Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Does the interview with the Admiral make any difference to anything ? ’ |
| 2 | The evident surprise displayed by some Cabinet ministers about her reference to a referendum lent further weight to his criticisms of her style of leadership and unwillingness to consult Cabinet colleagues . |
| 3 | As recorded by Fredegar , the Byzantine link , with the emperor Maurice , is chronologically impossible , but the presence of vast quantities of Byzantine coin in Childeric 's grave goes some way to supporting the idea that he did have support from the eastern Empire . |
| 4 | On the one hand , setting and enforcing more adequate levels of child support goes some way to redressing the balance of the current situation where the costs of supporting children fall almost entirely on the mother . |
| 5 | The index goes some way to overcoming these problems . |
| 6 | Since the winding resistance contributes 1 ohm to the total phase resistance : Forcing resistance = 19 ohms This resistance must be able to dissipate the power losses when the phase is continuously excited by the rated current ( 2 A ) . |
| 7 | In anything other than in a small space , the acoustic guitar needs electric amplification to be heard . |
| 8 | This negative response created great distress to Mrs X as she has her heart set on becoming an embalmer . |
| 9 | Rental income rose 16 p.c. to £11.3m , but the interest bill , after capitalising £860,000 against £5½m , rose as a result of the completion of the group 's remaining developments . |
| 10 | Duke John for his part promised military support to Edward if he came to France . |
| 11 | One bedroom at garden level has direct access to the patio . |
| 12 | A guide to the use of the literature in any given subject should be based on a logical concept and thereby facilitate understanding by providing the opportunity to relate new information to previous knowledge . |
| 13 | He added that , ‘ Widespread electoral support bore little resemblance to restricted party membership , however , and disappointments were common . |
| 14 | The user has greater freedom to structure searches to suit individual needs . |
| 15 | The ‘ flak helpers ’ had been little more than children at the time of Hitler 's great ‘ triumphs ’ , and in the hail of bombs , the destruction , and the retreating armies , the remaining image of the Führer as the military genius bore scant relation to their daily experience of reality . |
| 16 | The stereo chorus adds some colour to both clean and heavily distorted modes , but seems to thin out the tone in some instances , so use with care . |
| 17 | It is also used for model glider towlines for these reasons , and in particular , nylon monofilament has enough elasticity to catapult a model glider to greater height than the line length when launched with a strong tension . |
| 18 | The masculine-feminine parameter has little relation to homosexual preference . |
| 19 | One involved the successful launch of its cookery book , Cooking to Please , and the other was because it won the contract to provide in-house catering to the main council sites for second time . |
| 20 | The UNDP and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) signed an executing agency agreement in July 1989 , under which the IMF would receive UNDP funding to provide technical assistance to developing countries in areas such as fiscal and monetary policy and the improvement of statistical bases . |
| 21 | The resignation also coincided with a controversial ruling by the Education Department prohibiting federal aid to colleges which offered scholarships designated solely for minority students . |
| 22 | The training committee was wound up by Vic Machin , the chairman and the BMC secretary Derek Walker some months ago — but they have yet to inform the committee : a clear snub to the many volunteers who banged their heads against a wall with only limited success for a dozen years in a genuine attempt to impart some credibility to the BMC 's involvement in mountain training . |
| 23 | The introduction to this chapter made specific reference to the need for school management to plan the school 's path through the changing environment . |
| 24 | It is hoped that this chapter goes some way to redressing the balance : relative prices do matter in the General Theory , though they do not adjust in the manner suggested by the classical writers and by their monetarist/new classical descendants . |
| 25 | Adjustment for risk factors known before the start of labour made little difference to perinatal mortality rates , but such differences that occurred were in the expected direction . |
| 26 | Should the existing rule prohibiting any reference to Hansard in construing legislation be relaxed and , if so , to what extent ? 2 . |
| 27 | The design of an experiment involves careful attention to the requirements of dynamical similarity . |
| 28 | The next step is to furnish a first draft of the proposed order and to settle the draft in due course , and in drawing the order the agent has particular regard to the value of precedents and a number of model clauses promulgated by the model clauses committee in parliament . |
| 29 | Gaseous distension of the bowel causes considerable discomfort to the patient and increases transmural pressure . |
| 30 | The Urban Programme consisted of grants and initiatives under the 1969 Local Government Grants ( Social Need ) Act , which was intended as a flexible instrument to provide supplementary help to local authorities in the fields of housing , education , and health . |