Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an extraordinary plenum of the Tadjik CP central committee on Feb. 16 Makhkamov 's resignation was refused and Vaadad was criticized for contributing to the destabilization of the situation in Tadjikistan ; indeed a special commission was set up to investigate allegations that a group of Tadjik communists allied to Vaadad had plotted at the height of the Dushanbe unrest to seize power from Khayeyev 's government and install as Prime Minister Buri Karimov , currently a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Vaadad chairman . |
| 2 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 3 | Prime Minister Jure Pelivan , a Croat , resigned after talking to the demonstrators , an unofficial source said . |
| 4 | Tamar offered up a silent prayer that Stephen would not be cajoled into agreeing to the step , but she need not have worried . |
| 5 | The Scottish Office has been approached with regard to the Education Department being required to carry out SCRO checks on Volunteers working with young people in education settings . |
| 6 | All information , matters and circumstances relating to the Business which are or would on reasonable enquiry be known to the Vendor and which are material to be known by a purchaser for value of the Business have been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser . |
| 7 | She should be up to date with her vaccinations , and should be swabbed before going to the stud — vet 's visit plus consultation and advice , the swab , postage , lab fees — see how it adds up ? |
| 8 | Oxford 's forwards were slow and scattered in getting to the breakdown . |
| 9 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 10 | Therefore the contraction in demand engineered by the government only succeeded in adding to the unemployment problem . |
| 11 | Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion . |
| 12 | far from being crushed as a nation by the Russian conquest , the Yakuts succeeded in adapting to the ways of their conquerors and extended their own influence over their Tungus and Yukagir neighbours , not to mention the Russians themselves . |
| 13 | While many British evacuees drifted back to the cities once the threat of an invasion had been lifted , refugee children were actively discouraged from returning to the urban life . |
| 14 | The idea that learners should be discouraged from attending to the formal properties of language is comparable to the idea , prevalent in a previous era , that learners should be denied all access to translation . |
| 15 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 16 | The names of taxa must be adhered to according to the international rules , but it is permissible to anglicise the endings , so that members of the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea in the example above may also be termed trichostrongyloids . |
| 17 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 18 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 19 | One of the police officers responded by referring to the ‘ new manual ’ , parts of which were then read out in court . |
| 20 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 21 | Overnights can be arranged in Kathmandu , but longer trips should be booked by writing to the company at PO Box 2769 , Kathmandu , Nepal . |
| 22 | If they really mean to improve transport in Scotland , why are they frightened of agreeing to the new clause ? |
| 23 | The wound bobbin for the filter inductor L2 showing the coil ends positioned for connecting to the p.c.b . |
| 24 | Last-minute decisions can be made about going to the cottage in the country , but a little more planning is needed to arrange a trip abroad . |
| 25 | Jim must have felt like accelerating to the point of wheelspin but restrained himself and drove sedately to the Hungarian post . |
| 26 | There , if they maintained their resistance , they were frequently treated with great brutality and , in a few cases , threatened with posting to the front , where they could be summarily shot . |
| 27 | The number of passengers carried was 11.5 million in 1913 , 7 million in 1920 , and 12 million by 1924 : the productivity of river transport rose much faster after 1921 than that of the railways , although many problems had to be overcome , as was seen with regard to the Volga fleet in Chapter 3 . |
| 28 | Whigs and Dissenters had in the past shown themselves prepared to defend the prerogative powers of the Crown , especially in the ecclesiastical sphere , as we have seen with regard to the Declarations of Indulgence in 1672 and 1687 , and Danby 's proposals for limitations on a popish successor in 1677 . |
| 29 | Enough has been said with regard to the bass line in the preceding example to indicate the kind of procedure suitable in cases of this kind . |
| 30 | However , before attempting to analyse the concept of the ‘ Union ’ , it should be remembered that the Maastricht Treaty resulted from separate draft treaties respectively on political Union and on Economic and Monetary Union , and that different solutions were adopted with regard to the achievement of those ‘ unions ’ . |