Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , much of the work of contemporary assemblies should be viewed in the context of institutions struggling to adapt to massively changed social and world conditions and to impose some check upon the burgeoning executive bureaucracies . |
| 2 | This aspect of the work has been phased out over the last few years as the UK content in most projects has risen to more than 70 per cent , leaving OSO to concentrate on its other roles in encouraging research and development into new offshore technology and using UK expertise to gain export orders on the back of North Sea achievements . |
| 3 | In recent years cycling has grown in popularity and regrettably the number of accidents involving cyclists has increased to approximately 250 per year in Lothian Region . |
| 4 | In recent years cycling has grown in popularity and regrettably the number of accidents involving cyclists has increased to approximately 250 per year in Lothian Region . |
| 5 | Moreover , the significance of public meetings in the late eighteenth and earlier nineteenth centuries differed according to both their type and the changing general political context . |
| 6 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 7 | The number of local Green parties had risen to nearly 270 by the end of the year and the membership had almost doubled from 9000 at the beginning of the year to 17,000 by the end . |
| 8 | By 1898 the number of books had fallen to about 180 , 44 of which had been added the previous year . |
| 9 | Hospital waiting lists have grown to almost one million people awaiting treatment . |
| 10 | In some subjects these new methods have led to so radical a change in the content of the syllabus that the effects will necessarily be felt in the sixth form and in all further and higher education . |
| 11 | Council tenants ' rent arrears have risen to over £450 million , and in some inner London boroughs two out of three tenants are in arrears , the Audit Commission reveals . |
| 12 | Council tenants ' rent arrears have risen to over £450 million , the Audit Commission reveals . |
| 13 | Council tenants ' rent arrears have risen to over £450 million , and in some inner London boroughs two out of three tenants are in arrears , the Audit Commission reveals . |
| 14 | If the chronology of the Bible is correct how had the American Indians managed to get to where they are in the short interval since Noah 's Flood ? |
| 15 | The Keynesian and monetarist views seem to lead to very different conclusions as far as monetary policy is concerned . |
| 16 | The increased speed of the modern game and the athleticism of the participants has led to more crowded play so that linesmen are apt to flag when a forward suddenly breaks clear to receive a pass . |
| 17 | Their salinities vary according to how long ago their waters were left to evaporate , and the amount of fresh water entering them annually ; of the four main lakes , Deep Lake , the deepest ( 34 m ) and most salty , has a mean salinity of approximately 280ppt , roughly eight times that of sea water and similar in density to Dead Sea water . |
| 18 | Governments of varying political persuasions have attempted to either decrease or increase the role of the private sector . |
| 19 | In Britain , for example , successive governments have managed to almost wholly withdraw from the provision of public sector housing . |
| 20 | Three phases of development are addressed ; the functional/specialist managers preparing to move to more general management roles , senior managers needing to take a more strategic approach to their roles , and the more senior managers/directors who need specific , relevant briefings on both strategic and corporate governance issues . |
| 21 | Such things had happened to more eminent lawyers than he . |
| 22 | Demobilisation intensified the overstocking of the trade , and by 1818 the depressed weavers were claiming earnings had fallen to as little as 5s ( 25p ) a week for a journeyman and were asking " whether such a paltry sum be sufficient to keep the soul and body together " . |
| 23 | Furthermore , these changes have spread to not only the more isolated areas but also to the protected landscapes of national parks . |
| 24 | The key features review referred to above is devised to identify potential deal breaking problems at an early stage , so as to limit the possibility of Big accumulating large professional fees on ultimately abortive deals . |
| 25 | A basic starting point for us is , then , that concepts and theories give meaning to potentially observable things and events , and in this sociology is like other sciences . |
| 26 | Although government figures show adult illiteracy rates continuing to fall to below 30 per cent , the real rates are thought to be far higher than this . |
| 27 | Increasingly , trappers had to move to ever more remote places when the wildlife was depleted locally . |
| 28 | Extraction levels had fallen to about 86 per cent of 1991 quantities according to government calculations . |
| 29 | Predictably , vicars tended to conform to more modest standards ; indeed , in Norfolk as many as twelve were rated at a mere £2 . |
| 30 | Although the number of fatal accidents on farms has fallen to about 60 a year , Carl Boswell , the Health and Safety Executive 's chief agricultural inspector , says it is proving very difficult to cut the tally further . |