Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that schoolgirls are ineligible for a wide range of courses in further and higher education and for entry to occupations requiring a scientific or technical base . |
| 2 | On Jan. 24 Japan announced that it would contribute a further $9,000 million to US-led forces in the Gulf , raising Japan 's total commitments since August 1990 to $13,000 million , including $2,000 million as aid to countries suffering from the economic blockade , notably Jordan , Egypt and Turkey [ see p. 37697 ] . |
| 3 | The suggestions which follow are offered for guidance to centres developing programmes of Sciences modules . |
| 4 | She made up her mind never to open the doors after dark to people knocking . |
| 5 | Now in the summer of 1187 Henry sent messenger after messenger to Richard asking him to return and promising to grant him everything that was justly his . |
| 6 | Under the new ruling , forests will be open for exploitation to companies offering A$100 million of investment and aiming to increase exports or replace imports . |
| 7 | in respect of damage to property belonging to or held in trust by or in the custody or control of the person claiming to be indemnified under this Section |
| 8 | In one respect , however , the common law failed to extend the principles of negligence to cases involving animals . |
| 9 | From 1977 onwards the DES sent a series of circulars to LEAs asking how they were discharging their duties under the 1944 Education Act to monitor the curriculum in the schools . |
| 10 | Again Mr Lewis explained : ‘ We have converted one locomotives and rake of coaches to air braking and we plan to equip the whole fleet with the system . |
| 11 | IMM offers a limited number of stands to publishers specialising in aspects of materials management ( logistics , stock control , warehousing etc ) . |
| 12 | Hydrogel contact lenses , for example , can be used for the controlled release of antibiotics to patients waiting for cataract surgery . |
| 13 | The interbank market in any currency determines the marginal cost of funds to banks operating in the euro-currency markets . |
| 14 | North-East refs have a very good reputation , and give a lot of help to people coming through maybe that 's why some have gone right to the top . |
| 15 | To this statement Paschal added a series of directions to Anselm showing in detail how the decrees were to be applied to parochial churches and to ecclesiastical land held by lay service . |
| 16 | What is the attitude of companies to headhunters poaching their people ? |
| 17 | Reduce the incidence of casualties to people living in Pilton by 30 per year with a further reduction in other designated areas of 15 casualties . |
| 18 | It analyses the problem of marketing to multi-individual buying structures , and concludes by looking at the applications of industrial purchase behaviour models . |
| 19 | Hotels showing this symbol offer an exciting ‘ package ’ of entertainment & attractions or an excursion at certain times of the year FREE of charge to customers staying 3 nights or more . |
| 20 | This is free of charge to clients staying in Brand . |
| 21 | Even though he did not cast a vote , I suspect that John Major 's words of approval to Conservatives fighting Kevin MacNamara 's Wild Mammals Protection Bill might have been a tactical error . |
| 22 | The Clerk was to send a letter of apology to Mrs thanking her for twenty years of service and ask if she 'd reconsider the job . |
| 23 | Beardshall and coworkers have shown that suppression of H pylori with tripotassium dicitratobismuthate and metronidazole decreased the response of gastrin to gastrin releasing peptide stimulation . |
| 24 | It is ‘ theoretically ’ , because the then Home Secretary introduced new guide-lines some years ago which severely restricted the application of parole to men serving sentences for offences of violence , sexual offences and the supply of illegal drugs . |
| 25 | The purpose of this study is to determine whether accounting practices need to be adjusted or developed if they are to be of use to firms operating in the highly changeful high technology sectors . |
| 26 | At the very time this highly specialised library of books on the cotton industry was being dispersed , without even being checked against the holdings of the British Library — the book here listed is not to be found in their catalogue — the New Mills Heritage Centre was trying to put together a collection of books which would be of use to students visiting what had been , among other achievements , the home of the British calico printing industry . |
| 27 | James Stewart , aged 23 , of Belfast , was accused of having documents on IRA suspects likely to be of use to terrorists planning murder . |
| 28 | In this method a tape measure was run from tip of tail to nose following the lines of the beast 's back . |
| 29 | The ratio of girls to boys going to university fluctuated from 70 per cent in 1925 ; 50 per cent in 1937 ; 47 per cent in 1950 ; 50 per cent in 1960 ; 66 per cent in 1973 ; and it has remained at that level since . |
| 30 | Smith knows that McCoist and Hateley can handle the continental system of man to man marking with a sweeper at the back . |