Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If the building is regarded as a complex structure , then damage to one part of the structure , caused by a hidden defect in another part , could be treated as damage to other property .
2 A basic motivation for recent reforms to create trust hospitals and an ‘ internal market ’ within the NHS and to allow schools to ‘ opt out ’ of LEA control is also , to use a neutral phrase , to change traditional patterns of public accountability by shifting the emphasis from accountability to political bodies such as Parliament to financial accountability to auditing bodies .
3 He suggests that there is a strong argument for decentralization to local government ( and potentially a limited hierarchy with some overlapping powers ) so long as information is available which makes it possible for voters to judge between them and thus to influence the direction of their own local government through elections .
4 As shown in Figure 2 , the CEO sets strategic goals that look ahead as far as 25 years and manages executive vice-presidents ( EVPs ) with responsibility for 12- to 15-year development programs .
5 The clause on which they finally agreed and which was adopted the next day as part of the constitution , read instead : Persons who can hear , taking an active interest in the welfare or education of the deaf and dumb , shall be eligible for admission to ordinary membership on the recommendation of five ordinary members of the Association .
6 Applications for admission to full-time Faculty of Arts degree courses must be made through UCAS .
7 There are also important questions to be asked about the reasons for admission to residential care in the first place , for that in itself is an aspect of dependency .
8 Social care planning might aim for admission to residential care , if the person was sufficiently isolated , anxious and incapacitated to warrant this .
9 Please note that GCE ‘ O ’ level or GCSE passes at grade C or better ( or equivalent ) in English Language and in Mathematics are essential for admission to initial teacher training courses .
10 When public funds are required to support someone in private care the needs of that person should be assessed in the same way as for admission to statutory care and admission should depend on the results of that assessment .
11 The post-experience pattern has emerged chiefly in the management and administrative fields , although it is also found in teaching ( in post-school education and the proposed ‘ licensed teacher ’ scheme ) and some other service professions ( for example , voluntary social work experience is often a requirement for admission to social work courses ) .
12 This is not surprising as dementia is a major reason for admission to long-stay care .
13 The ISCSH also found evidence for an association between exposure to passive smoking and low birthweight and said that , since active smoking confers a hazard on the health of the unborn baby , passive smoking confers a hazard on the health of the unborn baby , passive might be expected to confer one also , albeit a smaller one [ 4 ] .
14 Two studies in Sweden have provided the first convincing evidence of a link between exposure to electromagnetic radiation from overhead power lines and the incidence of cancer , according to officials from the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development .
15 A group of schoolchildren , aged four to nine , wrote to European leaders and royals asking for secrets to successful cookery for a recipe book .
16 The pupils , aged four to nine , wrote to European leaders and royals asking for secrets to successful cookery for a recipe book .
17 As a gesture of good faith , Bush guaranteed a credit of US$1,500 million for improvements to Mexican oil installations which would be necessary to provide additional supplies of Mexican crude oil to the USA in the event of war in the Middle East .
18 Therefore , it can be hypothesised that DNA aneuploidy might be an indicator for response to preoperative radio or chemotherapy .
19 We now form v , unc as in ( 9 ) , ( 10 ) , and solve ( 11 ) for M. To sufficient accuracy , we find unc and then a new Yo is , with d chosen appropriately , unc and it may be checked that these two columns are , sufficiently nearly , orthogonal .
20 Compensation of £8,500 for structural damage , and further sums for damage to personal property , were paid by the Metropolitan Police .
21 " Safe " is defined in s19(1) in terms of risk of causing death or personal injury only , whereas under Pt I liability also arises for damage to personal property exceeding £275 .
22 Pantaenius Insurance Brokers have introduced a third party only cover that will insure a yacht for damage to other craft or injuries to life or limb .
23 Some signals must be scrambled and some homes supplied with unscramblers to limit access , for instance to extra subscription services .
24 This could be because exposure to the hazardous substance or substances did not occur in those populations or that being monitored for exposure to external radiation was not a marker of the relevant exposure .
25 Table 11.2 Good and bad times for exposure to natural light in the first two to three days after a time-zone transition Meals and drinks • Try to make meals of the ‘ correct ’ type ( breakfast , lunch , etc. ) at your adjusted times .
26 You will be given a task book to complete in order to qualify for advancement to able rate .
27 Irrigation was improved , including the building in 1902 of the first dam at Aswan , while the economy was pushed ever more towards the monocrop culture of cotton , primarily for export to British textile mills in Lancashire .
28 The Senate voted by 53 to 45 on July 17 to increase the annual pay of senators by $23,200 to $125,100 in exchange for the prohibition of its members accepting honoraria for speeches to special interest groups .
29 The level of marks required for entrance to secondary school is a very closely guarded secret and seldom officially revealed .
30 However , some housing departments , who had no specific policy on or budget for adaptations to existing council properties , clearly had very little knowledge of the work of occupational therapists .
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