Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitler had stood for resistance to a cancer spreading across Europe . |
| 2 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 3 | BSc Hons Professional Development in Nursing and BTech degrees — see Application using the University 's Direct Entry Form , p 50 ) , should be made through the Universities Central Council on Admissions ( UCCA ) in accordance with the procedure described in the Council 's handbook ‘ How to Apply for Admission to a University ’ . |
| 4 | How to apply for admission to a university . |
| 5 | Science ‘ A ’ levels are normally just as acceptable as arts subjects and no one subject is essential for admission to a law degree course . |
| 6 | The criterion for the acceptance of applicants is their ability to follow successfully a course of academic study and , in appropriate cases , to qualify for admission to a profession . |
| 7 | No one knew quite why this did not happen , why he remained good but no better than that , nor why he failed the audition for admission to a county youth orchestra . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's worth money to a firm ’ , said a supervisor , ‘ to know when we are coming to sample . ’ |
| 9 | The amulets , including flat plates designed for attachment to a background material as well as three-dimensional figurines , featured a wide range of animals identified in mythology with attributes favourable to human well-being . |
| 10 | The SQL Access Group will sell the Call Level Interface , a high level language application programming interface for C and Cobol , which defines a set of calls for interfacing to a variety SQL implementations . |
| 11 | For , on the one hand , they dispensed valuable resources : opportunities for lamb-barrel politics were an incentive to people to participate in popular democracy , to stand for election to a committee , even if they doubted its suitability for managing a complex hierarchical organization . |
| 12 | An ardent but always non-violent feminist , she campaigned vigorously for women 's rights , fought hard to improve rudimentary state education and medical services , and was one of the first women to stand for election to a borough council after the passing of the Qualification of Women Act in 1907 . |
| 13 | In the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible , which is an important part of the sacred literature of all three religions , God is likened for instance to a judge , a king , a midwife and a mother eagle . |
| 14 | The result is that £67.50 is available for payment to a beneficiary . |
| 15 | Daniel was now sixteen and working as clerk to a lawyer in the town . |
| 16 | It is not unknown for a philosopher or scientist , lured by the song of the sirens , which is to say an interpretation of Quantum Mechanics , to drift off course to a proposal as to a better or improved conception of causation . |
| 17 | Given the fact that insistent negation in dreams and the speech is interpreted by psychoanalysis as resistance to a truth which the conscious mind would sooner deny , are the negatives not perhaps to be disregarded altogether ? |
| 18 | All my friends and playmates were Indian and , since my father 's job was to act as guardian to a Maharajah some five years older than me , I looked upon Bahadur as an older brother . |
| 19 | He called for the formation of an Association " to keep a jealous eye over their interests , educational , moral and social , " and concluded his speech by suggesting that a committee be formed to draft the constitution for submission to a convention later in the year . |
| 20 | When applying for entry to a conversion course , past experience and qualifications will be taken into account , of course , but the demand for places on the 52-week courses is such that returning nurses are likely to be disadvantaged from those already practising . |
| 21 | Parents find it extremely difficult to provide even the basic necessities for life today , and certainly when you begin to think of the sort of things that most children in this country have on a day-to-day basis — an ice cream , a trip to the swimming baths and so on — these families do n't er it 's a major crisis to provide for example sixty pence as entry to a swimming pool . |
| 22 | CFTR was detected by western blotting after transfer to a Hybond C-super membrane ( Amersham ) using the well characterized anti-CFTR antisera 181 . |
| 23 | He was released from hospital after treatment to a leg wound . |
| 24 | A grant of £7,905 has also been approved for work to a house on East Parade , Sedgefield . |
| 25 | Any firm which can demonstrate the appropriate experience will be able to act as sponsor to a company applying for listing . |
| 26 | Sea Bee Air 's ZK-DFC made her last flight ( above ) on August 26 from Ardmore to Mechanics Bay on the Auckland waterfront for transfer to a ship and the journey to Colorado . |
| 27 | FLAW has already been cited by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications ( NCVQ ) as the scheme most compatible for transfer to a language NVQ . |
| 28 | One needs to listen carefully to any client , but older people may be more reticent about disclosure to a stranger . |
| 29 | The Vendor is not party in relation to the Business or subject to any contract , covenant , commitments or arrangement of an onerous , unusual or long-term nature or having any provision which might reasonably be regarded as material for disclosure to a purchaser for value of the Business nor is it party to any contract likely to be unprofitable or to any contract made otherwise than in the ordinary and usual course of business as now carried on . |
| 30 | Rule 41 of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules ( HC 169 ) provides : ‘ A man seeking to enter the UK for marriage to a woman settled here and who intends to settle here thereafter ’ will be refused entry clearance unless the ECO is satisfied that it is not the primary purpose of the marriage to obtain admission to the UK . |