Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb pp] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Law did not , however , provide for genuine representative government as demanded by many Hong Kong citizens , although it increased the number of directly elected seats to the Legislative Council to one-third of the total by 1997 . |
| 2 | Control of the flow of official information to newspapers and agencies and the giving of carefully orchestrated interviews to foreign correspondents were now usually more likely to be effective in moulding opinion than the mere spending of money ; and France , with its plethora of small , financially insecure and often venal newspapers , was something of a special case . |
| 3 | Bars show the percentage of correctly directed fixations to targets appearing in the left ( LVF ) and right ( RVF ) visual fields , on three successive visits . |
| 4 | Despite frequently heard voices to the contrary , total catholic — nationalist domination would be the likely outcome of a united Ireland unless a confederal structure were implemented . |
| 5 | She continued caring for his wardrobe during her royal romance , on one occasion delivering a pile of freshly laundered shirts to the back entrance of St James 's Palace , where Rory was on duty , in order to avoid the press . |
| 6 | It is the genius of Shakespeare that his plays offer plenty of fully written parts to a band of players . |
| 7 | Of course this 6000 includes some individuals that we picked up more than once ; but by marking the toads we ensured that we counted each one only once each year , and standard marking and recapture techniques enabled us to estimate the size of the population , and the annual rate of mortality and recruitment of newly matured adults to the breeding population . |
| 8 | Role Play encompasses an extremely varied collection of activities ranging from highly controlled conversations to improvised drama , and from simple dialogues to complex scenarios . |
| 9 | for proceeding from the premises of a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles to a place from which it is to be transported by train , ship or aircraft or for proceeding to the premises of such a manufacturer , repairer or dealer from a place to which it has been so transported ; |
| 10 | In the many pockets of expatriates living around the Mediterranean coastline , with its constant inflow of foreign exchange , the governments and entrepreneurs of those countries have developed mini-townships of inexpensive residences , varying from traditionally constructed apartments to sophisticated semi-huts in specially landscaped settings . |
| 11 | Although tin sources are rarer than those of arsenic ( or arsenic-rich copper ) , the metal is much easier to smelt and can be added in precisely controlled amounts to the copper . |
| 12 | This was accentuated in London itself by a progressive policy of resource allocation , in which investment was gradually transferred from relatively over-provided regions to under-provided regions ( such as the Midlands and North ) ( Mohan , 1988a , 1988b ) . |
| 13 | The government 's refusal fully to implement the Disabled Person 's ( Services , Consultation and Representation ) Act 1986 leaves users dependent on the good practice of service providers , without clear cut rights to assessment or explanation when services are not provided . |
| 14 | Urraca at once sent messengers to Alfonso who , having won the support of the Moorish king of Toledo , left his place of exile to proclaim himself King of Castile , Leon and Galicia . |