Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feelings were being expressed freely in some quarters that the whole matter had been one of ‘ revenge ’ for support shown to the W family after eight children from the family of fifteen had been taken away three months before . |
| 2 | However , if there is then an advancement to the unmarried minor out of capital , that capital is treated as income paid to the child to the extent of the accumulated income . |
| 3 | The other major change which developed as the Bill Passed through Parliament related to the position of the towns and cities within county areas . |
| 4 | Letter from R. Paul , headmaster of Currie High School , thanking the Village Association for cheque donated to the tercentenary fund . |
| 5 | One demand is for compensation for damage done to the land by open-cast mining . |
| 6 | Whichever he sues , he can not include a claim for damage done to the component or to the larger item which was supplied with the component comprised in it . |
| 7 | The Soviet Union agreed to pay the equivalent of US$160 million to Czechoslovakia in compensation for damage done to the country since the 1968 invasion . |
| 8 | A meeting was arranged with the gypsies , who were allowed to stay until the 24th July , and it was agreed they would give substantial donations to the parish for damage caused to the trees and grass on the field . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal held the defendants liable in negligence for damage caused to the dress . |
| 10 | If provision is to be made ( Clause 20.02.5 ) for retentions from the amount due on account of tax liabilities or compensation for damage caused to the firm by the outgoing partner ( a somewhat controversial matter , but one which might be considered , for example , in relation to increased indemnity insurance premiums becoming payable by the continuing partners as a result of the negligence of the outgoing partner ) the terms must be set out with clarity . |
| 11 | The report , described by the Independent of April 21 as a " damning litany of broken promises and mixed opportunities " , also expressed serious doubts about protection offered to the colony 's judiciary , its legislature and people by the Basic Law , the post-1997 constitution promulgated by China in 1990 [ see p. 37248 ] . |
| 12 | In the twentieth century the field of concern for architecture broadened to the everyday living environment ; housing for example was no longer a question of designing a single house , or even a group , but a whole estate or neighbourhood . |
| 13 | HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board . |
| 14 | It is apparent that not only do actual levels of expenditure per head of the elderly population vary greatly between local authorities , but there are also striking differences in the way the money is spent , for example in the level of support provided to the heavily dependent compared with that for the less dependent . |
| 15 | The fastest man received a bottle of champagne compared to the fastest woman who got a bottle of wine for her efforts . |
| 16 | IPC will be sending Bono and Co the bill or failing that , a crate of champagne delivered to the Rancho El Bailie would be most welcome . |
| 17 | In his late teens , there were still signs of puppy fat , and his rounded face sat under an unruly head of hair trimmed to the current style , though not especially trendy , and he could be lost in a crowd as being just another boy on the block ; unassuming and unspecial . |
| 18 | Much dissatisfaction was expressed to the House of Lords Select Committee about the open-ended nature of the HLCA system in the UK but it is very clearly available to MAFF to fix limits on payments and to more properly define levels of payment linked to the severity of natural handicap . |
| 19 | Because the nests are in such orderly rows , scientists at the Museum of Paleontology at Drumheller , Alberta , believe that the same species of dinosaur returned to the site to give birth each year for many hundreds of years . |
| 20 | Thus the essence of the charge is not determined by the nature of the property over which it is created but rather by the degree of freedom accorded to the company to deal with this property in the normal course of business . |
| 21 | Mention a low cost tank and all the issues of new or salvaged glass , glass thickness , and quality of build come to the fore . |
| 22 | They predicted that the amount of variety in work , the level of employee autonomy in performing the work , the amount of interaction required in carrying out task activities , the level of knowledge and skill required , and the amount of responsibility entrusted to the job-holder would be positively associated with satisfaction and a low level of absenteeism . |
| 23 | C Wright Mills without a trace of elitism referred to the ‘ backyard opinion-makers ’ , those articulate people who can remember the facts to substantiate their point of view . |
| 24 | With the coming of comprehensive education three years before , even the faint whiff of privilege attached to the Grammar School had evaporated , a fact on which Burleigh had been able to capitalize , in a mild way . |
| 25 | The statutes of self-government granted to the Basque Country and Catalonia had been rescinded during the war . |
| 26 | But there was a lot lot of damage done to the shops right down the length of Road . |
| 27 | If , however , the amount of damage done to the plaintiff 's private property exceeds £275 , then the whole amount is recoverable including the first £275 . |
| 28 | He says I think the vast majority of damage done to the Ridgeway is done by much heavier , bigger vehicles — farm vehicles and so on . |
| 29 | With action pending against the perpetrators of the attack , the focus of case switched to the future of Gates , a 42-year veteran of the department and chief of the Los Angeles force for 13 years . |
| 30 | Popular appeal was of course related to the scarcity of their numbers and the sheer novelty of their weapon . |