Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | English was the dominant target language ( i e accounting for 50% to 75% of all in-company language training ) , though provision was also found to be high for French and Spanish , less so for Italian , Japanese and Russian ; |
| 2 | It is also understood that these Biros were capable of telepathically transmitting their cries for freedom to companions of their tormentors , with the result that these would remark , for no logical reason , ‘ You look a right prat with that thing hanging round your neck , throw it away . ’ |
| 3 | Brooktree Corp , San Diego and Advanced Micro Devices Inc have settled all pending litigation and agreed not to sue each other on patents related to colour palette chips : the settlement provides for payment to Brooktree of $26.8m from an earlier award of cash damages for patent and mask work infringement and dismissal of all other litigation pending between them . |
| 4 | By notice of motion dated 12 April 1991 the plaintiff made application to the county court for committal to prison of the defendants , alleging breach of the injunction by their execution of a charge over the property . |
| 5 | applications for entry to programmes of study |
| 6 | Predictably , mainframes , which accounted for 10% to 11% of total UK revenues , shrunk in 1992 , coming in 6% to 7% down on budget . |
| 7 | Brathay Exploration Group ( 05394 33942 ) A revamped and excellent organisation which offers the best chance for 15- to 25-year-olds of getting on an expedition ; this year to South China , Iceland , two to Norway ( Lapland and Jotunheimen ) , around Mont Blanc and to several of the remoter parts of Britain . |
| 8 | The teacher will want to seek ways of meeting diverse needs through the individualisation of programmes , but will also look for solutions to problems of providing appropriate materials in the face of additional complications in class management . |
| 9 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 10 | The " Out " tray held two manila files , the top labelled " Chapel — Proposals for transfer to Department of the Environment , and the second , a large , old and unwieldy file which had been much mended , was marked " New Laboratory — Commissioning " . |
| 11 | THE Foyle Civic Trust has sent a message of support to members of the Armagh Civic Trust after the town centre bomb attack destroyed historic buildings . |
| 12 | After having carefully measured my horse 's girth and length from point of withers to top of tail , I discovered with some astonishment that my horse weighed 954 million pounds . |
| 13 | A residential licence authorises the sale of liquor to residents of a hotel . |
| 14 | Consumer psychology attempts to relate sets of objects to groups of people as ‘ target ’ populations , but , whilst it deals entirely with artefacts , it does not address the question of their particular nature as concrete material culture . |
| 15 | There could still be perspectival appearances of objects to points of view even if all sentient life ceased to exist . |
| 16 | I shall claim that this system involves the arbitrary assignment of attainments to hierarchies of knowledge , understanding and skill , and the equally arbitrary assignment of levels to ages , leading to the arbitrary classification of children . |
| 17 | But it was n't really such a leap from paintings of riders to pictures of top-hatted toffs playing around with tousled tarts . |
| 18 | Moreover diplomats , as in the seventeenth century , were frequently corrupt ; and the attitude of contemporaries to short-comings of this kind remained remarkably casual by modern standards . |
| 19 | The building society will be staffing a mortgage desk at each auction , and says buyers could arrange finance there and then , subject of course to proof of income and status . |
| 20 | For her , restriction of activities to programmes of formal course provision could not satisfy the wider objectives of the WEA . |
| 21 | And er your parents or your mother or your father would get up very early that morning to light the copper , so that the water would be hot to start boiling , it would probably take , it could take a couple of hours to sort of re really heat a copper full of hot water . |
| 22 | Mr Cunningham had asked Mr Lamont to ‘ extend taxation of income to members of the Royal Family who are currently excluded . ’ |
| 23 | Water-use efficiency calculated from 13 C is often highly correlated with the ratio of biomass to transpiration of C3 plants , but the correlation is influenced by leaf-to-air vapour pressure differences . |
| 24 | Speaking at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) , he quoted a recent study which indicated that the ratio of exports to imports of environmental technology had fallen from 8:1 to 1:1 in the 1980s . |
| 25 | In that refusal of personhood to moments of partiality is the hidden root of fascism . |
| 26 | Between 1695 and 1705 four attempts were made to restrict membership of Parliament to men of landed wealth , in the belief that men of such independent means would be less susceptible to Court bribery , until eventually a Land Qualification Bill was passed in 1711 . |
| 27 | The usual order is judgment for arrears of rent to date of termination of the tenancy , and for mesne profits to date of hearing and thereafter mesne profits at a daily rate and ( almost invariably calculated by reference to the rent ) from the date of hearing until actual possession is given up . |
| 28 | Post codes are used to link specific lists of addresses to areas of water supply ; i.e. areas which are supplied from one asset ( e.g. a storage tank , a reservoir etc ) . |
| 29 | However , there is no likelihood of harm to members of the public associated with any of the items which have been found . |
| 30 | The author has experienced such extremes as the time lapse from date of submission to receipt of detailed planning approval varying from five days to 18 months . |