Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [noun sg] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , despite all the necessary caveats regarding Nizan 's possible disenchantment with the reality of the Soviet experiment , and the difficulty he experienced in making the transition from sectarian to popular front tactics , Nizan remained fully committed to communism and the PCF between 1935 and 1939 . |
| 2 | Given the substantial resource committed to education and the consistent government policy of the last 10 years of shifting the balance of power from local authorities to individuals , this is not in any way surprising . |
| 3 | By the 1660s all the islands were committed to sugar and the white planters were taking drastic steps to prevent their white employees from leaving the islands and tilting the population balance still further towards the black slaves , but this of course made white employees all the more determined to avoid going to the West Indies . |
| 4 | C&P are currently calculating that their cost of non-conformance could be as high as £400m or 10 per cent of turnover — a sum which could , in theory , be added to profitability if the various defective jobs were only done right , first time . |
| 5 | A relational flagger may be added to flag when a developer is leaving the relational subset , but Beech believes there is no inconsistency between the two basic models . |
| 6 | He crashed at Imola early in the 1957 season , and insult was literally added to injury when the three leading Italian manufacturers , Gilera , Moto Guzzi and Mondial withdrew from racing . |
| 7 | Chives are amongst the most well-known of culinary herbs , and their delicate onion flavour has been added to food where the stronger onion would overwhelm everything else , for hundreds of years . |
| 8 | The case of the ‘ pinocheques ’ is not the only case of apparent corruption that has come to light since the general left power , though it is the one that may touch him directly . |
| 9 | This ability of DNA to cut and splice , to jump in and out of chromosomes at the drop of a hat , is one of the more exciting facts that have come to light since the first edition of this book was published . |
| 10 | The Christmas Eve assault has only just come to light because the 13-year-old victim was too terrified to report it earlier . |
| 11 | In some cases subsidence damage will have come to light when a property is being sold and we may find ourselves under pressure to resolve the claim quickly to allow the sale to proceed . |
| 12 | The matter had come to light when the consignees in New York reported to London that the diamonds were overdue . |
| 13 | The Handmaid 's Tale projects a not-too-distant future in the US where the evangelical right wing has come to power and the themes of fundamentalist protest have become the dictates of the state . |
| 14 | Many of the initiatives laboured over in previous years have come to fruition and a host of new ventures has sprung up , bringing fresh opportunities and challenges . |
| 15 | God 's glory is not confined to heaven and the future life with Christ which Christians look forward to with confidence . |
| 16 | All sightings are reported to Security and the agencies . |
| 17 | In these cases , if the aim of the interviewer is to ‘ solve people 's problems ’ they are destined to failure and the stress that goes with it . |
| 18 | Later , Crawford generously conceded to Sherrin that the decision was right and it was a lesson in not using substandard material . |
| 19 | Everything has turned to gold and the inevitable consequence has been to turn individual acts of generosity and compassion into transactions with monetary consequences . |
| 20 | Strength ebbed , arms turned to jelly and the Hebbert flying machine was in action again . |
| 21 | Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home . |
| 22 | The argument gains force when applied to boxing where the emphasis shifts to the muscular flexibility and , as manager Terry Lawless put it , the ‘ natural fluidity ’ of black fighters which gives them a distinct edge over their more rigid white counterparts : |
| 23 | Certainly this event postdates the mammalian radiation , since species more distantly related to man than the old world monkeys do not possess multiple copies of KOX2-related sequences . |
| 24 | Applicants should be graduates who have experience in water management issues related to agriculture and/or the rural environment in general , including water quality and pollution . |
| 25 | However , any subjective concept of time that was related to consciousness or the ability to perform measurements would come to an end . |
| 26 | Students prepare many practical resources for their school work and many of these are related to language and the development of literacy in the classroom . |
| 27 | Teleglobe Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 50% at $14.1m , on turnover up 11% at $111.9m ; net losses for the year to December 31 stood at $39.7m , after $71.5m charges related to restructuring and the write-down of assets , against profits of $20.2m , on turnover that rose 11.6% to $383.2m . |
| 28 | Some of the work carried out is directly related to housing and the appearance of the physical environment , and therefore very much in the traditional planning scope . |
| 29 | Twenty-five percent had jobs directly related to farming and a further 11% had constant contact with farmers . |
| 30 | The distinguishing of mental events by content is of course open to error , including error owed to memory and the sorts of error established by psychological research into introspection or direct awareness . |