Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Buck goes to a diner , he sits at a table opposite a creepy woman with a nervous tic who keeps running a grey rubber mouse over her face . |
| 2 | Any discrepancies that could not be resolved in the headquarters led to a revisit to the child 's home and checking of information on the relevant variables . |
| 3 | Input is any data given to a program for the computer to act on . |
| 4 | Much of the skill of the surveyor who specialises in building lies in his ability to recall and apply data relating to a large variety of cases , perhaps both internal and external to the organisation for which he works . |
| 5 | Data relating to a carefully constructed sample of voters from selected townships within the count will be linked together and subjected to intensive computer analysis using software tools especially developed by the research team . |
| 6 | This option enables you to obtain a listing of data relating to a specified range of Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 7 | This option enables you to obtain a listing of data relating to a specified range of Software Status Reports ( SSRs ) ; this is done by transferring the information to a VMS file so that it can be printed as required . |
| 8 | The sensitivity sought at the test point is 20 000 gamma/volt : + 2.5V corresponds to a range of 100,000 gamma so the initial Helmholtz coil current setting should cover this . |
| 9 | The study will provide detailed case-study material on alternative means of regulating fisheries , and apply the data collected to a model of wider application in the field of fisheries economics . |
| 10 | A difficulty in interpreting laterality reaction time data according to a fixed anatomical model is that shorter response latencies for uncrossed as compared with crossed reactions would be expected simply on the grounds of stimulus-response ( S-R ) compatibility . |
| 11 | And we consume a lot more than our parents did , though the proportion of income we spend on food is just 12pc compared to a third 50 years ago . |
| 12 | A software system for area based analyses of health data linked to a GIS |
| 13 | When the little aircraft bumped to a halt on a grassy field outside Paris , Miss Stark , who had chosen to travel in the outside cockpit for the sheer hell of it , put her hands to her head and tried to calm her dishevelled hair . |
| 14 | The clubhouse was closed to save overheads and the headquarters transferred to a local pub , The Buck . |
| 15 | Processed carefully in Rodinal it gives as fine a grain as is likely to be required from , for example , 35mm enlarged to a 20″×16″ exhibition size print . |
| 16 | Lightweight stores cleared readily from £30 to £34.50 each with several pens from £35 to a top of £37.80 paid to a regular Loughgall producer . |
| 17 | Of those , 71% moved to a top tier auditor while only 8% moved away from the largest firms . |
| 18 | Ansbacher announced results for the nine months to September 30 showing pre-tax profits of £3.13m compared to a loss in 1991 of £8.23m . |
| 19 | Offer a varied diet , consisting of shrimps , and pieces of fish chopped to a suitable size , supplemented with flake ( for small specimens ) and tablet foods . |
| 20 | Happily by the year end , a match was reported between the Royal Flying Corps and the Club and , although the Corps lost to a Henley scratch team of three ladies and six men , the R.F.C. played a return match the following week . |
| 21 | A 5th sheep belonging to a farmer in another field had also been attacked with a knife and beaten to death . |
| 22 | Mutual interest in statistics led to a meeting with accountant Anthony Weigall , and the foundation of the group that became The Cricket Society . |
| 23 | In particular , the Soviet statistics alluded to a whole range of research institutes and agencies whose precise functions were virtually unknown in the West . |
| 24 | He says they 're trade secrets and Jaws is just a trout compared to a Zander . |
| 25 | For a number of reasons to do with the local labour market and domestic economies , staff clung to a twelve-hour shift system . |
| 26 | A fairly common mistake is for people to retire to a place where they once spent an idyllic holiday , perhaps 15 or 20 years previously , with only a minimum of further investigation . |
| 27 | Since the US firms were usually the largest , their slower growth of sales led to a reduced concentration in the industries concerned — measured by the sales of the top three firms as a proportion of the top 20 . |
| 28 | The problem raised in both actions is , however , by no means limited to a question of money unpaid . |
| 29 | The general procedure was for the editorial staff to work to a 1.30pm daily deadline , which could sometimes be stretched to 2pm so that the presses could roll anytime between 4 and 4.30pm . |
| 30 | Contemporary discussions about British broadcasting have , almost inevitably , taken as their starting point the threats the new media pose to a well established public service broadcasting tradition . |