Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb pp] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons linked to the physical strength needed to operate them at the beginning , spinning mules were operated by men . |
| 2 | These factories are mainly concerned with manufacturing product for artists signed to the record company . |
| 3 | Given that the subjects were trained not to raise the negative flap at all , we may say that the difference between associates established to the two stimuli was greater in the case in which the more extensive motor response was required — that is , in the condition that produced superior transfer to a test discrimination involving the same stimuli . |
| 4 | the settlement and receipt of payment for debts owed to the partnership ; |
| 5 | Lift and drag have been calculated for tails spread to an apical angle of 120° . |
| 6 | For signals applied to the Y input , with X at 10V , non-linearity is +-0.005% in full scale , although a different input arrangement with X variable leads to reduced non-linearity claims . |
| 7 | The anticipated strong showing for candidates affiliated to the nationalist Moldavian Popular Front appeared to have been matched by an equally strong showing for the rival Yedinstvo ( " Unity " ) movement , drawing its support largely from the Russian and Ukrainian minority communities . |
| 8 | Some members of the minority , as a result of this stratification of languages and reallocation of values accorded to the white minority languages , have begun to perceive a drift from Commonwealthism and Internationalism to Europeanism . |
| 9 | The graph shows the performance of the FT-SE 100 Index over the period of 1 January 1979 to 1 January 1992 and the growth potential of investments linked to the Stock Market . |
| 10 | But in the last six months his father 's image had begun to intrude on his consciousness at odd moments , in the middle of a meeting , across a boardroom table , in a gesture , the droop of an eyelid , the tone of a voice , the line of a speaker 's mouth , the shape of fingers splayed to an open fire . |
| 11 | This group of authorities added to the six mentioned above , equalled 14% of our sample . |
| 12 | The United Kingdom and Belgium argue , however , that the registration of a vessel in a member state is not a conditio sine qua non of establishment in that state , since natural persons or companies are not precluded from operating vessels , even fishing vessels , for instance from the United Kingdom , in the context of operations linked to the territory of that state ; establishment in the United Kingdom in that way would be possible in respect of any vessel registered in one of the other member states . |
| 13 | The Lithuanian Supreme Soviet , which as a result of elections on Feb. 24 had passed firmly into the control of deputies affiliated to the nationalist Sajudis movement , on March 11 plunged the Soviet Union into a constitutional crisis when it unilaterally declared Lithuania independent . |
| 14 | A wrongful possession of land for twelve years , or of goods for six years , destroys not only the former owner 's right to recover the land or goods by action , but also his title ; and so the possessor has the best of titles known to the law — a possession which no one can dispute . |
| 15 | The teaching of Deuteronomy and the theology of the stories of Jericho and Ai and the rest ( for the book of Joshua gives us lists of cities put to the ban ) are also understandable in terms of ancient conduct of war in that part of the world , or with regard to our own contemporary warfare and religious belief and practice . |
| 16 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 17 | Normalisation is a set of rules applied to the relations which simplifies the model . |
| 18 | ‘ And I found a list of rules pinned to the larder door . |
| 19 | Where the main impetus towards collective action on the part of employers related to the regulation of trading and commercial matters what are now called trade associations were set up . |
| 20 | All I will permit myself to say is that there clearly exists a coherent body of thought within the present Conservative parliamentary Party ( supported , it would seem from the number of signatures added to the ‘ Fresh Start ’ petition circulated at the 1992 Conservative Party Conference , by a large number of members in the country ) , which is increasingly concerned by the direction of events in Europe and which makes the connection between this and Britain 's recent economic woes . |
| 21 | In 60% of cases referred to the Remuneration Certificate procedure in February and March 1993 , solicitors had apparently not discussed with , or written to , clients about their charges at any stage before sending the bill . |
| 22 | The number of ‘ true cases of cattle theft ’ , that is the number of cases known to the authorities less those in which it was determined that no crime had been committed , declined in the Southern and Western Provinces from 1,160 in 1908 to 394 in 1914 . |
| 23 | During the latter part of the 19th century the Royal College of Chemistry ( subsequently retitled the Royal College of Science ) and the Royal School of Mines moved to the site from their previous buildings in the West End and the City and Guilds Institute was built there . |
| 24 | Using pigment analysis , cross-section analysis , energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis ( EDX ) , laser microspectral analysis ( LMA ) and X-rays among other techniques , Dr Roy and his colleagues were able to show how these great paintings evolved , from the type of canvases used to the pigments and the painting techniques themselves . |
| 25 | From the later sixth century they are characterised by features of maenadism as actually practised : the ‘ wing-dance ’ here , and the thyrsus ( a bunch of ivy-leaves tied to a fennel-stalk ) , as in fig. 104 , from a picture of the Death of Pentheus by the Kleophrades Painter 's great rival the Berlin Painter . |
| 26 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 27 | His duties included the preparation of a handbook of Instructions for the use of farriers attached to the British Cavalry and to the Honourable Board of Ordnance . |
| 28 | Edward Cuff from Yeovil sent a most interesting collection of photographs as diverse as a Bleriot-type being flown by Gustav Hamel near Canterbury , and a selection of pictures related to the Battle of Britain airfield at Warmwell whose correct name was Woodsford . |
| 29 | Hordes of listeners rushed to the beach to catch a glimpse of the star and the cameras , and inundated the radio station with inquiries about the exact location . |
| 30 | The central idea of kin selection is that a gene A , causing an animal to be more likely to perform an act X , may increase in frequency in a population even if act X reduces the individual fitness ( expected number of offspring ) of the animal itself , provided that the act increases the fitness of animals related to the actor . |