Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that basis , the male is programmed to go from nightclub to nightclub and bed to bed , scattering his seed about the place to produce as many new disco-dancing Lotharios as possible . |
| 2 | The professor will be qualified for election as an official member of the board of the faculty ( which has final authority over the proceedings of its sub-faculties ) , and will be expected to serve from time to time on the various standing and ad hoc committees appointed by the board . |
| 3 | An example of a clause providing for the payment of a participating dividend is : The Company shall after making all necessary provisions for payment of the Preference Dividend ( including any Arrears ) and the redemption of the Preference Shares but in priority to payment of any dividend to the holders of Ordinary Shares , pay to the holders of the Preferred Ordinary Shares as from ( and inclusive of ) the accounting period ending … , subject to payment in full of the Preferred Dividend ( including any Arrears of the same ) pay to the holders of Preferred Ordinary Shares a cumulative cash dividend ( " the Participating Dividend " ) of a sum ( net of any advance corporation tax payable by the Company ) equal to … % of the Profit After Tax for each accounting period of the Company ; the Participating Dividend shall be deemed to accrue from day to day throughout each accounting period and shall become payable and be paid not later than four months immediately following the end of the accounting period to which it relates . |
| 4 | This group rose from 57,000 in 1901 to over half a million in 1981 , and by 2031 is expected to treble in number to nearly 1.5 million . |
| 5 | Another limitation placed upon the scheme is the amount of advice which a solicitor is permitted to give without reference to the Area Director . |
| 6 | The general SVQ in arts and social sciences at level III has been specially designed to allow for progression to higher education . |
| 7 | Resistance may be expected to develop in turn to these variants . |
| 8 | They particularly liked the way it was designed to rotate in response to different wind directions . |
| 9 | His articles on his childhood and schooldays had won praise from time to time from all but the most dour Communists , who resented his privileged background . |
| 10 | In 1991 the UK current account deficit was a little over £6 billion and is expected to double in size to £12 billion or more by the end of 1992 . |
| 11 | The Music Publishers ' Association has produced a Code of Fair Practice which offers helpful advice as to when church musicians may be permitted to copy without application to the publisher . |
| 12 | Subjects were instructed to breathe in synchrony to the imaging frequency of 20 frames per min . |
| 13 | Crump was a kindly man and his kindness to his wife had resulted in his being made to appear in thrall to her from time to time . |
| 14 | I found that the strictness with which these criteria are applied varies from region to region , and that the Department of Health is prepared to be flexible if you can argue a cogent case . |
| 15 | Interviewers invariably had a list of questions in front of them , but only in exceptional circumstances were these made known in advance to the interviewee , and they were never rigidly adhered to . |
| 16 | The enduring relationship is treated as a perpetual debt and is made manifest from time to time by continued gift-giving throughout the duration of the marriage . |
| 17 | The present store area within the Exhibition Hall should be freed to allow for conversion to classroom use . |
| 18 | Second , why are the meanings of words often felt to change from context to context , and how is successful communication possible if such instability exists ? |
| 19 | A conviction ensued where the supervisor had been drinking with the driver who was seen to swerve from side to side ( Crampton v Fish ( 1969 ) , 113 SJ 1003 ) . |
| 20 | Equal quantities of purified GST or GST-protein A ( GST-PA ) were applied to nitrocellulose from left to right as 5 µl drops in four-fold dilutions ( in NT buffer — 150 mM NaCl , 50 mM Tris-HCl , pH 7.5 ) from 1 µg to 1 ng . |
| 21 | Light was admitted during the daytime through the long framed windows fitted with moulded glass , which could be seen stretching from end to end of the van under the cornice . |
| 22 | France has decided to cut off aid to the Comoros Islands until the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men , who seized control 10 days ago , leave the archipelago , government sources said yesterday . |
| 23 | France has decided to cut off aid to the Comoros Islands until the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men , who seized control 10 days ago , leave the archipelago , government sources said yesterday . |
| 24 | France has decided to cut off aid to the Comoros Islands until the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men , who seized control 10 days ago , leave the archipelago , government sources said yesterday . |
| 25 | How these colours are used differs from regiment to regiment , and the examples shown represent just one variation for each state . |
| 26 | You do n't have to come too early only I 've got to go at quarter to seven . |
| 27 | The trouble is that what is measured differs from medium to medium , and , therefore , cost measurements differ almost completely between , say , TV and posters in what they are costs of . |
| 28 | Obviously , it is a matter of judgement just what coverage , and what frequency to aim at — especially when you remember that the type of ‘ reach ’ being measured differs from medium to medium . |
| 29 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |
| 30 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |