Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also said that the Vikings introduced the finchback characteristic to Normandy in the ninth or tenth century and , according to a detailed history of the Gloucester breed by Adam Stout , there could be a common ancestry with the finchbacked Longhorn of Lancashire through Scandinavian cattle brought to Shetland , Ireland and Lancashire by the Vikings . |
| 2 | The first two training colleges also had schools for deaf children attached to them , and teachers ' certificates were awarded to students who taught on the oral system to the exclusion of any other method . |
| 3 | The Secretariat for Foreign Affairs protested to the United States at the concept of " selective " aid to the republics after Baker told Congress on May 24 that future aid would be considered on a case by case basis . |
| 4 | For risky junctions there is a significant difference in the number of hits for risky exemplars compared to the number for less risky exemplars ( t(34)=2.64 , p<0.01 ) though no significant difference for false alarms ( t(34)=0.85 ) . |
| 5 | After he had completed his apprenticeship he went out to India as manager of the Fort Gloster mills , but after three years returned to Glasgow and in 1838 joined his father in the manufacture of steam-engine accessories . |
| 6 | After three years fostered to a kindly couple who treated her as their own , she went back to live with her mother . |
| 7 | However , he started again in the cheaper rings , and after five years moved to London in 1929 . |
| 8 | More than 1,200 people , of whom two-thirds were Moslems , were officially reported killed and a further 5,000 injured in sectarian violence which erupted across India after Hindu extremists reduced to rubble the 16th century Babri mosque at Ayodhya , in the state of Uttar Pradesh , on Dec. 6 . |
| 9 | Postoperatively , production from the subhepatic drain diminished initially , but after seven days increased to 300 to 500 ml bile per day . |
| 10 | France , the papacy , Poland and perhaps other states , also honoured Venetian ambassadors in these ways , while in 1603 the doge in Venice knighted a group of seven ambassadors sent to him by the Grisons league in Switzerland , and in 1621 James I did the same for six deputies sent to London by the Dutch republic . |
| 11 | In addition , platelet thromboxane synthesis was lower in a group of diabetics treated with CS11 for six months compared to a control group on conventional therapy ( McDonald et al , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | Those who are in full time work are not entitled to income support but all households are eligible for additional payments related to children and housing costs . |
| 13 | Some creditors will demand extra protection , such as restrictive covenants attached to their loans laying down what the firm must do if things go wrong . |
| 14 | This effectively prevents water-loss by evaporation through the skin , though the animal must doubtless lose some moisture by breathing , which it is able to do through tiny tubes attached to its nostrils and opening through the membrane . |
| 15 | Madeira became , however , the temporary home for 2,000 Gibraltarians evacuated to Funchal and their arrival relieved what might have been a financially distressing situation resulting from the lack of tourists . |
| 16 | It is , in fact , the much less spectacular , but more consistent , activity of volcanic centres related to hot spots that have more impressive rates of production . |
| 17 | That had been some encounter ! she admitted as , regaining the sanctuary of the street , she drew in a deep breath of refreshing air before turning into the road which she remembered from her map-reading would lead her into a series of narrow streets closed to traffic , and known familiarly to the local inhabitants as Strøget . |
| 18 | A significant correlation and an agreement in the mean proliferation index between PCNA ( 19A2 ) and BrdU can only be achieved by a strictly standardised enumeration of labelled cells limited to strongly stained nuclei in the PCNA evaluation . |
| 19 | Then there are cyclists with all kinds of strange burdens strapped to their backs or tied to their carriers , and teams of horses and donkeys ( and sometimes bullocks ) pulling carts . |
| 20 | In the Southern Band the number of cattle-stealing cases reported to the courts failed to keep pace with the increase in population , but there was no general decline at this time . |
| 21 | It could have accepted the proposals which I put forward to rationalise and institutionalise the administrative jurisdiction in a boldly-conceived system of administrative courts separated to a large extent from the ordinary routine of departmental administration and free from indirect ministerial interference . |
| 22 | The DoE issued advice , in a circular bearing this title , on a wide range of administrative matters related to planning applications , increased their inspectorate to deal with appeals , and appointed Mr G. Dobry QC , to undertake a rapid review of the development control system . |
| 23 | Scottish Enterprise said it had carried out an audit at Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd after the allegations were made in a series of unsigned documents passed to the press and the SE chairman , Prof Donald MacKay . |
| 24 | While Belous and Hartley are reasonably satisfied that the creation of the SEM will not result in high levels of trade diversion , at least for the USA , they are less sure about the possibility of the growth of protectionist policies connected to the SEM ( see chapters 10 and 13 ) . |
| 25 | Digital data are sold on request , either in raw form , as grids , or as maps or images of specific areas processed to the customer 's requirements . |
| 26 | Atlantik-Brücke , an outfit that fosters German-American ties , has launched a campaign to help families in Germany of allied servicemen sent to the Gulf . |
| 27 | Mitterrand used his Czechoslovak visit to promote his vision of a confederation of European states linked to , but not fully integrated with , the European Communities ( EC ) , which would represent a core of nations consolidated by political and monetary union . |
| 28 | However , he was struck by the apparent paucity of linguistic skills in the right hemisphere of normal subjects compared to that reported for commissurotomised patients . |
| 29 | Some of the illustrations of shattered pebbles attributed to thermal expansion and contraction are of flint and quartzites . |
| 30 | Kimball ( 1982 ) reviewed 437 experiments published in this century which dealt with yields of agricultural crops exposed to varying carbon dioxide concentrations , and concluded that a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide could increase global productivity by 33 per cent without additional inputs of water or fertilizers . |