Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb base] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as essences or forms give rise to those properties , so definitions of those forms , when used as premisses , give rise to conclusions about those properties . |
| 2 | When the flowers or leaves change colour to a pale olive green , drain on newspaper for a week until dry , the box up , wrapped in tissue paper , until needed . |
| 3 | Pluralism presupposes that groups have access to the decision-making process and that power is widely spread . |
| 4 | We no longer believe that language and reality ‘ match up ’ so congruently — indeed , we probably think that words give birth to things as much as things give birth to words . |
| 5 | Witnesses were reported to have said that troops set fire to shops , and that tank-fire was directed at houses [ for disorder in Sirnak in March 1992 see p. 38833 ] . |
| 6 | To tell the public , as the critics often do , that testers assume intelligence to be one dimensional is simply to misinform . |
| 7 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 8 | Gedge told The Legend ! in an NME interview in April 1986 : ‘ When we play live I can sometimes come across as glib or arrogant and find that people take exception to what I say when all I 'm trying to do is talk to the audience . ’ |
| 9 | An update facility means that users have access to a system which is continuously available as an in-house , interactive consultancy service . |
| 10 | Now that scientists have access to human embryos , the question of genetic engineering arises . |
| 11 | On a more pragmatic note , using a DTP system for coursework requires that students have access to workstation or PC/Macintosh screens ( of which we have dozens ) for all stages of the assessment , whereas using markup-based systems most of the work can be performed from simpler terminals ( of which we have hundreds ) . |
| 12 | Only later do children learn that women give birth to babies but do not possess a penis . |
| 13 | We have argued throughout that cutting eligibility is the worst possible way of containing the cost of legal aid , and we are pleased that the Home Affairs Committee has recognised the importance of maintaining eligibility for legal aid in order to ensure that citizens have access to advice and assistance at a price they can afford . |
| 14 | Henry the bunny keeps disappearing and reappearing in a top hat , paper flowers blossom from a seemingly empty vase and handkerchiefs change colour to the call of Abracadabra . |
| 15 | LOVING LOOK : Torvill and Dean see eye to eye in their act |
| 16 | ‘ The intellectual and rational conception of life has given way to a more creative interpretation ’ , wrote the British Surrealist Eileen Agar in 1931 , ‘ and artistic life is under the sway of womb-magic ’ ; and Agar give expression to this ‘ womb-magic ’ in the foetal and embryonic forms which play a central part in paintings such as ‘ Family Trio ’ or ‘ The Autobiography of an Embryo ’ where fluid shapes float across the picture plane to be captured in a net of geometric planes . |
| 17 | Negative Richardson number corresponds to a destabilizing density gradient ; both shear and buoyancy give rise to turbulence generation . |
| 18 | The buses are cheap and excellent , the drivers are virtuosi , and cars give way to them , so it makes sense to use this facility and relax . |
| 19 | Mr Milne warned that the NFFO demand would jeopardise the herring and mackerel export trade to eastern Europe which was vital to Scotland 's pelagic industry . |
| 20 | The Centre aims to provide resources to ensure that economists in universities and polytechnics have access to high quality software for the management and analysis of economic data . |
| 21 | The parklands , lake and gardens provide sanctuary to many thousands of wild birds . |
| 22 | In a contestable market , existing firms are vulnerable to entry if they attempt to exploit their market power , there are no sunk costs , and hence exit is costless ; and entrants have access to the same technology and factor prices as incumbents . |
| 23 | dolphins and porpoises fall victim to drift-nets in large numbers because they can not ‘ see ’ them on their sonar . |
| 24 | Magma formation is thus confined to the hydrated mantle wedge above the subducting slab , where residues of mainly olivine and pyroxene give rise to calc-alkaline magmas with higher Yb contents and lower La/Yb ratios than in the high-Al TTD suites . |
| 25 | The bullet-holes and bayonet-marks bore testimony to that . |
| 26 | Both schools and colleges give prominence to the near-autonomy of their subject departments — and indeed heads of departments are sometimes regarded as those who really run an upper school or a college . |
| 27 | In the first , the reader can identify immediately with the woman on the page , and the headline and sub-head add humour to humanity : ‘ Get motivated — get yourself a kick-start and find the drive you need to succeed at work and at home ’ . |
| 28 | Esau and Jacob come face to face again at the death of the aged Isaac . |
| 29 | Jaguars and Chevrolets give way to troops of smooth-skinned little white goats like antelope . |
| 30 | Live work is the one area where the artists and audience meet face to face . |