Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Byrne argues that the greater disparities in income result from a combination of a laissez faire approach to the wages of the more highly paid and a deliberate policy of ‘ driving down the wages of the lower paid ’ . |
| 2 | And they both er wave to the crowds , both sets of players and taken a round of applause as the two captains are out there , and there are plenty of cameras , including video cameras er almost obstructing my view and er I hope that gentleman is er going to take up a rather better position from my point of view because we want to see the er performances of the two teams . |
| 3 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 4 | Right erm er presentation to the schools and then we need to consider if we would want to invite . |
| 5 | I do n't think there 's a very great deal in the way of er lighting fittings one can talk about erm in houses in Harlow , it 's er , there 's a , a distinct difference between the light , a lot , lot of architects in , in Harlow have lived in Harlow you see and they will go in for all the very latest type of lighting fittings erm and because they have er access to the books for the various er designers of lighting fittings er , generally though , they , the majority of the people in the town er have come from er London boroughs and erm they view the same kind of lighting fittings they 've always been used to . |
| 6 | I refer with er councillor to the remarks I made earlier about the tr the post of the trade union , I do n't propose to say any more on that . |
| 7 | Leapor 's response to the discomforts of agricultural labourers must be approached at different levels . |
| 8 | This may have been Swegen 's response to the attempts by Æthelred to get Norman help reported by Henry of Huntingdon under 1009 . |
| 9 | De Klerk 's response to the Harms report was effectively to exonerate Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan ( held by the Harms report to be " politically responsible " for the existence of the CCB ) from all responsibility for the activities of the discredited CCB , declaring that the report 's findings belonged to a past era , and there was " no reason to condemn the politicians in charge for the way in which they carried out their duties " . |
| 10 | Fojcik 's response to the hounds is especially remarkable for as Degas did with race horses , he conveys both their animal beauty and their potential energy as lean mean racing machines . |
| 11 | The EIG was at the centre of CAMRA 's response to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 12 | The findings were based on interviews with 501 people — a representative sample of Lothian 's population — and featured in the Regional Council 's response to the plans for reform . |
| 13 | BRAC 'S RESPONSE TO THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDIES |
| 14 | Mr Sim was chairman of the North East Water Board from 1970-75 and played a crucial role in the authority 's response to the needs of the developing North Sea oil industry . |
| 15 | Mr Sim was chairman of the North east Water Board from 1970-75 and played a crucial role in the authority 's response to the needs of the developing North Sea oil industry . |
| 16 | The form is essential , a result of Khan 's response to the cacti she grows and draws ; the Pod , like a cactus , fascinates the viewer , drawing her in while simultaneously warning her off . |
| 17 | The government 's response to the riots , apart from the setting up of the Scarman Inquiry , was to devote more resources to law and order and to renew its efforts to persuade business people to invest in the inner cities . |
| 18 | In addition , the borrower 's response to the arrears situation , the steps taken when confronted with arrears , and the nature of the interaction with the building society will be considered . |
| 19 | The Quaker mine-owners could hardly avoid the site 's exposure to the ravages of moorland weather , but they provided for the welfare of their employees , with sick pay and adult education schemes that became models for other employers . |
| 20 | Yet these lines contain an anger which is encountered again and again in her work , that from the constraints of a girl 's upbringing to the tyrannies of marriage , there is small hope of a woman achieving the life she wants . |
| 21 | He also interprets St Paul 's teaching to the Colossians ( 3:3 ) in these terms : His evocation of a silent darkness at the heart of which the soul is alive only in faith and expectant longing , combines the same sense of both end and beginning that Rolle creates at the end of his shorter Passion meditation when the process of penance linked with the stages of the Crucifixion concludes in the darkness of the entombment — a darkness which in the pattern of Incarnation is the prelude to dawn and Resurrection . |
| 22 | Once in London , he worked with James Asperne , of the European Magazine , Thomas Hurst , of Longman 's , and perhaps Thomas Tegg [ q.v. ] , who witnessed Wilson 's admission to the Clothworkers ' Company 7 February 1810 . |
| 23 | He and Sergeant Robins had obviously tried each other 's patience to the limits , but he cheered up at the sight of Dalgliesh and enquired with childish belligerence : |
| 24 | Nineteenth-century concordats had improved the legal position of Roman Catholicism in many countries and often left the clergy considerable powers over such matters as education , yet Papal Infallibility , the Syllabus of Errors and the Church 's resistance to the conclusions of biblical criticism alienated intellectuals . |
| 25 | A weekend away from the office can lower the body 's resistance to the organisms in air-conditioning systems . |
| 26 | As Lewis saw things , Morse 's talk to the tourists was not one of his chief 's more impressive performances . |
| 27 | What ‘ happens ’ is linked in the protagonist 's mind to the networks of her imagination . |
| 28 | Above all he brought an accountant 's mind to the affairs of the Transport Department , with startling results . |
| 29 | Her last film ‘ RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN ’ ( 1964 ) whose commercial and critical failure ended her career , can be seen as a woman 's reply to the eulogies of the working class male celebrated by John Osbourne and his like , and it does so by poking fun at the ideology of the male and his crude sexism . |
| 30 | ‘ In practical terms ’ , Luxemburg 's biographer , Peter Nettl , comments , ‘ Rosa Luxemburg 's opposition to the PPS ( Polish Socialist Party ) , and its policy of self-determination made her the most efficient ally of the SPD 's ( German Social Democratic Party 's ) policy of organizational integration for minorities in Germany ’ . |