Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one extreme , the editors could be given total licence to film anything they liked and to show the House in their own way ( as when covering a football match , or as in some American state legislatures where camera and microphone men are even allowed to wander around on the floor of the House ) . |
| 2 | Many UK libraries provide a subject index linking alphabetically arranged descriptive headings to classification codes . |
| 3 | His arrest was part of a longstanding FBI investigation ; four of the charges on which he was indicted dated back to December 1988 when he had been discovered by police in a hotel room with a convicted drug dealer , Charles Lewis . |
| 4 | It was a wonder they had not all mauled each other to death long ago and left the damp , chilly coastline unpeopled except for howling birds . |
| 5 | Both Catholic and evangelical churches ( particularly those based in the United States ) have given economic aid to villages , particularly in the Ixil ‘ development pole ’ . |
| 6 | The crises of 1947 and 1949 might have given strong impetus to planning . |
| 7 | How often in the past have I not given due credence to relatives ' statements of how bad the client was ? |
| 8 | In seeking to escape from this conclusion it was submitted in argument that the reasoning of the judgment did not show , or show sufficiently , that Thorpe J. had given due weight to W. 's wishes and that accordingly he had misdirected himself . |
| 9 | Of the 653 branches only 288 had given definite support to disaffiliation , some by small majorities . |
| 10 | It is becoming increasingly apparent that drugs , which act through mechanisms other than acid inhibition , can control duodenal ulcer disease as effectively as H 2 receptor atagonists ; the findings of this study suggest that stimulation of normal gastroduodenal motility ( and thus acid clearance from the bulb ) may be an important mechanism in this respect , but one which has received scant attention to date . |
| 11 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
| 12 | This ‘ literary ’ slant to the drama 's content is an important contrast with all previous pioneers , most of whom had given little attention to content . |
| 13 | Given that reference to Hansard was permissible , the taxpayers ' appeal was allowed . |
| 14 | The two companies ' more obvious synergies , claims le Quement , extend to design and he 's already given free access to Renault 's Billancourt design centre to all Volvo 's senior designers . |
| 15 | It has been identified as the Alauna of the Ravenna list by Rivet and Smith , although Richmond and Crawford earlier assigned this name to Alchester , which in some ways makes better sense , since its neighbours quoted in the list would indicate that it lies on the road from Silchester to the south Midlands ; nevertheless the derivation of the name of the River Alne from Alauna , and hence the name of the town on or near that river , is an attractive argument in favour of Rivet and Smith . |
| 16 | Rats were given repeated exposure to presentations of a light in context A and were also familiarized with a different context ( B ) in which no stimuli were presented . |
| 17 | I was simply given some down to earth instruction on techniques . |
| 18 | Representatives of 30 European countries , meeting in Geneva , have given near-unanimous support to proposals to set stiffer targets for reductions in emissions of sulphur dioxide . |
| 19 | In the subsequent years England had amassed 149 points to Ireland 's 32 , winning the try count 22–4 . |
| 20 | The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate . |
| 21 | The media has added another dimension to racism by accusing Africans of importing AIDS . |
| 22 | He 'd organised this expedition to Westminster to present the Prime Minister with his trusty iceaxe , which had helped him in his arctic endeaveours . |
| 23 | He 'd organised this expedition to Westminster to present the Prime Minister with his trusty iceaxe , which had helped him in his arctic endeaveours . |
| 24 | The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ . |
| 25 | But with earnings up 22 p.c. to 60p a share , the dividend total is being lifted 22 p.c. to 20p , with a 144p final on May 29 . |
| 26 | Fortunately for owners of French homes , the pound 's devaluation has added some 10% to 15% to their value in sterling terms . |
| 27 | The disappearance of felony confined this disqualification to traitors . |
| 28 | Earnings are down 19 p.c. to 26.7p a share , but with the benefits of its expansion programme expected to show through , the dividend is being lifted 12 p.c. to 8.7p , with the payment of a 5.8p final . |
| 29 | The Poundswick dispute in Manchester , when the LEA wished to reinstate pupils excluded for scrawling graffiti on a school wall , and the teachers , backed by the governors , objected because the graffiti allegedly contained personal insults to teachers , prompted a reappraisal of the respective powers of schools and LEAs over reinstatement . |
| 30 | Philip Wilbraham has enjoyed similar success to Mr Irens , building a group quickly in the recession by taking advantage of lower prices . |