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

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1 The codes used are summarised in Fig 11.13 ; internal in this instance referred to any activity within the EPH system model , and external to those of the wider system of interest or surrounding environment , eg the Department headquarters , Area Offices etc .
2 This in turn causes the protein to fold up in an incorrect way , which results in the haemoglobin molecules sticking to each other .
3 At Durham Priory , for example , less than half of the income assigned to each office in the monastery was devoted to the activity for which the office had been created ; the rest was absorbed in management costs ( 209 , p.255 ) .
4 In the decade before the war , Jewish settlement in the East End led to some involvement in the London underworld on the part of the Jewish population .
5 Wouters refers to this process as ‘ informalisation ’ .
6 I made a last minute decision to go to this game .
7 The Chinese want to put pressure on Vietnam , and Peking has made clear that it will continue sending arms until the Vietnamese-installed government of Hun Sen agrees to some form of power-sharing that includes the Khmer Rouge .
8 Although Howell was cited to the Court , none of the three judgments refers to that decision , and Templeman and Denning L.JJ. made remarks that were at variance with it .
9 The connection of deafness with the Dukes of Devonshire persists to this day : the 11th Duke is Patron of the National Deaf Children 's Society , and also of the Royal School for the Deaf , Derby .
10 The word " God " in all the theistic religions refers to that Mystery which is at once transcendent and immanent .
11 The fiction belongs to that school where minute anatomy of the mind predominates over incidents .
12 In each year , less than 800 of these cases led to any form of criminal or disciplinary action , and the vast majority of even this small number involved nothing more severe than ‘ advice or admonishment ’ — 651 of the 766 cases in 1987 , for example .
13 Government grant is distributed through a mechanism which is now called the standard spending assessment , an awful word , or phrase , but it is absolutely vital , and if you look at the standard spending assessment given to this county the government is saying we ought to be able to provide all the services for a total cost of eight hundred and seventy nine pounds per charge payer .
14 So the struggle became to some extent a contest between the German bishops and the pope , and the position of the German bishops in extending the conflict can only be understood if we understand their relationships with the political parties and the rival claimants .
15 Hedges rose to either side and the Cadillac 's wing mirrors clipped against them .
16 In the second two pairs devoted to this relationship the same pattern emerges .
17 The literature relating to this branch of anthropology is immense ; some of it is very sophisticated in form , even mathematical .
18 This judgement was made by comparing the percentage of the regional budget devoted to this service with the corresponding percentages in other regions .
19 Section 1 of the 1944 Act gave tremendous responsibilities to the Minister : ‘ It shall be the duty of the Minister of Education to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose , and to secure the effective execution by Local Authorities , under his control and direction , of national policy for providing a comprehensive educational service in every area . ’
20 It shall be lawful for his Majesty to appoint a Minister whose duty it shall be to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose and to secure the effective execution by the local authorities , under his control and direction , of the national policy for providing a varied and comprehensive educational service in every area .
21 According to the 1944 Education Act the Secretary of State has a duty to ‘ promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose … ’ , although effective control was , at the time of the Tyndale dispute , devolved to the LEAs .
22 and that voters should create pressure groups committed to this purpose and the acceptance of policies of arms control with the Soviet Union .
23 There were eighty-eight photos or illustrations relating to this court case and the aftermath , virtually equalling the number found for all the other rape cases in the year .
24 Queries relating to this matter should be addressed to the Librarian .
25 Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries relating to this matter .
26 As for the reform of the National Health Service , it is already well established that every hour devoted to this subject plays into Labour 's hands .
27 Therefore , for example the pressure groups relating to each fund are different and their demands are also different .
28 This level corresponds to that part of the unconscious mind which functions when we are in a light sleep .
29 In contrast under the CPA 1987 , it has already been seen that there are different rules relating to each part of the statute .
30 the historical biography of the relationship between carer and cared for : how far was it possible for people with a long history on one particular level to relate to each other on a level of physical intimacy , faced with the disgust that caring often demands .
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