Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressed in another way , in attributing existence to an entity one is not saying anything about that entity that has not already been said by naming it . |
| 2 | This humiliation has given rise to an array of bitter jokes , reversing the official slogans from the Maoist past . |
| 3 | This morning , Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is expected to cave in to City pressure , and commit the Government to contributing money to an insurance pool to cover commercial property against terrorist attack . |
| 4 | One person on site was taken to the local hospital complaining of eye irritation but was later discharged and the crew of a vessel in the Humber estuary reported exposure to an irritant cloud , but not ill effects were evident when the crew was checked by a doctor . |
| 5 | In contrast , other metaphors make reference to an animacy which seems to threaten by its very absence . |
| 6 | To discover what difference the action project made ( that is , whether it delayed or prevented admission to an institution ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved the physical , emotional or mental well-being of dementia sufferers or their carers ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved family relationships ; whether it increased , decreased or had no effect on people 's receipt of statutory or other voluntary services ) . |
| 7 | This will give coverage to an activity taking place at the school but may only feature one or two children . |
| 8 | During the night preceding the planned offensive , however , the weather suddenly deteriorated : the temperature dropped , snow soon covered the ground and a blizzard reduced visibility to an arm 's length . |
| 9 | Such signals of transcendence can often consciously give rise to an awareness of the need to use a different kind of vocabulary . |
| 10 | A late application may well give rise to an adjournment , for an Order for leave to file an amended pleading in response , for further particulars , and for discovery arising from the amendment . |
| 11 | When computing uplift from a Marie-type graph such situations would give rise to an overestimate of uplift for the Carboniferous . |
| 12 | The advance would not give rise to an income tax charge . |
| 13 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 14 | If , by accident , you try to make it do something which could give rise to an error , you accept the fact that command mode . |
| 15 | The fact that the use of the bare infinitive should give rise to an impression of impoliteness or vulgarity is at first sight a bit surprising , but when considered in the light of make and have , examined above , the reason becomes clearer . |
| 16 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 17 | Such a representation would not give rise to an estoppel , because , as was said in Jorden v. Money ( 1854 ) 5 H.L.C. 185 ( below , p.252 ) , a representation as to the future must be embodied as a contract or be nothing . |
| 18 | Where a statute imposes a duty on a person , breach of that duty may give rise to an action for damages by a person injured as a result . |
| 19 | DOES THE STATUTE GIVE RISE TO AN ACTION FOR DAMAGES ? |
| 20 | Not all breaches of statutory duty will give rise to an action for damages by a person injured as a result . |
| 21 | It was held that the regulations did not give rise to an action for damages . |
| 22 | At present some criminal legislation will give rise to an action on proof of special damage and some will not . |
| 23 | On more recent machines , overflow causes a special overflow flag to be set ( for later testing by the program ) or generates an interrupt , causing entry to an overflow recovery routine . |
| 24 | And he added , in a voice that would have done credit to an elder of the Wee Frees , ‘ If he is yer brother , then ye 've been committin' incest . |
| 25 | The European Parliament released a statement on Sept. 8 , 1989 , expressing concern " at the worsening of the policy of repression in Myanma " and requesting the Myanma authorities to " bring repression to an end and to respect the deep desire of the Myanma people for the establishment of a democratic society through free election " . |
| 26 | Many a rainy day would he bring dreariness to an end , as his musical talents came out to the surface . |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher should do either as the Mail demands and replace Mr Lawson with a Chancellor of whose policies she can wholeheartedly approve or , as Mr Heseltine urges , lift her veto against the only course which could give credibility to an exchange rate policy . |
| 28 | Indeed , his only idea of historical development was the process of adding to the number of the elect , which at a certain fixed target would bring history to an end . |
| 29 | This paper outlines the background to the introduction of an electronic ( non-print ) publishing strand to an undergraduate degree in publishing . |
| 30 | More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community . |