( ‘ my adder 's sense/To critic and to flatterer stoppéd are ’ ) , but does so in order not to be deflected by charm or blandishments from destroying its prey . |
| 17 | His thinking has affected modern approaches to therapy and to counselling and education . |
| 18 | Again , the relatively popular policy of the privatization of industry fell on stony ground when it was proposed for extension to the electricity supply industry and to water services . |
| 19 | With a careful introduction to the database , pupils were made aware that the information they had access to was the same information available to those in the food and catering industry and to consumer groups . |
| 20 | Divided into forty-four short chapters and illustrated by a large selection of good colour reproductions , it offers a convincing explanation of the artist 's apparently inexplicable imagery by reference to his biography and to source material which ranges from Egyptian and Greek sculpture to Quattrocento frescoes , Symbolist pictures of the nineteenth century , film stills , pulp fiction , popular postcards and encyclopaedia illustrations . |
| 21 | Access to unpaid family labour and to family networks provide the small family business with an important element of flexibility . |
| 22 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 23 | They should be thought of as models rather than theories because they are orientated to action and to practice . |
| 24 | They moved from cover to cover within the compound , advancing towards the rear of the battle , following the sounds that would lead them to their own side and to news of the day 's progress . |
| 25 | The government on Oct. 22 signed a memorandum of understanding allowing the UN to resume international relief aid and to station foreign aid workers and UN guards on Iraqi territory . |
| 26 | Speaking at the report 's launch , Committee Chairman Sir John Cullen said : ‘ These are messages which apply not only to the nuclear industry but to industry as a whole . |
| 27 | The purpose is not to reinforce egoism but to refocus awareness of the self . |
| 28 | Sorry , Charity , you may be a great fan but to Hell with Hitler — and Mussolini too . |
| 29 | Ormrod J. seems to hold in Corbett that sexual relations with a woman with an artificial vagina would amount neither to consummation nor to adultery . |
| 30 | In such cases an agreement to limit the range or to reword the criteria may be essential . |