Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disadvantage is that they require a transformer to step down the voltage , which either means fairly expensive fittings ( incorporating the transformer so they can replace existing fittings ) , or expensive wiring from a central transformer to the light fittings — low voltage means high current , so the wires have to be much bigger than normal lighting wiring . |
| 2 | A 4″ 90° bend was purchased and this was placed on the outlet pipe running from the new pond to the header pools to take the water from a lower level in the pond . |
| 3 | A new dance company has been formed to give a boost to the performing arts outside London . |
| 4 | This explains the sense of invasion when miners , or weavers , came in force to the market towns : Cornish tinners into Truro , Penryn or Penzance ; Kingswood colliers into Bristol or those of Bedworth into Coventry . |
| 5 | This must be considered a bonus to the food resources available to any larger creatures . |
| 6 | Spatially shifting , but perennial , concentrations of ( frequently exacerbated ) poverty share urban landscapes with the sites of regeneration , which by their very presence offer powerful ideological testament to the life forces of renewal retained by late capitalist growth . |
| 7 | Sadly no longer with us , this book is a fine testament to the camera skills of Colin Addison . |
| 8 | Their room was in darkness and he had to fumble about for the switch to the bedside lamps . |
| 9 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT : The authors would like to express their sincere appreciation to the oil companies who kindly provided log examples , core data , core samples and their very valuable advice and to the Schlumberger staff in The Hague and in London for their contribution . |
| 10 | The Great Tram Race on 12 April 1984 between Edinburgh 35 and Glasgow 1297 , which the Edinburgh car remarkably won , was a prelude to the Centenary celebrations . |
| 11 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
| 12 | When Mark Bright arrived on the Palace scene the following year the duo soon established a marvellously successful striking twosome and it was largely their goals which took the club to the promotion play-offs and a return to Division One in 1989 . |
| 13 | It was perhaps originally an oral message from Cnut , committed to writing by an ecclesiastic for circulation to the shire courts , and then redrafted into its present state by Wulfstan . |
| 14 | Please send any information to NCVO for circulation to the coalition members for wider dissemination . |
| 15 | With the outbreak of war the ILP put itself in opposition to the trade-union leaders by its refusal to support the war and by its criticism of those Labour Party members who either joined the government after 1916 or gave it their loyal parliamentary support . |
| 16 | Although he may not care to remember as far back as a fortnight ago , does he recollect that every candidate in the Kincardine and Deeside by-election , including his own , expressed opposition to the opt-out proposals ? |
| 17 | Moreover , this broad focus has enabled older women to participate fully in the opposition to the twin evils of sex and age discrimination . |
| 18 | None of these companies was a natural monopoly and hence the concerns about competition , described above , did not apply , although there was opposition to the privatisation proposals from the Labour Party and the trade unions on grounds of principle . |
| 19 | In Complex South Africa ( 1930 ) he emphasized the existence of a ‘ common society ’ , history underpinning his political opposition to the segregation policies of successive South African governments . |
| 20 | President Lee Teng-hui made substantial progress with his programme of political reform in 1990-91 , although he faced considerable opposition to the reform measures from conservative elements within his own KMT and from opposition leaders who questioned the pace of the programme . |
| 21 | Forston stayed in Browne ownership until 1827 , when the philanthropic Francis John Browne of Frampton Court , who had no direct heirs , offered the manor to the county authorities , together with seven acres of land , as an ‘ asylum for the benefit of pauper lunatics ’ . |
| 22 | In this way the Bank avoids the potential disruption to the money markets due to its having to make large payments to private-sector bond-holders all at once . |
| 23 | Has my right hon. Friend had the opportunity to read the scandalously deceitful national health service trust ballot which was put through my constituents ' letter boxes by Labour-controlled Harlow council — at an expense to the charge payers of £25,000 ? |
| 24 | The Duke , a keen sailor , is no stranger to the cruising grounds of north west Scotland . |
| 25 | Nizan 's own comments tend , by contrast , to be more elusive , more enigmatic , granting equal weight to the twin themes of existential angst and ideological instruction : " Death and the bourgeoisie are the principal themes of this book " , he notes laconically . |
| 26 | That is why most newspapers , including , it has to be said , the much-maligned tabloids , have lent their weight to the Press Complaints Commission 's code of practice , and instructed their journalists to abide by the code 's provisions . |
| 27 | Ernst & Young thought that the APB had not given enough weight to the collateral changes which would be required , the timescale involved in the changes , and the very substantial costs which would arise . |
| 28 | As a result , farming interests now dominate many of the park committees and there must be doubt as to whether they are able to give proper consideration and weight to the park purposes when agricultural applications are being considered . |
| 29 | If he were to stand down immediately , however , there would need to be a special Labour conference to choose a new leader under the electoral college system , which gives the lion 's share of the vote to the trade unions . |
| 30 | Leeds was the first city I had ever visited and when I was taken by car to the television studios I had my first encounter with revolving doors , which I found rather strange . |