Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] to the " 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 | This varied between authorities according to the complex needs and resources formulae then in operation . |
| 3 | This is mainly because although some adjectives precedes others it is within a relatively small space of time and a comparison between adjectives relating to the situation versus those to the person can not really be made . |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend agree that we should also pay tribute to Friends of the Earth which , when I was a Minister at the Department of Transport , suggested that it would be sensible for the Minister with responsibility for roads to go to the Netherlands with some civil servants to see how traffic calming works there . |
| 5 | These factories are mainly concerned with manufacturing product for artists signed to the record company . |
| 6 | He said US soldiers had sealed off roads leading to the Panama Canal before the coup attempt , and that US aircraft had circled the combat areas . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | the settlement and receipt of payment for debts owed to the partnership ; |
| 9 | Last year 's activities included explanatory talks , simple construction projects , radio fox hunting , Morse instruction , radio operating with contacts as far away as Australia , USA and Japan , including opportunities for attendees to chat to the overseas operators , and experiments with a kite antenna . |
| 10 | Investment grants up to £15,000 are payable after the purchase of plant machinery and buildings for companies with fewer than 25 employees , while innovation grants pay up to half eligible costs , to a maximum of £25,000 , for projects leading to the development and introduction of products and processes for companies with fewer than 50 employees . |
| 11 | The rules described for chariots apply to the Pump Wagon as well with a few exceptions which take into account its unusual construction and crew . |
| 12 | They argue that the fence , designed to reduce the spread of " foot-and-mouth " by separating cattle from buffalo herds , and to monopolise the north-western area for beef production , is unacceptable since it would cut across routes for animals migrating to the swamps during the dry season . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When George Abbott , the Archbishop of Canterbury , accidentally shot dead a gamekeeper , Andrewes , as a member of a commission of enquiry , urged his colleagues ‘ Brethren , be not too busy to condemn any for uncanonicles according to the strictness thereof , lest we render ourselves in the same condition . ’ |
| 16 | As there is much variation in numbers of thymocytes between mice of different litters of the same age but much less between mice belonging to the same litter , the numbers of total thymocytes are shown in comparison to wild-type or heterozygous littermates in a logarithmic scale . |
| 17 | An appeal by Landsbergis for Lithuanians to come to the defence of parliament was answered by several thousand people who formed a cordon around the building . |
| 18 | Procedurally , the machinery could no longer be operated since no provision had been made , in 1922 , for functions relating to the organising of elections and previously discharged by the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown in Ireland , to be transferred to new officials , and those offices had been abolished . |
| 19 | Also , before the 1991 Budget , the tax benefit was simply not a big enough incentive , and it has taken time for companies to respond to the new , more generous tax environment . |
| 20 | Although the landscapes on both sides of the Border are very similar , from the lowlands north and east of Carlisle through fells rising to the Cheviot range and falling again to the coastal plain , it is still noticeable that permanent settlements of any size are fewer along the Scottish side . |
| 21 | An example of a treaty which goes further is the South Pacific Driftnet Fishing Treaty which provides that parties shall consult with States eligible to become parties about matters relating to the Convention , and may reach agreements with such States . |
| 22 | There was force in the Crown 's argument that , strictly , the making of a statement in circumstances in which a person had already been charged and , in part at least , was intending to speak about matters relating to the charges already put did not fall within paragraphs 12 , 13 and 2 of Annex D. However , the Code must be read as covering this situation . |
| 23 | He increased significantly the number of Russians travelling to the West and the number of skilled foreigners settling in Russia . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | A ‘ FLYING squad ’ of experts takes to the road this month and early May to help East Anglian farmers tackle probably their most important office job for years . |
| 26 | Every child knows too , that the mass of products corresponding to the different needs require different and quantitatively determined masses of the total labour of society . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This group of authorities added to the six mentioned above , equalled 14% of our sample . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In such circumstances LIFESPAN RDBI will make a number of attempts to write to the error log . |