Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her parents were told that Dawn had evidently suffered a stroke , and would probably recover to remain confined to a wheelchair . |
| 2 | However , when the weathering mantle has developed to a depth of several metres the rate of water movement at the weathering front becomes very slow . |
| 3 | Grieco , in a fascinating and detailed series of ethnographic studies of working-class networks in this country , has pointed to a number of advantages which workers and employers gain from ‘ the network ’ : . |
| 4 | Previous research has pointed to a number of socio-demographic factors that contribute to the likelihood of a child coming into the care of local authorities . |
| 5 | The sloop apparently ran straight on to the top of the bank under sail in spite of the fact that the top of the bank is 10 m ( 30 ft ) above the level of high spring tides.Jutson ( 1939 ) has pointed to a series of generally narrow platforms cut mainly in almost horizontal rocks in New South Wales and extending up to a height of 10 m ( 30 ft ) or more . |
| 6 | Workers could conceivably mistake a rise in money wages for a rise in real wage à la Friedman ( 1968 ) , but the Friedman speculation only makes sense if employers think ( perhaps mistakenly ) that the real wage rate has fallen to a level such as in Figure 6.10 . |
| 7 | The jobs are an attempt to inject ‘ new blood ’ into university departments where the turnover of staff has fallen to a trickle and to give new emphasis to information technology . |
| 8 | Carry on collecting all this week and you 'll have a fabulous souvenir of the season in which Mansell has roared to a record NINE victories and taken the world crown for the first time . |
| 9 | Pahl ( 1984 : 314 ) has referred to a situation in which : |
| 10 | The Enterprise Centre has responded to a number of requests from departments to provide staff development opportunities that meet ‘ departmental ’ staff training needs . |
| 11 | This year we have been involved in projects in both Hong Kong and Mauritius , while our Waste Management Information Bureau , which draws on the resources of the whole of AEA , has responded to a record number of enquiries during the year . |
| 12 | Mann was also followed in Raviraj ( 1987 ) 85 Cr.App.R. 93 , where the unsuccessful contention on appeal was that the admission of an interview containing some answers and some refusals to comment amounted to a breach of the right to silence . |
| 13 | In particular , Tony Bray , who is retired , has objected to a question which asks how often the respondent has taken part in physical activity long enough to get ‘ sweaty ’ in the past month . |
| 14 | Er yes I raised an example without referring to a specific site and the site is in Richmondshire where the county council has objected to a proposal in erm what is a a local plan in its very formative stages and the proposal conflicts with Policy I five in so far as I five directs development to the main towns and urban areas . |
| 15 | The Imperial Household Agency , a secretive ministry that minds the royal family , has objected to a telephone card showing a picture of the couple . |
| 16 | With increased availability , pricing has dropped to a street price of $999 apiece for the 36MHz and $1,399 apiece for the 40MHz in quantities of 1,000 — quite different from the $1,900 price it gave The Microprocessor Report for the 40MHz back in December ( UX No 419 ) . |
| 17 | Even before the slide forward has come to a stop , pull your rear guard hand back slightly in order to augment the snap punch . |
| 18 | This is sometimes taken to show that the process of monopolisation has come to a halt . |
| 19 | Whether this will in practice make a great difference may be doubted , since it seems unlikely that a court will come to the conclusion that a chief constable of police has come to a decision that he could not reasonably arrive at , which is the critical test for the exercise of the powers of judicial review . |
| 20 | Time has come to a standstill . |
| 21 | Mr Mawlawi added : ‘ The relief effort has come to a standstill . |
| 22 | This has come to a head with EEC obstructionist moves at the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations which were meant to reach a conclusion by 1990 but which would now appear to have collapsed . |
| 23 | Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota ! |
| 24 | I think he has come to a rendezvous . |
| 25 | The MRC 's Protection Against Ionising Radiation Committee has reported to a Home Office working party its assessment that the LD 50 for humans is a surface exposure to the body of 600 rads . |
| 26 | The fact that magnesium atoms are smaller than the calcium atoms they replaced has let to a reduction in the volume of the rock . |
| 27 | The alternative to this has amounted to a reaffirmation of historicism almost as if nothing had happened . |
| 28 | If a church has grown to a membership of 300 and wishes to send one of its leaders and several of its members to start a new and similar flourishing work in a neighbouring area it may meet with problems . |
| 29 | By 1989 the church was meeting in fortnightly celebrations in Raynes Park High School and at the time of writing the church has grown to a membership of 300 . |
| 30 | It was founded five years ago as a small voluntary organisation and now has grown to a membership of 275 and a permanent secretariat with full time staff . |