Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More frequently , the cause of problems can be traced to an excessive desire to stick to policies or to a lack of understanding by the planning officers of the realities of life for developers and occupiers of property . |
| 2 | This sad state of affairs may be attributed to feckless parents or to a society which projects its standards and values in such an ambivalent way . |
| 3 | Between 1868 and 1885 , only about one-fifth of all English provincial titles were not politically committed to the Liberals or to the Conservatives or to a combination of both . |
| 4 | To the far right are two output jacks offering Pre-Fade input ( for connecting other preamps into the D12 's power amp ) and Post-Fade output ( for hooking up to other power amps or to a desk or mixer ) . |
| 5 | Keshet and Rosenthal ( 1980 ) provide some evidence which suggests that children of divorced parents can relate positively both to their biological parents and to a step-parent . |
| 6 | In August 1988 both sides had agreed in principle to a UN peace plan calling for a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and to a referendum designed to give the inhabitants of the territory ( administered as a Spanish colony until 1976 ) a choice between independence or integration into Morocco . |
| 7 | This has led to the tying of aid to a large extent to inappropriate or unduly expensive goods from the donor 's country , to sharp annual variations in the volume of aid flows and to a lack of commitment to real coordination with other donors . |
| 8 | This can be attributed in large measure to the lower demand of low-paid labour in non-metropolitan manufacturing during the recession years and to a contraction in housing opportunities for low-income groups . |
| 9 | This was due , not to lack of discoveries but to a disinclination by the oil companies to invest the huge sums necessary to develop discoveries because of the onerous terms of the UK fiscal regime . |
| 10 | Those are the little things and to a mother they must mean so much . |
| 11 | In the Regional Council 's view , the appeal proposal is contrary to those terms , in that the development would precipitate unnecessary , excessive resource commitment in schools resources and to a degree that is far removed from the ‘ cost effective use of infrastructure investments ’ . |
| 12 | Each of the three cases will be examined for 90 per cent packed files , randomized to individual record positions and to a bucket that can hold ten records . |
| 13 | " Increasing population in England and migration of middle-class voters from the towns to the suburbs had led to these disparities and to a situation where any redistribution would help Unionism . |
| 14 | Local authorities are expected to resolve any questions as to a child 's ordinary residence by agreement , failing which the Secretary of State will decide ( s30(2) ) . |
| 15 | A person can not by reference to any contract terms or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence . |
| 16 | A person can not by reference to any contract terms or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence . |
| 17 | It is important to put a purchaser on notice that he will only get a good receipt if he pays any purchase money to two trustees or to a trust corporation ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
| 18 | Indeed , if guesses as to a composer are in order in such a cliche-ridden style , Eckard would be more likely for these pieces than for the one on p.88 . |
| 19 | the average fall in sound pressure levels of four to five dB(A) was attributed to a decrease in the number of passing vehicles , to a reduction in speeds and to a change in driving style . |
| 20 | This is a legitimate help to any member who wishes to communicate with any of his fellow members and to a take-over bidder . |
| 21 | include provision for pupils to talk and listen in groups of different sizes and to a range of audiences ; |
| 22 | This was to lead to an increase in real wages and to a decline in rents for land , and in so far as these can be used to measure the standard of living of the people , they suggest that the condition of the peasantry improved markedly in the fifteenth century . |
| 23 | Act , 1919 , ( the Addison Act ) broke new ground in British housing policy in two related respects : the emphasis on building new dwellings to garden suburb ideals and to a standard hitherto unsurpassed in the public sector ; and the neglect of the older slums . |
| 24 | The deregulation and liberalisation of Earth segment proposed by the European Community would lead to a general increase in spectrum requirements and to a need for simplified co-ordination procedures . |
| 25 | for instance , residential care in Flanders and the Netherlands seems more closely tied to psychological assessment of children and to a diagnosis/treatment approach than in the United Kingdom — at least for social services cases . |
| 26 | However , we are committed to a full examination of all the issues and to a round of producer meetings later this year , ’ he said . |
| 27 | References to horses and to a flat in town suggested that he was spending his declining years in considerable financial comfort . |
| 28 | The suddenness of the announcement was judged to be in response to pressure from US environmentalists and to a letter presented to Collor from nine leading Democrat senators during the visit , urging him to honour previous promises he had given to protect the rain forest and its indigenous tribal peoples [ see p. 37528 ] . |
| 29 | Rosalind Cartwright showed a pornographic film to a group of conventional male medical students and to a group of young homosexual men , members of an American gay group university chapter . |
| 30 | The shadow fundholding scheme has since been extended to small practices and to a trial of fundholding for all services except accident and emergency . |