Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was left to the Hercules to unload help to the hungry . |
| 2 | He failed in three attempts to secure election to the Trades Union Congress 's parliamentary committee , but he represented the vellum binders at the foundation conference of the labour representation committee in February 1900 , and was elected to its executive . |
| 3 | ‘ As chief executive of a large local authority , I employ solicitors to provide advice to the departments on many matters including child care , planning law , and negotiating with building contractors . |
| 4 | Against this , it was argued that government bodies which use public money to provide information to the public are under a special public law obligation to ensure that the information is accurate ; and this obligation , being a public law one , was properly enforceable by judicial review . |
| 5 | The lesbian and gay communities seized this opportunity to demand access to the airwaves , calling for more positive representation across the broad span of the schedule , and also for specific gay slots — in particular for a magazine-style programme . |
| 6 | RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to grant/deny approval to the package . |
| 7 | Bexfield 's scissors offer a high level of strength , whilst long handles provide all the necessary leverage to transmit power to the points of the blades . |
| 8 | Former mayor Marion Barry , who had recently been convicted of cocaine possession [ see pp. 37647 ; 37769 ] , failed in his attempt to secure election to the city council , winning only 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 9 | If Mr Li 's illness continues through the summer , China 's bid to play host to the Olympic games in 2000 may benefit . |
| 10 | This new attempt to apply Marxism to the Latin American situation has sought little outside inspiration and , when it has done so , has turned to other Third World countries rather than to Moscow . |
| 11 | Mrs Totteridge was clearly of a mind to impute criminality to the entire population . |
| 12 | The exceptionally hot summer of 1989 resulted in wines of great richness and power , with plenty of ripe tannins to give longevity to the wine . |
| 13 | Fontaine had made known his intention to give evidence to the new National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation , which had been set up by the government on April 25 to investigate human right violations under the Pinochet regime . |
| 14 | To be mutually consistent the constrained demand for goods must ration firms in a manner that restricts their demand for labour to give rise to the initial constrained demand for goods . |
| 15 | Lutyens 's handling of space was a notable feature of his work , and the main hall of the Dolls ' House , rising through three floors with lobbies on either side to give access to the main apartments , is particularly successful in this respect . |
| 16 | For even though some attempt to give status to the ‘ community or home beat officer ’ has been made following Lord Scarman 's ( 1981 ) report on the Brixton riots which gave something of a ‘ slap on the wrist ’ to the service , the deference accorded to specialist posting or to detective work remains untouched . |
| 17 | A good illustration of this was the vain attempt to give priority to the " Cinderella " services such as mental illness and mental handicap throughout the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 18 | In an attempt to do justice to the complexity of opinions , the research comprises three parts : a national attitude survey , to determine the structure of attitudes at one point in time ; follow-up interviews with a small number of respondents to the national survey , in which the experience of using various welfare services is being explored in detail ; and the re-analysis of information from previous surveys on similar topics , to see whether attitudes have changed much in recent years . |
| 19 | Sheikh Mohammed 's colt ran a cracking race in the Group One Prix de L'Abbaye to finish second to the ill-fated Mr Brooks and it will be a major surprise if he fails to deliver in this Listed contest . |
| 20 | Moreover , it is difficult for the human mind to pay attention to the interpersonal actions and to the substantive issues at the same time . |
| 21 | By taking the mystique out of accounting and finance , we can allow the role of the financial department to add value to the business . ’ |
| 22 | By taking the mystique out of accounting and finance , we can allow the role of the financial department to add value to the business . |
| 23 | Even rival City manager Peter Reid masked his disappointment to pay tribute to the spectacular strike . |
| 24 | Tony Benn , Ken Livingstone and Dennis Skinner , Labour chairman , joined in an attempt to rally opposition to the review at a pre-conference fringe meeting . |
| 25 | However , if you have a mixed bouquet , there may be both small and large flowers that can be used , as well as different shapes to add interest to the picture . |
| 26 | Dictionaries make heavy use of typography to convey information to the reader . |
| 27 | Only 14 per cent of registration officers said they had taken positive action to get information to the half million people in homes or hostels . |
| 28 | Please make copies of this so that you may use them at your convenience in the future to return information to the Council . |
| 29 | But the logic of punk 's evangelistic drive to change things led to a attempt to take demystification to the people : the pop deconstruction of ABC ( exposing pop 's stage managing , as on the sleeve of The Lexicon of Love ) and Scritti Politti ( affirming and unravelling , simultaneously , the lover 's non-sensical discourse ) . |
| 30 | It provided for nationalization of forests , the sale of some state-owned industries to provide money for agricultural development , some worker participation in prophet sharing , revision of electoral laws ( including significant rights for women ) , the formation of a Literacy Corps in an attempt to take education to the countryside and . |