Example sentences of "[noun] to [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Japanese attitude to other countries ' war graves is not winning them any friends . |
| 2 | There seemed little awareness of how the mainstream activities of the housing department are of relevance to social services ' role in enabling independent living . |
| 3 | Traditionally , computer manufacturers have used proprietary software to ‘ lock in ’ users , who would then find it impossible or prohibitively expensive , to move their applications to other manufacturers ' machines — or even , in IBM 's case , different machines from the same manufacturer . |
| 4 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 5 | This research will be extended by examining 10- to 16-year olds ' perceptions of advertisements for alcoholic drinks . |
| 6 | Delegation of management responsibilities will be needed : ( 1 ) to avoid having to take day to day problems to full partners ' meetings for decision ; ( 2 ) to free individual partners from onerous administrative tasks so as to allow them to concentrate on fee earning ; ( 3 ) because it is inherently more efficient . |
| 7 | As with most of their changes to local authorities ' funding , the government 's aim for LMS is increased accountability , and therefore efficiency . |
| 8 | Jomeo is endearingly accident-prone and forever unsuccessful with females ; Gigi , by contrast , is wildly popular with the opposite sex and has made up for her childlessness by becoming a universal aunt to other females ' babies . |
| 9 | By comparison the CMHTs were a readily identifiable and costed group of specialist development staff covering all aspects of the developmental process ; they had to rely on gaining access to other organizations ' resources ; and they intentionally eschewed traditional residential care — especially private residential care . |
| 10 | These have occasionally given rise to strange sea-farers ' tales of ‘ floating islands ’ . |
| 11 | Billingham 's inputs to General Chemicals ' business are sulphuric and nitric acids , sodium nitrite and ammonia ; sales , £34 million . |
| 12 | It is clear that an element of contrast is intended , with a meaning something like " in writing Othello , Shakespeare becomes an exception , and so stands in contrast to other writers ' . |
| 13 | But in contrast to conventional psychologists ' shuddering rejection of everything psychoanalytic , feminists retain an interest in and commitment to psychoanalysis as an account of the intricacies of gendered subjectivities , and their development . |
| 14 | Although there were famous instances of resistance to individual officers ' claims , some people who protested suffered reprisals . |
| 15 | A recent discovery has shown that some North American cliff swallows actually carry eggs from their own nest to other swallows ' nests nearby . |
| 16 | National Transcommunications Ltd , the buyout of the Independent Broadcasting Authority 's engineering and transmitters arm , is to build a cable link between London and Birmingham capable of carrying television and telephone services and has signed a 10-year contract in which the UK 's largest cable television operator , Birmingham Cable Ltd , is to take up the initial capacity ; the line from Birmingham to United Artists ' London South in Croydon will link the two cable-franchise areas , according to the Daily Telegraph . |
| 17 | As Hood notes , however , they came into ‘ high fashion in the 1940s and again in the 1960s when the Fulton Committee endorsed the idea of government growth outside Whitehall by ‘ hiving-off ’ units from civil service departments to non-departmental bodies ' ( 1981 , p. 100 ) . |
| 18 | The G M B supports a fresh approach to industrial relations ' law with a completely new legislative code which brings international standards fully into the U K. President , we are totally opposed to the repressive trade union laws brought in by Tory governments over the last fourteen years . |
| 19 | The Women 's Corona Society ( see Appendix 4 ) has members throughout the world who both welcome and provide useful information to incoming expatriates ' wives and children . |
| 20 | Psychology 's definition of its object , the human subject , as rational and autonomous , owes a lot to other sciences ' concepts of their objects . |
| 21 | The award , adding £30m to local authorities ' wages bill , was the lowest produced by the Fire Pay Formula established in 1977 after a nine-week strike . |
| 22 | That document states : ’ Labour 's message clearly is Those on high incomes in high valued properties will make a larger contribution to local services ' . ’ |
| 23 | He is also chasing BS5750 accreditation for the school , a move he describes as a ‘ major step forward in military thinking ’ , and similar is tone to new officers ' courses graded at post-graduate levels one and two and the MBA course he is personally involved in , being run in conjunction with Bournemouth University . |
| 24 | George Bush 's infamous toast to Marcos ( 'We love your adherence to democratic principles ' ) said it all . |
| 25 | DI PAYS SECRET VISIT TO BATTERED WIVES ' REFUGE … |
| 26 | The ‘ yokel ’ became ‘ less of a lout ’ , the dairymaid became ‘ indistinguishable from her urban counterpart ’ , and in general these ‘ youths and maidens ’ were becoming party to world-wide conversations ' . |