Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hotel swimming pools also fall within the framework of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations ( COSHH ) which require that exposure to substances hazardous to health , such as water disinfectants , is either prevented or adequately controlled . |
| 2 | ‘ Cause brothers do that shit to bitches all the time ’ . |
| 3 | County cricket made little concession to spectators . |
| 4 | As Hugh , Hugh is indicating that th that we have got a degree of expertise and we should be offering that expertise to clients . |
| 5 | In July 1683 the University of Oxford issued a judgment condemning certain doctrines thought to be " destructive to the kingly government " , amongst them the views that " civil authority is derived originally from the people " , that resistance to tyrants was legitimate , and that England was a mixed monarchy , with sovereignty vested in the King , Lords and Commons . |
| 6 | It will be clear that contributions are usually paid out of income and that entitlement to benefits is dependent upon contributions having been paid . |
| 7 | This has something of the smack of a ‘ like it or not ’ pronouncement of the kind commonly declaimed by those who would have us suppose that opposition to things we do not like would be pointless . |
| 8 | Pledging that opposition to tolls , plus efforts to increase the numbers of rail passengers in a bid to reduce vehicle traffic , would continue , Mr MacDougall also stressed the need for wide consultation . |
| 9 | The first , emphasised in the traditional readings of , say , Schopenhauer and Regan , is that kindness to animals is only of value as a psychological cause of human fellow-feeling . |
| 10 | The relevant legislation ( Schedule 1 , Part 2 , Trade Union and Labour Relations Act , 1974 ) and the provisions of the Code of Practice give little guidance to tribunals as to how they should approach the problem of dismissal following on a conviction , and it is to be questioned whether firm guidelines would be beneficial . |
| 11 | In the brain of this animal , there is not only a small fixed number of cells , but there is also constancy of many other features : the connections made by each cell to others , whether each connection is excitatory or inhibitory , the neurotransmitter substances released , and whether a cell is spontaneously active or not . |
| 12 | In addition , he occasionally lent this or that drawing to exhibitions . |
| 13 | What sometimes causes a little confusion to strangers is the fact that virtually the same region often goes under other names . |
| 14 | Glaxo Group Research runs a child minding service managed by the company to give some support to mothers returning to work . |
| 15 | Members of the Group , and others , can provide some support to users , but it is essential that each request for assistance should be noted centrally , so that a record of problems , and actions taken in response , can be built up . |
| 16 | This informal group was started up by an NCT member in 1986 to give some support to mums who were at work , or thinking about going back . |
| 17 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 18 | Above all , in the West warfare was increasingly governed by rules which gave some protection to prisoners and civilians . |
| 19 | In the developing world , the preservation of schedule and service independence through some degree of national ownership , even if linked by commercial alliance to one of the major carriers — rather than abdication of this responsibility to others — will safeguard against having those air lines become the casualty of a bottom line result in a distant board room in London , Atlanta or Paris . |
| 20 | There were approximately 700 firms offering holidays of some kind to consumers in the United Kingdom in 1986 . |
| 21 | Ohmann goes on to apply this technique to passages regard ed as characteristic of other authors : Hemingway , James , and Lawrence . |
| 22 | However , a number of problems confront investigators applying this technique to studies of alcoholic liver disease . |
| 23 | Farmers employ mixed cropping systems and plant local cultivars with some resistance to pests . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend says that cash is available which could be used at least to make some payment to doctors who had their payments limited by the list size criterion . |
| 25 | This response to steroids suggests a different disease process to that which occurs when retroperitoneal fibrosis or primary sclerosing cholangitis are found alone where the results of steroid treatment are unpredictable . |
| 26 | Second , the same act makes provision for ‘ environmentally sensitive areas ’ ( ESAs ) where annual grants are payable by this ministry to farmers to enable them to follow farming practices which will achieve conservation objectives . |
| 27 | The disappearance of felony confined this disqualification to traitors . |
| 28 | In conclusion , I make this plea to countries such as Germany — a country for which I have the highest regard : they should be cautious about promising recognition for Croatia and Slovenia by any precise date , and about breaking ranks within the European Community . |
| 29 | Initial reports from the site indicated that there had been some damage to buildings at the camp site , some distance from the gas plant , but that the plant itself remained unscathed . |
| 30 | But for Mr Prokhorov , there is another side to things . |