Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although it is tempting to trace the historical antecedents of subcontracting to the pre-industrial ‘ putting-out ’ system , the crucial impetus came from the very rapid expansion in manufacturing output from the later 1950s . |
| 32 | I am dying to that old life , to that old self and I am following in this new life , and therefore , I am going through this , this symbolic act of being baptized , of dying to the old and being raised a new life in Jesus Christ . |
| 33 | Very few local authorities responded to these recommendations and of those that did a number are in the process of returning to the five to eleven pattern . |
| 34 | Again , not everyone — and surely not McGeechan — would view with any great enthusiasm the prospect of returning to the previous law and the spectacle of sundry sides , but England especially , so often merely playing for the next scrum . |
| 35 | Graham was thrust into the Palace Manager 's seat when Arthur Rowe was taken seriously ill in November l 962 , and with the club in grave danger of returning to the Fourth Division . |
| 36 | The Laird of Quarrel did not have the slightest intention of sharing the spoils of office with Craigbarnet , but he was unlikely to get anywhere near the office without strong interest , and those upon whom he relied were ready to see the wisdom of returning to the old practice of sharing the office . |
| 37 | This book ends on a heavy tone of the thought of returning to the evil civilised world . |
| 38 | Mr Rifkind is also opposed to a scheme for selling BR in seven regional packages , originally canvassed by the Centre for Policy Studies as a romantic way of returning to the pre-1948 system . |
| 39 | Make a simple plan of the area and trace or copy shapes of paving to the same scale . |
| 40 | The handicapped child , who would eventually have to move into society , would be ill-equipped to face that society 's tensions and realities whilst the ‘ normal ’ child would have had no experience , during the impressionable and formative years , of relating to the disabled . |
| 41 | Eventually , alternative ways of relating to the social fund were put forward and Council agreed on a policy of ‘ impartial advocacy ’ . |
| 42 | At the end of his judgment he said , at p. 356 , that mandamus would not lie to direct the benchers of Gray 's Inn to compel them to call the applicant , who was a student member of the Inn , to the degree of a barrister-at-law and added that , if there was a ground for mandamus , the party must take the ancient course of applying to the 12 judges . |
| 43 | He states that natural justice , being a flexible term which imposes distinct requirements in different cases , is capable of applying to the whole range of situations encapsulated by the terms ‘ judicial , ’ ‘ quasi-judicial , ’ ‘ administrative ’ or ‘ executive ’ . |
| 44 | Even though the process of applying to the High Court may be a somewhat slow one ( in a context where speed of response may be all important ) , the application for review may enable the court to give useful guidance for the future relating to , for example , the meaning of a term like ‘ serious disruption to the life of the community . ’ |
| 45 | A good game to play is ‘ Kim 's game ’ [ p.60 ] with items that are relevant to the cowboy theme and , in doing so , it will give you an opportunity of explaining to the younger ones the relevance of some of the items . |
| 46 | Lucy had no intention of reverting to the former subject , so she said in a determined voice , ‘ I would like to get on with the job . |
| 47 | The market discounted the fact that most of the military policy-makers doubted the practicability of reverting to the British tradition of voluntary regular service without taking undue risks with the country 's security . |
| 48 | And as family members we have seen and felt at close hand some of the most intense pains and also pleasures of later life : on the one hand , bereavement and loss , but on the other , the continued mastery of old skills , the creation of new pursuits and interests , the discovery of new friends and of new ways of contributing to the wider community . |
| 49 | A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough . |
| 50 | He also denies a further charge of conspiring to the unauthorised modification of computers and of conspiring to the unauthorised access of computer material . |
| 51 | He also denies a further charge of conspiring to the unauthorised modification of computers and of conspiring to the unauthorised access of computer material . |
| 52 | Equally , Thames & Hudson 's ‘ biography ’ of Keith Haring may have seemed a brave piece of publishing to the general bookseller but , supported by T-shirts , badges , posters and cards from te Neues , it pulled in customers who would not normally have stepped inside a Blackwell shop , thanks largely to the non-book items and the extraordinary point of sale from T&H . |
| 53 | At this stage , we have an opportunity to ensure that the legislation will allow their voices to be heard through formal channels so that they do not have to resort to the usual practice of writing to the appropriate organisations . |
| 54 | Social Services have taken the unprecedented step of writing to the young victims ' parents warning them of Alan Stout 's impending release.Adrian Britton reports . |
| 55 | In the aft compartment they went through the routine exercise of listening to the remaining six missiles and found what they had expected , nothing . |
| 56 | The police will always dream of listening to the hidden thoughts of the criminals , but gaining the ability to scan every letter in the country wo n't make a difference . |
| 57 | Under these circumstances at least a gesture towards listening to the local people has been made . |
| 58 | Rory Finegan was reported to be considering going to the European Court . |
| 59 | The intensity of the immune response as measured by the ELISPOT correlates with the capability of the antigen of adhering to the epithelial cells . |
| 60 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |