Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But over the past year the Conservative Association 's contrubtion to party coffers was precisely nothing . |
| 2 | But over the past year the Conservative Association 's contrubtion to party coffers was precisely nothing . |
| 3 | Very often , a horse 's resistance to infection can be weakened by the constant pressure exerted during training , competition or hunting . |
| 4 | However , the extent to which products like PageMaker , Ventura , Harvard Professional Publisher or Ready , Set , Go will impact on a dealership 's day to day customers is not at all clear . |
| 5 | Easily reached from most parts of the country , short sea crossings to Fleetwood , Stranraer and Cairnryan , coupled with up to 34 ferry arrivals and departures daily illustrate the Port of Larne 's importance to Industry and Commerce . |
| 6 | The story of Alice Walker 's rise to bestsellerdom emphasizes how the literary star system selects and tokenizes particular works while ignoring others . |
| 7 | With BBC TV and BSkyB joining forces to rival ITV 's £20 million a year bid for Premier League games , and another mysterious , well-funded satellite company lurking in the background , English football 's value to TV is now ‘ beyond the wildest dreams of any club chairman in the land , ’ says Jim Cadman . |
| 8 | Arafat 's decision to side with Iraq during the Gulf War had incensed the Saudis , who had previously been among his strongest financial backers . |
| 9 | Firth 's contribution to linguistics was very great ; it is an irony of history that his death in 1960 occurred on the eve of an unprecedented expansion in linguistic studies at British universities . |
| 10 | In fact , cruel strategic reality , as well as Ceauşescu 's commitment to communism , meant that Romania could never become to the United States what Cuba was to the USSR . |
| 11 | It shows Picasso 's response to World War II , ‘ The charnel house ’ of 1945 , lent by MoMA to Europe for the first time . |
| 12 | Egremont 's claim to fame is the gurning at its annual Crab Fair , where rivals pull gnarly faces through a horse 's collar . |
| 13 | Injuries reduced his availability in 1988–89 but he captained The Eagles through the following season upon the club 's return to Division One , while also scoring vital goals against Portsmouth and at Cambridge in our tremendous run to the 1990 FA Cup Final , where his performances impressed observers . |
| 14 | Birmingham 's opponents tonight , Bari , can expect a frenzied greeting and their former midfield ace , David Platt , pinpointed the Midland club 's way to victory . |
| 15 | The report also details the car 's contribution to pollution of soil , air and water by oil , cadmium , lead , copper , chrome , zinc and polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) . |
| 16 | The Society for Computers and Law ( SCL ) holds workshops and exhibitions and has recently published a booklet " A Lawyer 's Guide to Litigation Support " price £5.00 for members and £10.00 for non-members . |
| 17 | Above all , the administration has barely responded to Mikhail Gorbachev 's swing to oppression in the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | He was screaming , the high-pitched , nerve-grating scream of agony that always turned Kathleen 's blood to stone , and the waiting-room fell into shocked silence . |
| 19 | It is a reflection on the ITF competitions , the television exposure , the prestige of these events , and also on the Marketing Department 's commitment to excellence in servicing the needs of our sponsors . |
| 20 | Yet after 7,000 invading American troops had swept away the revolutionaries , Blaize was imposed by the US and its Caribbean allies as the harmless head of a reluctant coalition of squabbling younger politicians , a half-respected figure from the past who might block the eccentric Gairy 's return to power at the polls . |
| 21 | The cell 's response to stimulation is to secrete norepinephrine ; the amount secreted falls as the stimulation is repeated . |
| 22 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 23 | When returned to power in1988 , Jack Lang took some of the opposition 's criticism to heart and also switched his priorities to the heritage , especially the cathedrals and historic gardens , to restoration and to education , although today he is still attacked by the opposition for neglecting these fields . |
| 24 | As for the point my hon. Friend raises about the Opposition 's attitude to legislation , it is up to the Opposition to speak for themselves — and I say that knowing that they will do so honourably . |
| 25 | The Opposition 's attitude to industry is negative because they largely view the world from the past . |
| 26 | When he is challenged about the Opposition 's attitude to trade union legislation , the hon. Gentleman says that that is a matter of public record . |
| 27 | Whaling and jute were two of the chief sources of Dundee 's rise to prominence as a port . |
| 28 | Jaruzelski 's rise to power seemed quite unaffected by the ebbs and flows of factional politics : |
| 29 | Scotland have had disruptions to their scrummaging routines this week though , as both McGeechan and Dixon reasoned , it is not as if they have had to fuse any newcomers to the pack , where Peter Wright 's sabbatical to loosehead worked well against the French . |
| 30 | Particularly in the sonnets where the Poet confronts time and age , we find the affirmation that his verse will perpetuate the Friend 's memory to eternity , and it follows — as history has indeed shown — that his verse itself , and the poet who wrote it , are also guaranteed immortality . |