Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Karlsson proposes essentially is that the genes responsible for the disposition to schizophrenia ( he confines himself to this form of psychosis ) also code for creative ability . |
| 2 | Fuel tanks were drained , leaving only enough for the pilot to taxi to the Queen Mary loading point where any surplus fuel would then be completely drained . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 4 | The incident also appeared to provide a pretext for the government to institute harsher measures against the student demonstrators . |
| 5 | Given the success in getting the Israelis and Palestinians round the table , would it not make more sense for the Government to right that wrong and ensure that , during our presidency from July onwards , we talk directly to the PLO ? |
| 6 | Commuters behind the campaign against the smoking ban , which came into force on Monday , have called their group PUFFS — Passengers United For the Freedom to Smoke . |
| 7 | In the cases of both Chesterton and Williamson it was the combination of the lingering after-effects of the war and the transposition of supposed aesthetic values to the political sphere , together with personal traumas of varying intensity , which accounted for the turn to fascism . |
| 8 | Great dogs do not always make great studs , but Dux sired thirty-six champions , a record for the breed to date in the USA . |
| 9 | Japan 's 20 biggest brokerages reported a combined pre-tax loss for the year to end-March of ¥317 billion ( $1.5 billion ) , an increase on last year 's loss of ¥192 billion . |
| 10 | It takes the shortfall for the year to date to £19.3billion and the annual total will easily top the £20billion forecast by the Chancellor , Mr John Major , in his autumn expenditure statement . |
| 11 | The FT Government Securities index currently stands at 88.18 against a high for the year to date of 89.75 and a low of 85.11 ( see panel ) . |
| 12 | It may be a measure of the state of the property market these days when offices are said to have shown the greatest improvement in May with capital growth ‘ improving ’ to minus 6.4 per cent , combining with stable yields and rental values to give a total return for the year to date of 1.5 per cent , according to the latest Richard Ellis Scottish Monthly Index . |
| 13 | Central government 's total cash receipts were £23 billion in January and £170 billion for the year to date , compared with £23.3 billion in January 1992 , and £170 billion for the last financial year at this point . |
| 14 | The motivation for the call to obedience is not always easy to discern . |
| 15 | Mussolini himself did not take part in the march , but waited at Milan for the call to power . |
| 16 | The estimable Anderson spoke half-truths as his friend and fellow bag-carrier , Billy Gunn , now explained as he sat on a green caddies ' bench and waited for the call to duty . |
| 17 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 18 | ‘ Sitting on an empty place and waiting for the price to rocket , more like . ’ |
| 19 | Eva decided their activities were " excessive " , and preferred swimming or playing tennis for the school to prayer meetings . |
| 20 | He will be responsible for the day to day management of the association , which works to help the visually handicapped in Essex and adjoining London boroughs . |
| 21 | A consultant radiologist was nominated as the local research coordinator and was responsible for the day to day running of the study and the preliminary public relations work . |
| 22 | The day centre manager is totally responsible for the day to day management of the centre including transport , meals etc . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) The application shall name both the applicant and the employee or agent of the applicant whom the applicant intends should have the responsibility for the day to day running of the premises to which the applications relates . |
| 24 | ( 3 ) Unless a licence is transferred to another employee or agent within eight weeks from the time when the employee or agent named in a licence ceases to be responsible for the day to day running of the premises to which the licence relates , the licence shall cease to have effect . |
| 25 | The project engineer is responsible for the day to day development of the project and he will undertake the requirements of a project quality plan to meet all the necessary current standards . |
| 26 | The lead project engineer is named , who is then responsible for the day to day running of the project . |
| 27 | During the development of the qualification package consideration should be given not just to the training needs of assessors and internal verifiers , but also the way in which the person responsible for the day to day management of the scheme ( the central contact ) could be assisted in the planning of the implementation of the qualification in the organisation . |
| 28 | Ms Bone is now the publisher , responsible for the day to day running of the press , while David Martin was last summer appointed executive chairman . |
| 29 | interviews with those responsible for company strategy and those responsible for the day to day management of collaboration . |
| 30 | Some of the food is used for the day to day living requirements of the fish such as movement , breathing and tissue repair . |