Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to improve the scientific basis of investigation and management in the practice of environmental health and to equip participants with the strategic skills to assess and advise on the control of the risks to health from the environment . |
| 2 | There was a welcome boost to morale at the Sussex-based charity Friends of the Young Deaf when WCUK Maidstone marketing manager , Kim Taylor , presented a cheque for £1,000 on behalf of the George Wimpey Charitable Trust . |
| 3 | There would be a boost to industry from the greater net disposable income , and at no cost to the consumer in need , because VAT does not apply to food and necessities . |
| 4 | There 's been recent reassessment of the traditional picture of the enforced flight from the labour force to domesticity on the part of women just after the war , and far from a flight , large-scale recruitment to the new industries in the early 1950s now seems to present a more historically accurate picture . |
| 5 | That night , Edward took Erica to dinner at the Savoy Grill in the Strand and explained that he would not be leaving after all . |
| 6 | Near the end of the period gold coin may have been used in commercial transactions , but the dwindling supply of gold in western Europe caused a switch to silver as the principal precious metal . |
| 7 | When Jason first queried his switch to hooker in the victory at Sheffield , coach John Monie winked and told him : ‘ Just look at your winning pay packet on Thursday . ’ |
| 8 | We need to reclaim , in the light of the shifts of disability-definition ( from medical to community care interventions , from institution to care in the community , from arts and disability to disability arts ) , the cultural meaning of impairment . |
| 9 | The greatest changes have occurred in the average salary of candidates placed — from £25000 to £70000 — and in the firm 's international links , which have extended from two European offices to membership of the globally spread E. S. International Group . |
| 10 | As a result of what was reportedly a wide-ranging discussion , it was agreed to establish as a prelude to discussion of the Union Treaty two bilateral commissions to negotiate on the most contentious issues in USSR-Russian Federation relations , namely the delineation of state powers , ownership of state property , and the rights to dispose of natural resources . |
| 11 | PPB and ZBB are largely ignored in the UK and , as a prelude to part of the discussion in chapter 7 , this chapter concludes by outlining the strategy adopted by central government since the mid-1960s . |
| 12 | Segregation is seen as a prelude to re-integration into the community , with an emphasis on rehabilitation . |
| 13 | ‘ Immacolata has learned the recipe in her Domestic Science period at school , with some improvements , ’ Maria Filippa said , raising her eyes to heaven at the crudeness of the teacher 's version , so that her eyebrows , already high in her forehead , jumped into her hairline . |
| 14 | After the pictures were developed , Dick Wixsom invited Dick Hansen to lunch with the words , ‘ I think we may have found your P-40 . ’ |
| 15 | The government 's annual Social Trends figures show sport the only serious rival to TV among the young , and gardening and DIY among the middle-aged ( especially men ) . |
| 16 | Disenchantment with orthodox approaches is , in fact , bringing a number of new recruits to homoeopathy at the present time . |
| 17 | As so defined , this ground for interception was wide enough to cover just about anything , from murder to breach of the peace . |
| 18 | In other words a serious crime amounts to anything from murder to obstruction of the highway , the latter being committed where large numbers of people gather to march and demonstrate . |
| 19 | ( Bridegroom 's speech in reply to toast to the bride and groom , a brief but sincere speech . ) |
| 20 | He made a useful start in helping his club to victory in the Cardiff High School Old Boys Sevens where they beat a Nationwide VII 40–14 in the final . |
| 21 | 2.1 Following detailed discussion at the Council 's Advanced Courses Policy Sub-Committee , it has been decided that SCOTVEC should now proceed beyond the pilot programme to implementation of the new system : it was felt that the work to date on the pilot courses has provided enough experience to confirm the adoption of the Policy Paper 's principles as the basis of the new operational system . |
| 22 | The moral opposition to boxing in the late twentieth century , which is essentially a continuation of an old Nonconformist hostility bolstered by science , is weakened by the popularity of men like Henry Cooper : 'Enry , the Londoner , the decent , gentle bruiser , who almost knocked out one of the greatest heavyweights of all time , but now prospers as a TV celebrity playing golf for charity or advertising deodorants . |
| 23 | Nor should industry expect ‘ to find refuge in a perpetually depreciating currency ’ , Mrs Thatcher said , underlining Nigel Lawson 's opposition to devaluation of the pound . |
| 24 | As he has shifted from opposition to support for the Vance-Owen plan , so has Serbian television . |
| 25 | He brushed aside the views of the joint chiefs of staff , ascribing their opposition to ignorance of the Far East . |
| 26 | In the first , I discuss the relations between fallibilism and naturalism by examining the opposition to naturalism of the pragmatist , C. S. Peirce , and the way that he reconciles this with his fallibilism . |
| 27 | In January 1937 it patched together a new ‘ united front ’ campaign in association with the ILP , the Communists , the Left Book Club and Tribune , around a programme of defence for the Spanish Republic , opposition to rearmament by the National government , support for the struggles of the unemployed and the affiliation of the Communist Party and the ILP to the Labour Party . |
| 28 | PLANS for a hotel and leisure development at Bodelwyddan Castle are moving ahead , but officials face strong opposition to part of the package . |
| 29 | In broader ideological terms the Sheffield female abolitionists neatly illustrated the intellectual continuity of the opposition to apprenticeship with the fundamentals of the emancipationist outlook . |
| 30 | The Foreign Office , Ministry of Defence and intelligence services were resolute in their opposition to relaxation of the security rules . |