Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heresy provided a threat to civil as well as ecclesiastical order , to political settlement and to peace . |
| 2 | Adhering to the ‘ Disraelian ’ tradition of social reform and to Unionism and closer imperial unity , Bridgeman first became prominent in support of the tariff-reform campaign led by Joseph Chamberlain [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | In two hours they ferried 22 people to high ground and to safety , and at 0900 they were released to return to the Portrush lifeboat which was still lying in Ballycastle Bay . |
| 4 | He suggested that these proposals were contrary to the public interest and to justice . |
| 5 | In the end , if the order is unopposed the agent will satisfy Counsel to the Secretary of State on points of concern to the Scottish Office and to government departments — points of principle , points of law , etc . |
| 6 | Increased research into diagenesis has resulted in the introduction of many new terms ; to aid the reader a brief review of general nomenclature relating to diagenetic environment and to porosity fabrics is included here before description of the various diagenetic fabrics . |
| 7 | In addition there is a careers section where pupils can make use of the information on computer or in documents relating to all branches of future employment and to university and college entrance . |
| 8 | All he can do is resort to his native cunning and to prayer . |
| 9 | They were a hazard to human health and to wildlife on land and sea . |
| 10 | Dr Alan Dyer has estimated that the doubling of Worcester 's population between 1563 and 1645 was due in equal part to natural increase and to immigration . |
| 11 | By an amended respondent 's notice the natural mother supported the local authority 's appeal on the grounds advanced by their notice of appeal and further or alternatively sought to contend that the judge ( 1 ) had been wrong in law , fact or both to hear and determine the applications for leave when the mother was not a party to the applications and was not aware of them and the judge had not been apprised properly or at all of her wishes in the matter ; ( 2 ) had acted contrary to the rules of natural justice and to section 10(9) ( d ) ( ii ) of the Act of 1989 ; and ( 3 ) ought to have required the mother to be notified of the application pursuant to rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 , rule 4.4 and Appendix III . |
| 12 | In a somewhat different sense , involving to some extent the balance of rights between generations , the natural environment of human life and more generally the ‘ quality of life ’ , has become a more prominent issue in relation both to economic development and to population growth , through the rapidly expanding activities of ecology movements . |
| 13 | Estonia , for instance , had the largest deposits of shale in the Soviet Union , and very considerable deposits of phosphorite and limestone ; but their rapid exploitation in the interests of the Soviet economy as a whole had led to serious environmental damage and to water pollution in particular . |
| 14 | This is a tedious process and to short-circuit the boredom you will often find someone eager to move the motion : " That the minutes of the previous meeting be taken as read . " |
| 15 | Yet the government , by bravely liberalising imports and by treating foreign investors more favourably , hopes in the longer run to push Brazil at last into the corral of ‘ model debtors ’ , with access to overseas money and to debt relief under the Brady plan . |
| 16 | Well clearly it is not going to yield to any such analysis , and to believe that it will is to deny the reality of subjective life and to side with the behaviourists . |
| 17 | ‘ Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life , his home and his correspondence ’ ( Article 8 ) ; ‘ everyone has the right to freedom of thought , conscience and religion ’ ( Article 9 ) ; ‘ everyone has the right to freedom of expression ’ ( Article 10 ) ; ‘ everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others ’ ( Article 11 ) . |
| 18 | Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others , including the right to join trade unions for the protection of his interests . |
| 19 | In this section and the next I am concerned with tracking linguistic change in the vowels /a/ and /Ε/; in Belfast English , relating these changes both to historical/ geographical background and to network structure . |
| 20 | The major factors to be taken into consideration when selecting a rootstock variety are : its suitability to the vinestock on which it is to be grafted ; its suitability to the geographical location and to climate ; solumological effects ; and the effect upon the quality and character of the fruit produced . |
| 21 | First , Mr Deng was more committed to the power of the Communist Party and to party discipline , although he also understood that as long as basic stability and prosperity were ensured , the party should guide but not govern . |
| 22 | Its jurisdiction would be limited to the Yugoslav conflict and to war crimes committed after 1 January 1991 . |
| 23 | But , according to Home Office memos shown both to New Scientist and to Computing magazine , ‘ the computer systems might be linked to form a distributed network encompassing the whole country ’ , with the centre of the network located at the Home Office ADP unit in Merseyside . |
| 24 | The church 's opposition to mechanical and chemical contraception and to abortion , greatly encourages the large families that are so characteristic of the region . |
| 25 | Like all Champagne varieties , it too has the advantage of ripening early , although this is often accompanied by a sensitivity to powdery mildew and to botrytis . |
| 26 | The editorial , ‘ The principles of restructuring : the revolutionary nature of thinking and acting ’ , 'insisted that there was ‘ no alternative to perestroika ’ and that even its postponement would be gravely damaging to Soviet society and to socialism internationally . |
| 27 | The money will be used to buy video equipment and a new painting and to part-fund the conservation of the portrait of Joseph Pease , the founder of Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | If the employer pays the salary but refuses the services of the worker and this refusal offends his/her personality ( e.g. , lowers his/her reputation amongst fellow workers , prevents his/her professional development etc. ) , the worker can claim that the employer be condemned to pay him/her compensation and/or to really employ him/her ; in the second case , the employer will also be condemned by the same judgement to a pecuniary sanction and to detention in case he does not employ the worker . |
| 29 | Very important electronic applications of the simple high-pass form of C-R circuit are to coupling a signal while blocking a direct potential difference and to differentiation of a signal as discussed in section 4.4 . |
| 30 | In contrast , the contributors to this book , whilst differing between themselves in many respects , share both a critical refutation of the manner in which the inner city has commonly been taken as unproblematic and a belief in the need to use the vocabulary of popular debates to propose alternative conceptualisations of urban crisis and to subject current policy to critical examination . |