Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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31 Hariri also blocked Jonah 's attempt to arrange a humanitarian aid package to the deportees who were stranded in freezing conditions with little food .
32 At least this possibility and the sporadic occurrence of English metalwork on the Continent point to the areas to which goods were moving , whatever the basis for the exchange and its volume .
33 At the edge of the woods the crofters snatched up waiting spears and ready-strung bows to drive the Macleans back to the huts and the eager blades .
34 James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’
35 After the Dissolution of the Monasteries , the Abbey lands passed to the Crown and the wool trade to the villages and towns .
36 In Lonrho plc v. Fayed the facts which the court was required to assume to be true were that the defendants had made fraudulent misrepresentations about themselves to the Secretary of State in order to influence him not to refer their bid for H.F. Co. to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
37 A capitalism connection is relevant in the 1840s and 1850s when Darwin is applying division of labour theory to the problems of divergence ( Schweber , 1980 ; Ospovat , 1981 ) .
38 The manual operation of broadcasting a recognition signal to the platforms in orbit around Tarvaras had been duplicated simultaneously by four automatic sending stations which were situated at various points along the Simonova 's mainframe .
39 ‘ Lewis attributes [ the ] capacity for suffering to the girls , and an active fighting role to the boys ’ ( ibid .
40 Mr Marchant said Durham police have voluntarily referred the shooting incident to the police complaints authority for a full investigation .
41 In London , the Charity Organization Society ( COS ) did pioneer work in developing a casework approach to the families who came to it for aid , helping them to solve their problems and help themselves rather than become dependent on charitable funds .
42 The bookseller must sell to the public at the published price , but may allow 10% discount to the libraries with whom he has a licensing agreement .
43 In Curtis v. Chemical Dyeing Co. ( 1951 C.A. ) the plaintiff took a wedding dress to the defendants for cleaning .
44 Since the Second Vatican Council she had even been removed from the Universal Canon , by ignorant prelates who — full of their scientific and rationalist approach to the institutions of sanctity — insisted she had never existed .
45 FOOTBALL/ Make or break for Newcastle/ Boro still hopeful of number two slot BORO boss Lennie Lawrence issued a rallying call to the troops last night with the cry : ‘ We have n't lost ground with Leicester yet ’ .
46 During the car journey to the police station he continued to admit being concerned in the one robbery .
47 It must tackle the problem indirectly , imposing controls which ( if they are designed correctly ) have an effect equivalent to the constraints in ( 4 .
48 When you feel angry , for example , involuntary responses increase your blood pressure , heart rate , rate of breathing , blood flow to the muscles , and metabolism , preparing you for conflict or escape .
49 Reduced blood flow to the kidneys leads to oliguria ( reduction in urine volume and thus increased concentration ] .
50 Others believe that light jogging is superior because it stimulates blood flow to the legs , reduces muscle tightness and preserves fitness , says
51 Wealth thus seems to mean the same as ‘ property ’ , but ‘ property ’ is a term commonly used to refer to anything from Henry Ford II 's car company to the clothes you are wearing .
52 The agency adds : ‘ Determined to reduce the influence of conservationist non-governmental organisations on CITES and its partners , Lapointe has delivered CITES on a silver platter to the poachers and smugglers . ’
53 A year ago he had a heart by-pass which had to be re-done and for a while totally lost his sight because of a clot in the blood supply to the eyes .
54 In the case of kidneys , this is brought about by several factors — by changed rates of secretion of some hormones ( see Fig. 3.2 ) , by altered activity in the nerves going to the kidney , and by a reduction in blood supply to the kidneys .
55 Strongyles , or ‘ blood ’ or ‘ red worms ’ , damage blood vessels , and are a common cause of fatal colics since they affect the blood supply to the intestines .
56 For example , cutting the nerve supply to the genitals does not interfere with sexual motivation in the short term ; cutting the nerves to the stomach does not interfere with hunger .
57 The nature of electoral conflict changed as the Labour party succeeded the Liberal as the main opposition party to the Conservatives .
58 While murmurs of hope return to the streets of Cardiff , Australian prepare for their 16th international against Wales with coach Bob Dwyer admits : ‘ A win here would go down alongside the best of our achievements while I have been in charge . ’
59 Most commonly , mura-muras are asked to send rain , for it is well known that if one is offended he will hold up a huge bark dish to the heavens and catch all the rain on its way to earth , out of spite .
60 At a special awards ceremony held at London Zoo , Citizen Europe awarded over £11,000 worth of computer equipment to the winners of " Datachase " — a WWF education project , sponsored by Citizen Europe .
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