Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might have expected that people would give particularly low ratings to sources they described as biased but there was little evidence of any such reaction . |
| 2 | To counter the new industrial strategy , colonial initiatives , and tariff manipulation of France and England , the Dutch strove — with some success — to restrict the flow of French and English products to markets they controlled , such as the Baltic , dealing considerable damage in particular to French trade and industry . |
| 3 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 4 | In areas where women have similar opportunities to men they appear as likely to break laws . |
| 5 | Last March , in common with many other small businesses , the Russells needed extra funds to tide them over a difficult period . |
| 6 | In his early travels to London he met various intellectuals and literary people such as Joseph Addison , Alexander Pope , and Jonathan Swift . |
| 7 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 8 | Edward overworked in his lonely digs — ‘ the first time I ever truly worked ’ — and in these early letters to Hooton he discovered new qualities in his nature . |
| 9 | In ascribing psychological states to people we rationalize their behaviour , employing the standards of rationality explained by logic ( see 5.266 — 82 ) . ) |
| 10 | Sandwiched between these trips to China she investigated child labour in Egypt in 1930 under the auspices of the International Association for Social Progress and the ILO . |
| 11 | On his previous visits to Larksoken he had seen Martyr 's Cottage spread out beneath him when he and his aunt had stood surveying the headland from the small top room under the cone of the mill . |
| 12 | Intriguingly foreshadowing our contemporary women 's liberation movement , some of these stalwart Victorians envisaged that the evolutionary struggle then involved domination by the female since , they argued , women first rebelled against these loose promiscuous relations to queen it over men . |
| 13 | In these letters to Harry he frequently mentions his excessive response to beauty in men , women , and children . |
| 14 | Sooty is still on and , and Sooty still appeals to children it 's , does Robert like Sooty ? |
| 15 | For example , during a recession , a large firm will commit itself to its suppliers and subcontractors for continued orders to tide them over . |
| 16 | It is probably similar in many ways to diets you have seen or ready about before , but there are some very important differences . |
| 17 | If Putt is in the habit of making frequent journeys to London he 'll have already rid himself of such incriminating items there . |
| 18 | Furthermore , even if there are net gains to shareholders it is not clear to what extent these result from increased efficiency , and hence represent net social gains , or are the product of what may be socially detrimental increases in market power . |
| 19 | as if the fancy and unnecessary packaging which manufacturers use for Christmas gifts is not enough , we then destroy a few more forests to encase them in acres and acres of wrapping paper . |
| 20 | The only barriers to participation we put in your way are in the 100 metre hurdle event . |
| 21 | There is a huge variety available , powered by either petrol or electricity , ranging from lightweight 30-cm-wide models to mini-tractors you can sit on . |
| 22 | Then the sailors dispersed , shouting bawdy welcomes to others they knew who were busy at the bigger ships . |
| 23 | I knew that , when we reported in September , if he expressed his adverse opinions to journalists he would dominate the headlines , and the Report might be irretrievably damaged . |
| 24 | To help maintain private financial flows to LDCs it favoured the establishment of a multilateral investment insurance scheme . |
| 25 | The most recent improvements to Symantec it can recognize over 1,400 viruses in the US National Computer Security Association ( NCSA ) virus library , and can cope with the troublesome Mutation Engine viruses . |
| 26 | In fact in recent visits to schools I have been struck increasingly , not only by the ‘ over-age ’ children but by the considerable number of very young ones , conveniently parked in classrooms so that mothers could take employment , trade or visit . |
| 27 | As with other aids to construction it has entered a judicial mélange of aids to construction to which unregulated weight may be given . |
| 28 | While the bidding for contracts may nominally be through international competitive bidding arrangements between suppliers and members of a government , the award may in practice be carried out in ways which make it impossible for the Bank and other donors to police it . |
| 29 | Sodium intake may modulate both the hypotensive and the renal responses to angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors . |
| 30 | So having laid the weight of mystic , creative suffering on Sonya , the novel proceeds to hive it off into its own Epilogue where all strains and difficulties are waved away . |