Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with such opportunities as the Bill presents to get cases into the Crown court , where the offence involves only damage to vehicles or property — the vast bulk of cases — it is the value of the damage to property , as set out in clause 2 , that is the criterion , not the extent of the nuisance and danger , although that is the real problem with which we need to get to grips . |
| 2 | Both versions cost the same , and the fax option adds just £40 to the price . |
| 3 | Although he is appointed by the council who pay his salary , he has nevertheless duties to the public to see that their rights are protected . |
| 4 | The action of malicious or injurious falsehood has both similarities to , and important differences from , an action for libel . |
| 5 | Prime also owes about $235m to Bank of Boston , Chemical Bank and others , $92m to Prudential Life Insurance Co and more than $400m to its bondholders . |
| 6 | He favours instead proximity to the village , not only for the improvement of the villagers , but because it will remove for the proprietor ‘ that unpleasant feeling of cheerless solitude ’ . |
| 7 | Dearlove ( 1973 , p. 15 ) shows both arguments to be largely false , and concludes that such studies consisted of ‘ unsupported hunches based on partial research ’ , leading to a definite exaggeration of both central control and uniformity of service provision . |
| 8 | School donates over £6,000 to charities |
| 9 | cos he goes about quarter to twelve |
| 10 | It is a fast-flowing river and falls around 400′ to its confluence with the Thames , formerly powering a number of mills en route . |
| 11 | The results of Western individualism today are individual buildings with no art or , if there is any art , it pays only lip-service to the idea . |
| 12 | Some argue for much greater administrative decentralization , to remove the ‘ Whitehall bottleneck ’ , and urge that central government gives more thought to the formulation of clearly defined policies so that local authorities can be safely left to get on with the job within a clear policy framework . |
| 13 | ‘ Where a right , duty or liability would arise under a contract of sale of goods by implication of law , it may ( subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ) be negatived or varied by express agreement , or by the course of dealing between the parties , or by such usage as binds both parties to the contract . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Where a right , duty or liability would arise under a contract of sale of goods by implication of law , it may ( subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ) be negatived or varied by express agreement , or by the course of dealing between the parties , or by such usage as binds both parties to the contract . ’ |
| 15 | The present rating system gives neither accountability to residents nor effective control over local authority spending to Government . ’ |
| 16 | The polyester PVC fabric diffuses sunlight pleasantly , while fresh air circulates freely thanks to the removable side panels . |
| 17 | The process demonstrates both response to external pressure and the action that can be taken between companies which are both based in industrialised ( and therefore interdependent ) countries . |
| 18 | The newspaper reporter fails both sides to the dispute by adopting the rhetoric of only one of them , that of Mr Jones . |
| 19 | Hereford back in action tomorrow … at Edgar Street they face non-league Woking in the FA Cup … winners away to Nottingham Forest … our losing run stops now thanks to Gloucester rugby club who on Saturday in the league drew twelve all with Saracens in London … it was a close thing tho |