Example sentences of "[det] [coord] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Many attempts have been made to compile a genealogical tree showing the relationships of these animals to one another and to man .
2 There are systems of fitting a bead on one line into any of a series of keyholes on another but to date only for light loads on small kites .
3 But in fact Holt C.J. 's decision related to the escape of filth and his formulation of principle was limited to that and to cattle-trespass ; it was not nearly so sweeping as the rule expressed in Rylands v. Fletcher , which was reached by methods extremely characteristic of judicial development of the law — the creation of new law behind a screen of analogies drawn from existing law .
4 Women with uncooperative husbands were forced to resort either to wiles such as these or to abortion .
5 As weather , work and the frenzy of city life threaten our sanity , the urge to flee from it all and to hell with the consequences , sweeps over the mind like a tsunami .
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