Example sentences of "[prep] some [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has sent off some ideas to Africa for inclusion in the first draft , which should be ready in about ten days . |
| 2 | Fletchers are famous for their forward planning , and so it was off to another aquatic centre , this time for some mortar to bed down the perimeter slabs . |
| 3 | Iceland would retain control over its fisheries but allow an EC catch of 3,000 tonnes redfish equivalent , in exchange for some access to EC waters and customs-free market access for 97 per cent of its fisheries products by 1997 . |
| 4 | Women are most heavily concentrated in the sales and service sectors , accounting for some 60% to 70% of the work-force , generally speaking the worst paid areas of work . |
| 5 | Whilst this was of some concern to Anne , who relied greatly on Joan , it was of no concern to Joan herself : enthralled by everything she saw , by fairytale glimpses of the capital , the palace and the royal family , she viewed everything and everyone with avid interest . |
| 6 | He also availed himself of some relationship to Monck , but he presumed too much on his use of the name of Henry Bennet , Earl of Arlington [ q.v. ] , to cover his own corrupt financial transactions and was committed to the Fleet prison , from which he was released after pleading ‘ nine small lamenting children ’ . |
| 7 | Although they tend to fit one pencil size only , there are rather more expensive holders available for use with wide pencils and industrial chalks which may be of some help to artists . |
| 8 | ‘ Livée , perhaps you can be of some help to Citizen Vaubrun , ’ said Mme de Ratho pointedly . |
| 9 | Although the American Anthropological Association 's statement on ethics is of some relevance to sociolinguists and is easily accessible as an appendix to a book which deals specifically with ethical problems in fieldwork ( Rynkiewich and Spradley 1971 ) , linguists do not in general have recourse to a widely accepted ethical code . |
| 10 | Highways and transportation are the responsibility of the county councils , with delegation of some functions to district councils . |
| 11 | There were approximately 700 firms offering holidays of some kind to consumers in the United Kingdom in 1986 . |
| 12 | It made a number of recommendations for a more disciplined and concerted pre-trial regime , suggesting that a defendant should be given credit for a guilty plea , particularly where there is saving of public expenditure and time , and that there should be a more vigorous policy on credit for pleas of guilty either by way of reduction of length of custodial sentence or the passing of some alternative to custody . |
| 13 | Also , regulation may prohibit the addition of some nutrients to groundwater — eg nitrate . |
| 14 | This distribution , considered along with within-group variability , tells us quite a lot about the relationship of group scores to individual scores , a matter of some interest to sociolinguists . |
| 15 | Only small States , freed from the burden of playing a leading role in international affairs and often more homogeneous economically and socially than their more powerful neighbours , could afford to apply the political panaceas of the Enlightenment with some approach to thoroughness . |
| 16 | ‘ In the comparatively simple case of the Timor group of islands we were able to deduce these changes with some approach to certainty . |
| 17 | The next time I used a prostitute was a couple of years later when I went with some friends to Amsterdam . |
| 18 | Farmers employ mixed cropping systems and plant local cultivars with some resistance to pests . |
| 19 | Of respectable working-class background with some pretentions to gentility , without formal education , she nevertheless possessed an instinctive refinement of manner . |
| 20 | I should explain that I never once thought that he should ‘ give way to me ’ — as Nonni said he should — because I was ill ; only because , as I told him , I had always thought of him as ‘ a reasonable human being with some pretensions to morality ’ . |
| 21 | This is an agricultural area still , as it has been through the centuries , and most of the residents are employed in the district , with some commuting to Hull , the nearest city . |
| 22 | There was no evidence at the time , and very little since , that victims actually wanted reparation , although it was a theme with some appeal to Conservatives in Parliament . |
| 23 | The course would be a very detailed coverage of the potential of and techniques for using a particular DTP package ( e.g. , Ventura ) with some attention to questions of design . |
| 24 | The Eighth Finance Commission in 1985 recommended the allocation of more funds for the restructuring of prison buildings , and the Ministry of Welfare put forward a plan for improving the welfare of prisoners , including some attention to after-care , under the Seventh Five Year Plan . |
| 25 | But since the examination is testing what skills you have developed over time , the passage is likely to be similar in some way to passages which you have seen . |
| 26 | Many detailed studies have been carried out on the nature of the consumption relationship and all seem to agree that , for the community as a whole , consumption is related in some way to income . |
| 27 | better knowledge ( because of the database — 18 per cent of new debts were linked in some way to debts already known ) |
| 28 | Dexter wondered what the superintendent 's idea was , except that it must relate in some way to Jim Lancaster . |
| 29 | In almost every society we know something about , except perhaps the very simplest , there are individuals who specialize in music or who are regarded as more skilled ; in this respect , notation brings about not a total change but an added stimulus , and even without it , there can develop — as in blues or in British ‘ folk ’ traditions — an idea of particular songs being attached in some way to individuals : ‘ that 's X 's song ’ . |
| 30 | Indeed , many do , because Giardia , like Candida , seems to be linked in some way to food sensitivity . |