Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curing time nevertheless remains one of the barriers to composites ' mass production , even though , as Lotus 's Albert Adams is quick to point out , what comes out of a steel press is far from being a complete car body . |
| 2 | It is not surprising then that areas such as sex education , religious education and the establishment of voluntary schools have proved contentious in view of the centrality of these matters to parents ' own cultural values . |
| 3 | If the proportion of straightforward deliveries showed little variation with the location of the items requested , the proportion of deliveries to readers ' reserve shelves showed considerable variation depending on the origin of the items issued . |
| 4 | Numbers are of course too small to draw any conclusion from this finding ; what is clear is that the action project made no evident difference to clients ' cognitive impairment . |
| 5 | Changes to banks ' bad-debt provisions ; lower taxes on futures dealings ; abolition of stamp duty on share dealings |
| 6 | Joining Friends of the Phoenix entitles you to 2 free tickets when you join , 50p off every ticket you buy , advance booking facility , free admission to Friends ' Only screenings , and free mailing of the programme . |
| 7 | Divorce is likewise raising complicated issues of entitlement to dependants ' occupational benefits , since on divorce a woman loses her potential right to a widow 's pension and/or benefits . |
| 8 | He predicted that in future the technique would be used to make subtle change to politicians ' facial features in print and on television to make them appear more attractive . |
| 9 | From the results obtained , it is clear that , in addition to visitors ' general interest in the exhibitions and their content ( either because they dealt with topics already of concern to the viewers , or because of their Scottish , or , indeed , local connexions ) , there were a number of features with particularly appealed , including the informative nature of the exhibitions , the layout and presentation of the exhibits , the presentation of original documents , and the presence of photographs and artefacts . |
| 10 | THE board of Barclays , Britain 's biggest clearing bank , yesterday announced the first moves towards appointing an outside chief executive in a clear response to shareholders ' recent criticism of existing top management . |
| 11 | It is exemplified in the resistance of councillors to tenants ' own mobilisation . |
| 12 | Nynex Corp 's New York Telephone says it has rerouted 2,000 telephone lines from the World Trade Center to tenants ' temporary offices scattered through Manhattan since Friday 's explosion ; it says it has also installed 1,000 new lines and 100 T1 high speed dedicated lines since the emergency . |
| 13 | The software can automatically distinguish between various score types — everything from solo or piano music to conductors ' orchestral sheets with up to 16 staves per line — each part is assigned to a separate MIDI channel . |
| 14 | As might be expected , comment varied widely from workshop to workshop and ranged across issues such as the exact interpretation of the wording of tasks , time allocated to tasks , value of tasks , applicability of generic examples to participants ' own specialities and many others . |
| 15 | Wigan had no answer to Saints ' seven-try blitz . |
| 16 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |
| 17 | As agents for Olympus microscopes HESL specialise in adapting instruments to customers ' specific situations and their experience is invaluable . |
| 18 | Their catalogue illustrates the many boxes and boards they have constructed , and they specialise in making boxes to clients ' own specifications . |
| 19 | It was common especially with labouring poets to make an appeal to readers ' charitable instincts ; therefore , it was necessary to present the author as one of the deserving poor . |