Example sentences of "[noun] to [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | One woman told Elizabeth Roberts that she had resorted to taking her wedding ring to the pawnbrokers ' three times : ‘ each time I was caught with babies ’ . |
2 | Having to work from different angles makes it extremely difficult to maintain an even symmetry throughout the design , and it is therefore not surprising that nomadic rugs sometimes contain motifs of slightly varying sizes ; the fact that so many are perfectly balanced and symmetrical is a glowing testament to the weavers ' skill . |
3 | That WordScan can achieve 100% with some of the tracts we 've fed it is testament to the programmers ' ability and the use of a dictionary . |
4 | Firstly , there is wide recognition that the study techniques of higher education students are weak , and , if the small amount of institutional time and lecturing staff devoted to this part of higher education is any measure , there would seem to be some indifference to the students ' shortcomings . |
5 | It happened with me , when at the age of 18 , I took up pen and paper to make a reply to the readers ' letters column of the Glasgow Evening Times , in answer to a man who supported the rise of Nazism in Germany . |
6 | The Times owed its dramatically rising circulation to the partners ' innovations : in 1827 an Applegath & Cowper four-feeder machine was installed , and in 1846 two Applegath eight-feeder machines were used . |
7 | Now the opposition to the Members ' Club was out in the open . |
8 | The most striking instance was the 1976 Soweto uprising which was sparked off by secondary school pupils ' opposition to the authorities ' insistence that they learn certain subjects in Afrikaans , viewed by most black people as the language of the oppressor . |
9 | Although opposition to the bondholders ' position was voiced loudly at the 1978 Annual General Meeting — when R.C.E. ( Robert ) Naish ( a non-bondholder with a penchant for quoting Shakespeare ) became President — it at least caused the bondholders to consider the question of their status . |
10 | It would cause disruption to the terrorists ' objectives , he said . |
11 | When they tried to stop him from taking into the colony a youth from the Political Special Section of the Army First Reserves , he appealed over their heads to the Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspectorate ( Rabkrin ) , which came down on his side . |
12 | The ABN is a method for the larger firms of accountants to market their own opportunities to the others ' clients and contacts . |
13 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
14 | They are now recognised as a branch of the British Conservative and Unionist Party , but only thanks to a peasants ' revolt within that party , and no thanks at all to the mandarins of Central Office . |
15 | Each adventurer must make a successful I test or be surprised ( and therefore unable to act ) , thanks to the creatures ' virtually silent approach . |
16 | The meeting closed with votes of thanks to the guardians ' clerk , Walter George Daniels , and to the chairman and vice-chairman . |
17 | Stoddard Mercia 's expertise in weaving special designs to the customers ' exact requirements was a major factor in obtaining the Country Court order . |
18 | Unfortunately this constitutes only the assessment of a candidate 's suitability for entry to an interpreters ' qualifying course . |
19 | Called simply the Brooklands Club , it aims to follow the old motto about the ‘ right crowd ’ , and offers a full programme of social events plus entry to the members ' lounge and bar . |
20 | Held , dismissing the appeals , ( 1 ) that , on its true construction , section 6(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1980 had to be given a literal meaning ; that where a school was over-subscribed compliance with the preference of all the applicants would necessarily prejudice efficient education , and in such circumstances the school had to have an admissions policy , which would inevitably result in defeating the preference of some applicants , whatever criteria were adopted ; and that , accordingly , since the school was over-subscribed , there was no duty on the governors to give effect to the applicants ' preferences ( post , pp. 100H — 101B , 106H , 107G–H , 108A , G–H ) . |
21 | The governors were bound by section 6(2) of the Act of 1980 to give effect to the applicants ' preference to have their daughters educated in the school , unless such duty was disapplied by section 6(3) . |
22 | Therefore , there was no duty on the school to give effect to the applicants ' preferences that their daughters should be educated at the school . |
23 | The anti-popular regimes commit innumerable injustices against women : from marginalization in the workplace and physical violence to the transnationals ' policy of using women in mass media propaganda . |
24 | It also forms the key to the courts ' justification of managerial autonomy in the model which superseded the agency theory at the beginning of this century . |
25 | Adult education , and thus the sustaining of literacy , a key to the Sandinistas ' policy , was particularly badly hit in all regions by logistical problems , and by lack of money and materials . |
26 | He believes a key to the projects ' success lies in the continuity it brings to children 's lives . |
27 | But the real key to the discounters ' success is the way they manage their day-to-day business . |
28 | He is a polo umpire , a judge of horseflesh , adviser to the Farmers ' Union , a stalwart of regimental dinners and a confidant of opposition politicians . |
29 | Initially , they emphasised export strategies as an alternative to the leaders ' investment-based approach . |
30 | The chief scene for amorous exchange was the entrance to the boys ' swimming baths , for the girls had no baths of their own , and were obliged to use those of their brother school for their weekly afternoon 's lesson ; here , on the steps , small red messenger boys would collect , proffering envelopes from their elders . |