Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 2 | ‘ In my judgment the interests of the children are now to be taken into account and to be considered in relation to all the circumstances of the case including in relation to the general desirability that children wrongfully removed from their place of habitual residence should be returned . |
| 3 | ‘ In my judgment the interests of the children are now to be taken into account and to be considered in relation to all the circumstances of the case including in relation to the general desirability that children wrongfully removed from their place of habitual residence should be returned . |
| 4 | would not be applicable in the law of suretyship generally and is an implicit recognition of the special protection given by equity to married women who provide security in support of their husband 's debts . |
| 5 | IF THE TRAUMA and problems involving the Great Warbirds Air Display ( GWAD ) from its established site at West Malling in Kent to Wroughton in Wiltshire were not enough , Elly Sallingboe , her airshow team and all the pilots involved in the show had to contend with low cloud , torrential rain and wind that gusted up to 65 knots on the first day of the show . |
| 6 | The video features promo clips in addition to live , interview and behind-the-scenes footage . |
| 7 | In 1759 some of the greatest Portuguese nobles whom Pombal regarded as threats to his position , the Duke of Aveiro , the Marquis of Tavora , the Marquis of Alorna , were accused of conspiring against the king , tortured and in some cases broken on the wheel . |
| 8 | The support given by knitters to the events which are organised is very good . |
| 9 | In advancing legal arguments and in taking direct political action those active in the peace movement can be reinforced by the knowledge that the hesitant political support given by others to the policies of nuclear deterrence is underpinned only by the belief that their leaders genuinely desire peace and disarmament . |
| 10 | The ULS measured the financial support given by MAFF to individual farms in its 12 study areas against the degree of natural handicap established by their own Hills and Uplands land classification . |
| 11 | The political and military support given by Egypt to the United States-led coalition in the Gulf war was regarded as an important factor in the Paris Club debt relief , which supplemented write-offs of Egyptian debt by the United States and the Gulf Co-operation Council countries in October 1990 [ see p. 37795 ] . |
| 12 | It requires support given by governments to be directed less at propping up declining industries , and more at helping the unemployed to rejoin the workforce . |
| 13 | But many archbishops were delighted by the excuse to go on pilgrimage to Rome ; and one of the first to benefit from the custom was Sigeric , archbishop of Canterbury ( 990 — 4 ) , who has left us a kind of diary of his visit — first of the churches in Rome which a pilgrim had especially to visit and to pray in , and then of the stages on his long journey back to Canterbury . |
| 14 | the coverage given by expansion to the 1st level ( definition ) ; |
| 15 | ’ 1st Level ’ refers to the coverage given by expansion to the first level , expressed as a percentage ( as described above ) . |
| 16 | ’ 2nd Level ’ refers to the coverage given by expansion to the second level , also expressed as a percentage . |
| 17 | She felt her heart thump in reaction to the stress she had been under . |
| 18 | but it skims across the surface of the water and it 's very quick , it only takes half an hour to go from Ramsgate to Dover . |
| 19 | Peter Monteith 's gallant campaigner ran unplaced on the Flat at Ayr just 48 hours previously but , though still to score on the level , he has now amassed four hurdle wins in addition to 12 over the bigger obstacles . |
| 20 | ‘ proceed to a particular point ’ means e.g. to signal the driver to go from A to B or start a particular line of traffic etc . |
| 21 | It was the not fault of my client , that just as the Visitor seemed to be gaining the trust of the young person who is the subject of this enquiry ( she was a child when the case was first brought to their attention as in need of care and protection but is now classed as a young person ) she was transferred because of area reorganisation undertaken in response to changes in government policy , and that the officer who took over the case was hospitalised shortly after she assumed her new duties . |
| 22 | There was no discretion to allow the case to proceed by transfer to the county court . |
| 23 | Some assets , such as money lent at call to other financial institutions , are highly liquid . |
| 24 | So , if you 'd like to find out if and when it 's on in your area , ask your parents or Brown Owl to write for details to : Or ring . |
| 25 | His breathing has on occasion to be assisted by the administration of oxygen . |
| 26 | Take this opportunity to come with Travelsphere to China — one of the last great travel experiences . |
| 27 | However , concern has been caused by the fact that between 1976 and 1989 the ratio of debt to personal disposable income rose from 50% to over 100% ( BEQB May 1989 ) , and since 1980 the growth in credit has substantially exceeded the growth in income . |
| 28 | In Canada , where premium income rose from $96.1m to $139.8m following the acquisition of the general insurance business of the Prudential Corporation , the deficit for the quarter was up from $2.9m to $11.8m — a relatively satisfactory performance in difficult market conditions . |
| 29 | In Canada , where premium income rose from $223.4m to $322.5m following the acquisition of the general insurance business of the Prudential Corporation in November 1992 , there was another good performance . |
| 30 | Corporate overheads in the first half were cut from $8m to $7.7m , and total operating income rose from $13.3m to £16.2m . |