Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he has offended against Church law or the Rule of the Order , it is for Ramsey to discipline him . |
| 2 | Lazonick ( 1979 ) argues , for instance , that when Marx took the self-acting mule as a prime example of a technology permitting the increased subordination of labour to capital he was in fact relying , at second hand , on the claims made by the machine 's manufacturers , and that in practice the mule-spinners held a relatively superior position in the division of labour . |
| 3 | Every so often the animal would rear , lashing out with his sharpened hooves , as the men struggled with a stream of oaths to back it into the stable . |
| 4 | Furthermore , if Blake had this two-way radio which he used nightly , how did he manage to obtain a supply of batteries to power it ? |
| 5 | FOR THOSE who are n't aware , Jack Dee is the stand-up comedian who might look like a vampire masquerading as a stockbroker but whose singular style of delivery — deadpan sneers , disbelieving snorts of mirthless laughter , and , most refreshingly of all , blatant contempt for 99 per cent of the human race — is not only a timely call for the return of misanthropy to comedy it 's also brilliantly funny . |
| 6 | and this would , you would think , because there 's a shift back of capital to agriculture you 'd get a rise in agricultural wage rates because that changes the capital to labour ratio again and so this would counteract the movement . |
| 7 | The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over . |
| 8 | The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over . |
| 9 | Our impact on industry through our green works campaign is there for all to see and from that point of view to encase it within the health and safety review is vitally important for all of us when we take the policy back to our members and advise them of the way in which we intend to go forward . |
| 10 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 11 | ‘ A policy of trust , with America to back it , ceases to be an idealistic folly . ’ |
| 12 | From foundations to roof it had taken only five months to reach this stage of construction . |
| 13 | From chest to thigh she burned . |
| 14 | In addition to vigilance we need education in the responsible uses of this new extension of man 's powers , otherwise we might be driven to a fruitless Luddite destruction of computers because they seem able to take on a life of their own . |
| 15 | I imagine that the brunt of this will be borne by younger voters , many of them voting for the first time , who possibly do not realise that in addition to voting they must also pay poll tax . |
| 16 | ‘ Going from side to side you mean ? ’ |
| 17 | If the tail swings very vigorously from side to side it usually means that the animal is about to attack , if it can summon up that last ounce of aggression . |
| 18 | Get Peter in from Histology to help you . |
| 19 | It was his support which perhaps influenced both Wilson rackets and View From clothing to sponsor her . |
| 20 | Paris alerted Croydon , where both planes were due to land and in due course a pilot went up from Croyden to guide him down . |
| 21 | As it was too large to be put on a lorry to be moved from site to site it had to travel on roads under its own power and was held to be intended to be used on roads . |
| 22 | If you use range on the from file to copy it , you may change that file , save and forget to range value to a different range . |
| 23 | In the present she mostly enjoyed herself , or had so far : ‘ I 've been sad so often yet from day to day I 've enjoyed everything that was going . ’ |
| 24 | From head to toe they are : |
| 25 | Measuring over 200 feet from head to toe it stands proudly on the south of Windover Hill , a few miles inland from Eastbourne . |
| 26 | Because from top to bottom it was all connected with iron and steel the whole lot all the way down . |
| 27 | First she was terrified there was a burglar , then when she 'd searched the house from top to bottom she got mad and shoved me back to bed . |
| 28 | When you do all the sums and move all the money from pocket to pocket it looks as if there is an increase of between 2 to 2.5 per cent and that is almost the difference between the previous inflation forecast of 3.5 per cent and the present inflation forecast of 5.75 per cent . |
| 29 | Because ENPs deal with patients from start to finish they can be much more flexible in their approach . |
| 30 | from start to finish he did n't just |