Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman . |
| 2 | THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 2 ) Determinations of complaints under recognised schemes shall be made by reference to what is , in the adjudicator 's opinion , fair in all the circumstances of the case and any direction given to a building society or associated body by an adjudicator may ( if the complainant accepts the determination ) require it or the complainant not to exercise or require the performance of any of the contractual or other obligations or rights subsisting between them . |
| 4 | Or is a study of democracy bound to be a study of the diverse meanings given to a term which simply acts as a linguistic umbrella for them all ? |
| 5 | There is no known proof of true hereditary surnames in the period before the Conquest , and although a number of Domesday tenants of English origins have names additional to their first — such as Alnod of Kent , a byname given to a man with land in Oxfordshire — there is little or no evidence to show that these were other than personal to the individuals . |
| 6 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 7 | The prolific striker added to a succession of first-half near-misses with another spectacular shot on the turn which just went over the Ipswich bar . |
| 8 | The motor noise dropped to a rumble and feet clattered around his car . |
| 9 | What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand . |
| 10 | The price for tax purposes will now include any accessories added to a car after it is made available to an employee , unless these were made available on or before 31 July 1993 and excluding those worth less than £100 . |
| 11 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 12 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 13 | Concurrents Concurrents is the term given to a number in the series 1 to 7 assigned to each year , and has close correspondence with the dominical letter . |
| 14 | Input is any data given to a program for the computer to act on . |
| 15 | Another Orton diary entry referred to a man complaining about the TV show being a ‘ fake ’ — presumably because he could see they worked from scripts . |
| 16 | Many more primary than secondary schools referred to a focus on healthy eating although this was clearly not without its difficulties : |
| 17 | Preceded by to the infinitive is felt to evoke an action referred to a point in time prior to its realization : ( la ) above situates call as being supposed to follow the existence of the obligation to realize this event , denoted by had . |
| 18 | The pound plunged to a record low against the mark yesterday in the wake of a row over a document revealing how Germany tried to prop sterling . |
| 19 | This page allows you to update the user roles assigned to a user . |
| 20 | This page allows you to view the roles assigned to a user . |
| 21 | As Fig. 3.3 shows , the subjects exposed to a variety of flavours acquired the aversion readily ; that is , showed no latent inhibition . |
| 22 | Analysis of neural-specific SCG10 promoter sequences fused to a marker gene in transgenic mice ( 36 ) as well as cell lines ( 37 ) has identified a silencer element in the 5' flanking sequences . |
| 23 | What we can clearly recognise , however , is that it is a religion committed to a view that God is personal in a different manner from that in which individual human beings are personal . |
| 24 | Conversely , a female hinny mated to a donkey always produces a donkey . |
| 25 | Objections were also raised ( as in 1314 ) to being called to meet in Westminster , the usual venue of parliament , instead of at St Paul 's , the normal place for gatherings of the southern clergy ; in 1322 the southern clergy objected to a summons to meet at York in the northern province ; in May 1314 and April 1316 objections were raised to the presence of lay councillors of the king . |
| 26 | The drawing related to a shortfall in earnings from exports and services in 1990-91 attributable to the uncertainty created by the Gulf War . |
| 27 | Fans barracked Shreeves as the club slumped to a club record 11 home first division defeats and the club also experienced disappointment on the cup front . |
| 28 | As she watched , the left eye seemed to grow larger , the lips twisted to a leer . |
| 29 | Quality Control is the term applied to a system of standards-setting , performance-measurement and action in relation to the quality of a product . |
| 30 | Counter-culture , it might be said , was no loose term applied to a bunch of idle west coast hippies , whose philosophies were being trendily copied the world over . |