Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Overshadowing ( the observation that the associative strength acquired by a target stimulus A is reduced when another event , B , is also present on reinforced trials ) and blocking ( the observation that prior reinforced training with B can effectively eliminate acquisition to A when AB trials are given ) are primary characteristics of conditioning , found in all training procedures and in almost all organisms capable of classical conditioning . |
2 | Joanne has since given birth to Feathers ' daughter . |
3 | Wessex and Yorkshire are thought possible targets for Compagnie Generale des Eaux and Southern could eventually fall prey to Saur , which owns most of the private water companies in its area . |
4 | In a widely reported speech to police chiefs at the time of the disorders Hurd made this point clear : |
5 | The very essence of his buildings is expressed through intimately relating ornament to structure so , together , they create astonishing , tautly dynamic , glittering volumes and spaces for people . |
6 | In the sixth century its ancient Christian traditions were strong enough to sustain resistance to Justinian 's attempts to dictate doctrine to the church . |
7 | The loss of the two ports was serious , as the English now had only limited access to Normandy and to the capital , Rouen , which had come to replace Paris . |
8 | Scattered around the London suburbs , or in provincial towns like Sheffield , Brighton and Bradford , these pioneers had only limited access to capital resources , and their companies never grew to any real size . |
9 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
10 | With the cheque he received from the company , together with one from his workmates , Alec put these towards a long awaited trip to Australia . |
11 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
12 | And it needs not only to provide access to files or data , but actually to connect applications running anywhere on the network — and through the application , to connect the minds that are putting the applications to work . |
13 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
14 | Since ‘ compliance ’ is an administrative definition and since production or treatment processes can constantly give rise to changes in water quality , field men must be ever-vigilant in the face of uncertainty . |
15 | I would be interested to hear the thoughts of any other Sigma owners , top flight racers or those who are more concerned with club racing , so put pen to paper . |
16 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
17 | The section is intended to give the police power to impose conditions on ‘ coercive ’ marches which will not necessarily give rise to disorder ; a National Front march through a predominantly Asian district may well prompt many of the citizens simply to board up their properties and remain indoors . |
18 | If Darlington ( let's change that to Hartlepool ) were lucky enough to win promotion to Division Two they would have until 1994 two years to eliminate standing at their ground . |
19 | What I am trying to say is that merely paying attention to sex difference — affirming that women exist and are different from men — is not in and of itself a feminist gesture . |
20 | For example in Germany , works councils have long had access to resources to investigate design of work systems under the Quality of Working Life . |
21 | The insults or stresses which cause the imbalances and so give rise to disease can be of two types : |
22 | The FMLN has argued that , no matter what type of medicine one practises , if health knowledge , skills and resources are sold on the market as commodities this will necessarily limit access to health care , fragment and distort the nature of the health process , constrain the relation between health workers and users , and undermine people 's control over their health . |
23 | They thus need only provide care to quality standards which they set for themselves when first agreeing a contract and they can avoid being drawn into the ‘ high volume/doubtful quality ’ trap . |
24 | I definitely think we 've found a niche , not just in a business sense , but in the sense of providing a much needed service to dog owners , and I think we all need some helpful service nowadays , rather than being told to go elsewhere . ’ |
25 | Industry will especially be looking to the polytechnics to provide a further and much needed stimulus to innovations already taking place in higher education ; in particular , in the development of mixed degree courses , modular courses coupled with practical experience , and of the sandwich system of education and training generally , and in the opening up of opportunities for women in all branches of higher education , not least science and technology . |
26 | But in the lives of many people today love and marriage , though ideals , swiftly give way to conflict , strain , unhappiness and divorce . |
27 | Tabitha sat in the stern and watched the olive groves and sponge gardens on either bank swiftly give way to shipyards , silica refineries and air plants . |
28 | In point of time , however , one can find the specific civilian proposition from the US Ambassador in Paris a week earlier , on 11 December , not only to extend aid to Vietnam from the President 's special $75 m. fund but also recommending direct ‘ Marshall plan ’ financing for Indo-China : which the French had tentatively asked for at the beginning of 1949 . |
29 | Therefore , a driver need only accord precedence to pedestrians on the crossing on his side of the road . |
30 | Here purists were deliberately challenging official arguments which opposed fresh legislation or greater public discussion on the grounds that this would only draw attention to sex and incite immorality . |