Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [noun prp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mobutu had agreed in April to opposition demands for the holding of a conference to discuss a new constitution and the holding of multiparty elections [ see p. 38133 ] , but the conference had been repeatedly postponed and the government had decreed on July 15 that it would not be sovereign on constitutional matters . |
| 2 | Other products and processes pioneered by Vlitos and his team — including the process of turning sugar into alcohol , now widely used in Brazil to power cars , and in Mauritius and Honolulu to light the streets — were sold or given away while T&L persisted with sucralose . |
| 3 | He was born in Dublin to musician parents , who , says O'Conor , observed his precocious talent , lied about his age , and pushed him onto the platform , to enjoy the profits from his concert success . |
| 4 | And if you look at what has happened in Oxfordshire to date the figures actually prove that . |
| 5 | Elthor Dark Darah , the only champion to have been bred in Barbados to date . |
| 6 | Mountain View , California-based Network Computing Devices Inc has been chosen to supply the X terminals for the US Department of Defence 's Joint Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support system as part of the contract awarded in December to Computer Sciences Corp : it will supply 13,000 colour and monochrome X-stations worth $30m . |