Example sentences of "[prep] any [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in ( i ) and ( ii ) of this paragraph the Directors may amend the Executive Scheme to secure or maintain its approval by the Inland Revenue or to comply with or take advantage of any changes to legislation provided that such amendments do not affect the basic structure of the Executive Scheme or the limits outlined in paragraph 5 above ; |
| 2 | But the bald statement that a garage has been sold in Middlesbrough is neither a news story , nor of any help to agents working in the market who need to know such details . |
| 3 | I have listed below some books on pop-up techniques , if it is of any help to G.D . |
| 4 | The emigration has been encouraged by a series of British Nationality Acts stripping even the 3.25 million people holding Hong Kong ‘ British ’ passports of any rights to residence in Britain . |
| 5 | A small indication is the use of the word ‘ remuneration , ’ which is a wide term , and the absence of any reference to salary or wages . |
| 6 | In the majority of schools this is mostly devoid of any reference to religion ; it is carved up either into subject areas which by definition rule out any necessary reference to religion , or into topics or integrated approaches which normally have little specifically religious content . |
| 7 | His conference speech was marked by the absence of any reference to membership of the European exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) , and in a BBC interview he added that he would have ‘ no announcement to make about that ’ in his key speech at the Mansion House next week . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think a change of manager would be of any benefit to Crystal Palace . |
| 9 | That is a measure not merely of misfortune and waste , but of positive neglect ; and nothing so symbolises the Tories ' failure as their abandonment of any pretence to commitment towards the unemployed . |
| 10 | For in their case an initial violation of the presumption of innocence is further compounded by a complete absence in Britain ( almost uniquely — see Shelbourn , 1979 ) of any entitlement to compensation for wrongful detention before conviction . |
| 11 | These days she was glad of any invitation to proximity , and curled up beside him so promptly that he gave her an amused sidelong glance as he took her hand in his . |
| 12 | The prayer for relief so far as the third defendant is concerned , seeks damages for conspiracy to defraud ; exemplary damages ; an indemnity in respect of any liabilities to B.M.T. under what is described as ‘ the said deed , ’ which presumably means the legal charge or other instrument containing the personal guarantee given by the plaintiffs ; damages for deceit ; and interest . |
| 13 | the removal of any obstruction to traffic ; |
| 14 | for so long as may be necessary to enable the vehicle , if it can not be used for such purpose without stopping in that length of road , to be used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or in connection with any building operation , demolition or excavation , the removal of any obstruction to traffic , the maintenance , improvement or reconstruction of that length of road , or the laying , erection , alteration , repair or cleaning in or near to that length of road of any traffic sign or sewer or of any main , pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas , water or electricity , or of any telegraph or telephone wires , cables , posts or supports . |
| 15 | They are the inclusion of the Asylum Bill and the absence of any commitment to action against what we still — inappropriately — refer to , as the Home Secretary did today , as joyriding . |
| 16 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who undertakes the design or manufacture of any article for use at work to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any necessary research with a view to the discovery and , so far as is reasonably practicable , the elimination or minimisation of any risks to health or safety to which the design or article may give rise . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who undertakes the manufacture of any substance for use at work to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any necessary research with a view to the discovery and , so far as is reasonably practicable , the elimination or minimisation of any risks to health or safety to which the substance may give rise . ’ |
| 18 | A tolerant man , enjoying solitude , although he had Protestant sympathies , he gives no sign of any antipathy to Catholicism . |
| 19 | And , if specific hypothetical examples of such computations are to be of any interest to students of biological organisms , they should be able to distinguish reliably ( though not necessarily infallibly ) between equivalent changes in the real-world environment . |
| 20 | She was no longer of any interest to Edward . |
| 21 | ‘ And there 's no mention of any legacy to Jacqui in the will ? ’ |
| 22 | City sources believe that the Bank of England 's task force will come down in favour of any alternative to Taurus that is cheap and simple . |
| 23 | The first impression of any visitor to Maidstone prison must surely be one of confusion . |
| 24 | Mannheim 's reflexivity , his willingness to tolerate the limits of any claim to truth in his own work was unrecognizable to the epistemological scientism of American sociology . |
| 25 | Her first step was to contact a solicitor to advise her on the wording of any reply to Prince Philip 's devastating letter . |
| 26 | Peter Reid , the factor on Kildalton Estate ( 36 ) , in part of his statement said " I do n't suppose it is of any consequence to advert to the question of how people were removed , but I do n't think we can admit that there were any evictions , and I think there is no need , unless it is wished , to call forward witnesses to show that there were no evictions , at least in the ordinary sense of the word . " |
| 27 | Land is shown in the balance sheet at its current replacement cost while a depreciable asset is shown at its current replacement cost less any depreciation to date . |
| 28 | The philanthropist Helen Bosanquet drew eagerly on the work of the French sociologist Frederick Le Play to argue that the ‘ stable family ’ with its male breadwinner was ‘ the only known way of ensuring with any approach to success , that one generation will exert itself in the interests and for the sake of another ’ . |
| 29 | It is probably impossible to recapture with any approach to accuracy or completeness the atmosphere of a past age but , happily , in the 1930s a former member of the Edenderry congregation left an account of what it was like to grow up in that distant time . |
| 30 | The structure and staffing numbers will be kept under review in the light of experience and revised ( upwards or downwards ) as necessary , together with any revisions to job descriptions required . |