Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got the ceiling decorated and made improvements to the entrance to make it more welcoming . |
| 2 | Contracting may be effective because it makes evasion difficult , facilitates communication , and offers rewards to the patient . |
| 3 | The Group recognises the importance of continuing to invest in research and development programmes bringing improvements to the Group both in products supplied to the consumer and in production techniques . |
| 4 | ‘ But they are not producing programmes to the extent that we would like . |
| 5 | We put a selection of the latest beauty and grooming products to the test |
| 6 | Any person who offers skills to the organisation should be given careful consideration ? |
| 7 | A man who led Spurs to the League and Cup double , some thirty or so years ago . |
| 8 | It had no requirements for audit , no requirements to submit accounts to the Charity Commissioners and no requirements to issue accounts to the public . |
| 9 | The street offers views to the outside with access to a secluded garden where patients can sit . |
| 10 | Caradryel introduces the system of rotating units to the Gateway fortresses so that the garrisons are always at full strength . |
| 11 | Despite frequently heard voices to the contrary , total catholic — nationalist domination would be the likely outcome of a united Ireland unless a confederal structure were implemented . |
| 12 | For example a couple of weeks ago there was a thing on tit for tat and this week there 's a fascinating thing on snakes and female sexuality which erm illustrates er some of the points I 'll be , I 'll , I 'll be making and although as Sue rightly says erm , most of the articles in Nature are rather technical and difficult to understand if you 're not a specialist they do make concessions to the rest of us by publishing very often erm summaries er in the first part of the journal erm and there is one on this and er I can recommend that . |
| 13 | It was at this time that the wellknown property mover and solicitor Noel Smyth appointed nominees to the board of Chestvale . |
| 14 | She pushed on , dark in the darkness , through barbed and whipping branches to the door of her cottage . |
| 15 | A consultative panel on badgers has been meeting this week ; it 'll make recomendations to the Agriculture Minister , John Gummer , which may include the introduction of widespread TB testing . |
| 16 | We had examples of parents trusting schools to the extent of giving truthful rather than cosmetic reason for absence ( ‘ Susan had to go with her granny to collect her pension ’ ) — but keeping the children off nonetheless . |
| 17 | As she closed the car door gently , she whispered thanks to the wind for smothering any noise . |
| 18 | To obtain this majority in the Bundesrat , the government made concessions to the Länder concerning additional subsidies for Land and local government funds . |
| 19 | Instead of giving priority to private enterprise , as it has done until now , the government should be channelling funds to the Soprintendenze , so that they can act effectively , working together with the universities , the regions , the church authorities , and research institutes active in this field . |
| 20 | So , particularly if you live in a large town and have no garden , bring animals to the microhabitat by putting materials of these kinds in it . |
| 21 | They send lecturers to the plant one afternoon a week to teach . |
| 22 | There were mixed reactions to the strike . |
| 23 | We should file our record , send copies to the sheriff , go back and tell Chief Justice Fortescue that whatever secret Springall had died with him , and then return to our normal business . ’ |
| 24 | In 1993 , Russia expected to reduce oil exports to Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries , while keeping exports to the West at 1992 levels . |
| 25 | On the other hand , thirteenth-century French " dramatic monologues " which provide parallels to the mixture of metres — octosyllabic couplets and tail-rhyme stanzas — of Dame Sirith have been discovered , and it is difficult to resist the case that these had some contributory influence on the form of Dame Sirith . |
| 26 | Clean drinking water is supplied and this is as important as a varied diet to encourage birds to the garden . |
| 27 | It made airline rates subject to review by each government , permitted each country fifth freedom rights in the other , subject to adjustment , and referred disagreements to the PICAO . |
| 28 | Opening schools to the community |
| 29 | There is however , as always , a number of devoted and sincere people who believe all the teachings and claims of the associated church , and give it complete support , that is , attend the services and other gatherings , provide funds to the limit of their abilities and endeavour to preserve something of that precious atmosphere which pervades all ancient places of worship . |
| 30 | Although the students have won converts to the notion that the riot police use excessive force , they have yet to win much support for their demands . |