Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temple is easily identifiable by its long , rectangular Central Court , in this case oriented north-north-east to south-south-west . |
| 2 | The return of territories to European rule after Japan 's defeat added dissatisfaction to distress . |
| 3 | By some terrific fluke Richard came face to face with his future at the precise time he most needed to see it . |
| 4 | The world-famous pecussionist Evelyn Glennie came face to face with the musicians of the future today . |
| 5 | Young guitarist Eric Clapton paid tribute to King by purposely copying one of his hit solos . |
| 6 | The organisers of a Dusseldorf trade show for manufacturers withdrew permission to film there after reading a scene in which German businessmen try to trick Wilcox . |
| 7 | Within the intestinal mucosa , expression of T cell mediated immunity to gliadin in the gut occurs across a spectrum of histological and functional abnormalities . |
| 8 | Arab traders brought literacy to West and East Africa , but the technology of printing came from Europe and the United States . |
| 9 | Following a meeting this morning at the Department of Energy , may I ask him to arrange for the Secretary of State to make a statement answering the anger in Coventry , not just about the way in which the pit was closed and the loss of jobs , but the belief that the closure took place to mothball 40 million tonnes of medium sulphur content coal so that , were the Conservatives to be re-elected and the pits privatised , Daw Mill could take that coal out in a UDM pit ? |
| 10 | The interesting point , however , is that divisions within the student body would become less significant as conditions for all students deteriorated throughout the reform decade and optimism gave way to despair . |
| 11 | Than the shops gave place to boarding houses and the hill began ; it was a twin of the one he had come down from the car park . |
| 12 | This loss of faith in course-based INSET to influence practice gave rise to growth of school-based INSET : the INSET equivalent of school-based curriculum development . |
| 13 | But according to several Washington commentators and analysts , in sending senior aides to China , Mr Bush may have signalled that the Administration gave priority to continuity in relations over moral outrage , and thus helped to shore up the repressive Beijing regime . |
| 14 | When fear gave way to relief and a different kind of laughter . |
| 15 | East of Wallaroo the country flattened out , wheatfields gave way to spinifex grass and mallee ( eucalyptus ) scrub until finally the highest point on the horizon was art anthill . |
| 16 | Sex in Miranda 's experience was n't a matter of spectacle , but of darkness and touch , magnified by her senses ' usually exacerbated state , the extremes of the night , of smoking and drinking and hunger and tiredness , and she was a blind swimmer through walls of warm water , and knew nothing of the practice and technique of the models in the pictures crammed edge to edge in the shop . |
| 17 | Staggering , he put his weight against the door to close it , and for the first time he and the driver came face to face . |
| 18 | In principle , therefore , there was now a global US policy even if , in Vietnam , it depended upon a French surrogate , and when Acheson and Schuman met face to face , after apparently unrecorded or at least so far undisclosed conversation , Acheson wanted to establish a close and immediate connection between the problem of Southeast Asia and the defence of the West . |
| 19 | One week later , the p24 antigen had fallen to 80 pg/mL and WB showed reactivity to HIV-1 p24 and gp160 . |
| 20 | There was a full moon and we marched until midnight , the camels tied head to tail in groups of three or four . |
| 21 | And we gazed into the little flickering fire , grieving once more for the parents brought face to face with reality . |
| 22 | * It is also possible to put presuppositions into a sentence by just rearranging the parts , as in the following example ( called a CLEFT ) , based on " Senecan influence brought blood to Renaissance tragedy " : It was Senecan influence which brought blood to Renaissance tragedy . |
| 23 | In employing essentially utilitarian criteria , the Wolfenden Committee gave rise to legislation which decriminalised certain forms of homosexual conduct . |
| 24 | There were , however , consistent differences in the quality of experience as wakefulness gave way to sleep . |
| 25 | Paddle steamers gave way to screw steamers . |
| 26 | Leith 's history of biology is not too good — there were not fashionable Lamarckian revivals before Charles Darwin put pen to paper , the time gap was too small . |
| 27 | Not just the elements gave rise to life |
| 28 | Kim gave birth to baby Rosie earlier this year , in a large maternity unit in outer London . |
| 29 | The difference of treatment for the two bids gave rise to criticism that the government 's merger policy favoured conglomerates . |
| 30 | The earth thickened and made different sounds underfoot as ash gave way to elm . |