Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have seen , in the past false biological views led to false reasoning . |
| 2 | The presidents agreed on a number of points relating to the 10-year-old civil war in El Salvador and the sanctuary given to Nicaraguan contra rebels in Honduras . |
| 3 | While a Hague Rules inspired bill of lading can be challenged by an issuing bank on the basis that Article 3(3) of the Hague Rules defers to municipal law for unlisted requirements , decisional law does not reveal any such challenge . |
| 4 | It was also partly in response to the effects of overaccumulation that deflationary policies led to decreased capacity utilization in the United States . |
| 5 | On the one hand it can emphasise the regular contributions citizens/groups make to collective life , while on the other it can reduce their participation to elections . |
| 6 | Conditions at the 20-pitch permanent park led to strong condemnation at Newry and Mourne Council . |
| 7 | All the local authority associations ( including those with a Conservative majority ) opposed rate-capping in principle , the local government press , and the media generally were hostile , while the Bill 's passage through Parliament led to strenuous opposition from senior Conservative MPs and sizeable backbench revolts in some votes . |
| 8 | When those hopes are dashed so soon , not only by a cruel foreign king , but by God 's own people , then the story turns to bleak tragedy , and becomes unbearable . |
| 9 | Mannheim compared the meanings given to social being to the givenness of language and it is difficult to imagine the individual ‘ affiliating ’ to their first language , exactly because of its givenness to the individual as part of social being . |
| 10 | Then I was promoted to assistant cashier at the Wandsworth branch where I had to deal with the toll accounts to go to head office as well as the share accounts and the dividends . |
| 11 | These cases led to profound questioning in social services departments , and in the inquiries that ensued , of the desirability of attempting to keep the family together wherever possible . |
| 12 | However , because it groups entries alphabtically according to the areas of responsibility given to particular topic editors , it can be slightly confusing . |
| 13 | The continuing conflict between evangelicals and Roman Catholics at times amounted to undignified scrapping over the souls of the proletariat . |
| 14 | These increased capital flows led to mounting pressure on the adjustable peg since an increasing stock of reserve currencies was required to maintain par values in the face of larger capital movements . |
| 15 | Thus housekeeping allowances might bear little relation to the portion of the husband 's net income devoted to collective expenditure . |
| 16 | See also Reynold Boult , A Bibliography of Canadian Law ( 1966 ) , and Paul O'Higgins , A Bibliography of Periodical Literature relating to Irish Law ( 1966 ) . |
| 17 | A study of the literature relating to recent child care legislation , policy and practice , together with a number of interviews carried out with individuals prominent in this field ( academics , practitioners and representatives of pressure groups ) focusing on policy shifts during the 1970s , suggested that at least two broad value positions , differing from each other on child care policy in important ways , might usefully be defined . |
| 18 | But there are two further points which emerge from considerations of a wide range of literature relating to public enterprise : big investment decisions have been complicated and delayed as a result of having to be considered by a number of government departments ; such decisions have been easy prey to party political pressures when they have involved the location of new plants and/or closure of old ones [ Knight , 1974 ] . |
| 19 | Yes I just wondered if I could ask Mr er if it was item nine page seven yes , its item nine erm row five and its about a report being brought to the committee on trans proportion policies relating to public transport by extending free transport to school children and students beyond the statuary obligations of the council . |
| 20 | Clifford Allen , who since 1934 had built up an all-Party group of experts committed to collective security and domestic reform , resisted pressures to take up the cause of the People 's Front , and , instead , devoted the last year of his life to actively assisting Chamberlain 's diplomacy . |
| 21 | Nor is the general difficulty confined to final stop deletion . |
| 22 | Yes , we are in close contact with non-governmental organisations , lawyers and Brazilian authorities involved in cases relating to rural violence . |
| 23 | ( Stevenson 1975 ) The position is that the members of this association view with deep dismay the continuing spread in area and operations relating to criminal litigation of all London neighbourhood law centres … |
| 24 | Is my hon. and learned Friend aware of the importance that the Baltic states attach to financial autonomy ? |
| 25 | It is interesting to note that the Jeu de Paume 's attendance figures are very similar to those of the two other Parisian institutions devoted to contemporary art : the Galeries Contemporaines at Beaubourg and the ARC , which is part of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris . |
| 26 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 27 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 28 | This exhibition , the first of its kind devoted to Irish art , will chart the development of modern painting in Ireland from 1880 until 1950 . |
| 29 | On such occasions , there is a process of mutual education and stimulation which can at times descend to mere manipulation of the delegates by the leadership and can also rise to a high level of discourse about the basic problems confronting the nation . |
| 30 | The Institute has written to the Law Commission urging a change in the Financial Services Act rules relating to confidential information and Chinese walls . |