Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , investors from outside the Community , from places such as Japan , the United States and many others , look at the European Community and decide that the United Kingdom is by far the best place in which to invest due to the stability , skills and reliability of our work force . |
| 2 | The implementation of privatization legislation was delayed due to a decision on Nov. 6 by the Czech Minister for Privatization , Tomas Jezek , who said that too little time had been allowed for compiling the list of companies suitable for privatization . |
| 3 | But because this ruled out all danger or adventure , Eternity became destructive to the spirit , and the bureaucrats had themselves to be destroyed . |
| 4 | This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons . |
| 5 | It was presented ‘ for outstanding care for his father , who was paralysed due to a stroke . ’ |
| 6 | When dealing with levels of transitions higher than bigrams storage problems can arise due to the size of the transition matrix . |
| 7 | But confusion can arise due to the difference in sizes between packages or glasses , and the definition of a unit varies widely from country to country . |
| 8 | In the past 25 years the population has trebled due to the building program . |
| 9 | It included a house in the tiny seaside village of Cramer , which clung low to the land in an attempt to avoid the rough seas and wild winds that buffeted the coast for what seemed to Nora most of the year . |
| 10 | In the past these synthesizing studies have been difficult to perform due to the lack of a technology which allows the storing , retrieval , analysis , manipulation and display of large volumes of data relating to areal units and their properties . |
| 11 | It is normal for blood pressure and pulse rates to fall due to the effect of anaesthetic drugs and gases on the cardiac and respiratory centres . |
| 12 | The tenant should resist a provision that interest should be deemed to be rent due to the landlord as this will have the effect of making available the remedy of distress as well as that of forfeiture without the necessity to serve a s 146 notice . |
| 13 | Towards the end of the era , in fact , the attendants in the salons of homage became alert to the fact that among their few Western visitors , the majority were not as in awe of the Conducator as they might be and photographing the exhibits or taking notes of the sycophantic citations attached to the awards by their Western donors was discouraged . |
| 14 | Where visitors have contributed to the injuries they have sustained due to the defendant 's breach of duty under the OLA 1957 , then the damages to which they are entitled may be reduced . |
| 15 | Ace pressed the remote-control button and the room became alive to the sound of highly tuned engines revving up . |
| 16 | The gap arose due to a drive by the Italian government in the 1960s and 1970s to spread industrialisation to the south of the country , concentrating on bulk chemicals . |
| 17 | In bringing Labour to the edge of victory , Mr Kinnock has performed a near-miracle . |
| 18 | When their eyes became used to the gloom they could see the hut was tidily arranged with all manner of traps and tools . |
| 19 | Her main work was centred at a refuge for prostitutes and the women under her charge became used to the sight of her arriving with the latest member of her growing family in her arms . |
| 20 | Second attempt to lay an Atlantic cable also failed due to the cable stretching during the operation |
| 21 | He said that in his opinion the lift had stopped due to the lift buttons being pressed rapidly and randomly , or through a mechanical fault . |
| 22 | As soon as he got used to a brother-in-law , he went , and another took his place . |
| 23 | As her eyes got used to the darkness she began to see a tunnel-the interior of a tunnel . |
| 24 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 25 | Instead of him being a mate , I loathed him after that until I got used to the idea . |
| 26 | ‘ Gradually she got used to the idea . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 28 | He got used to the station staff coming on to his land to check radiation monitors they had installed and to take away milk samples . |
| 29 | But he got used to the noise , and soon he forgot everything except his work . |
| 30 | About quarter to eleven we got to bed , but they were going on I fell asleep during the middle of it cos I just got used to the noise |