Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The information recorded on the birth certificate refers to one point in time — when the child 's birth was registered — whereas the information reported at interview refers to a period of employment of three months or longer , at any time from three years before the child 's birth up until diagnosis . |
| 2 | As the Dragon , signifying ‘ the being who excels in intelligence ’ , breathes ‘ fire ’ , the destructive action of snake venom resembles that of the all-devouring fire , and the snake belongs to those beings which are believed to possess to a high degree that magical energy which is indicated by the Sanskrit word ‘ Tajas ’ , meaning heat or fire . |
| 3 | When those hopes are dashed so soon , not only by a cruel foreign king , but by God 's own people , then the story turns to bleak tragedy , and becomes unbearable . |
| 4 | In chapter 27 , when Jacob steals his blessing , the writer goes to great lengths , as we have indicated already , to evoke our sympathy for Esau , and to help us share his anguish . |
| 5 | The fiction belongs to that school where minute anatomy of the mind predominates over incidents . |
| 6 | Is it not true — as my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) pointed out — that as much public money goes to one CTC , to which parents who have not gone through the normal process will have access , as to all the other schools in the area , and that it goes there at the same rate ? |
| 7 | There is a real danger that money goes to Voluntary Organisations who are best at filling in forms — that presentation wins out over content . |
| 8 | This is reflected , as the University goes to considerable lengths to import sportsmen . |
| 9 | THIS month Northern Achiever of the North award goes to 13-year-old Christopher Ross , from Stockton . |
| 10 | Hogan , above , is writing and starring in To Be An Outlaw , a bank robber who finds his profession under threat as the West bows to 20th Century technology . |
| 11 | Three and four-year-olds have very different play needs to older children . |
| 12 | This level corresponds to that part of the unconscious mind which functions when we are in a light sleep . |
| 13 | EGF can start liver DNA synthesis when infused into intact rats and when added to primary hepatocyte in cultures — these events are associated with EGF receptor phosphorylation and down regulation ; EGF given to partially hepatectomised rats is targeted in enhanced amounts to the nucleus — the site of meximum hepatic uptake corresponds to those areas of the liver where regeneration is most active ; partial hepatectomy results in substantial down regulation of the EGF receptor . |
| 14 | The amplifier will then have been adjusted so that zero field corresponds to zero output , the first step in achieving calibration . |
| 15 | In the language of self-concepts , " self-esteem refers to personal feelings concerning one 's own value , importance and competence . |
| 16 | Close by the complex are several restaurants and , of course , the superb beach from which boat rides to other islands can be taken . |
| 17 | The vigilante movie plays to those emotions in all of us , legitimising it . |
| 18 | The MP for Fife Central claimed that after subtracting additional Government funds to cover new Scottish Office responsibilities — such as Care in the Community which will come into operation in April and the allocation of teaching and research grants to Scottish universities and higher education institutions — the actual increase was only £130 million in real terms . |
| 19 | This is probably because small birds need less food , ( Condition refers to stored energy , in the form of fat deposits ; Petrie used a complicated measure of condition to get rid of the effects of size alone . |
| 20 | Secondary links connect the switch points to individual homes . |
| 21 | Owing to insecurity in rural areas , most aid goes to urban areas ; probably less than thirty percent directly benefits the primary and secondary levels ( Ibid . ) . |
| 22 | Electronics usually grab the attention when talk turns to new technology . |
| 23 | Scholars ' president looks to famous ancestor The Rev. John Douglas will seek his inspiration from a famous ancestor when he returns to the Friends ' School at Great Ayton as president of the Old Scholars ' Association . |
| 24 | Well-known acts with an ill-fitting country label now range from old-fashioned southern rock bands to pure folk singers . |
| 25 | Suppose that a transformer has to 6 volt 250 milliamp secondary windings . |
| 26 | HOMELESS charity Shelter apologised yesterday for sending out mock repossession notices to 32,000 families . |
| 27 | The practical utility of the rule depends to some extent upon the means that the courts are entitled to employ in order to ascertain what mischief the Act was intended to remedy . |
| 28 | The system of setting limits to public spending had broken down because of the following : |
| 29 | Government spending is determined by government policy and investment depends to some extent on the rate of interest ( which for now does not appear in the model ) and businessmen 's expectations . |
| 30 | We have already indicated that investment depends to some extent on the rate of interest and businessmen 's expectations , government spending depends on government policy and exports depend largely on incomes overseas . |