Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Virtually unchanged for more than 3,000 years , the language has given cohesion to India 's spiritual lineage . |
| 32 | Psychology is no more the name of an unique body of theory or inquiry and in physics Newton has given place to Einstein . |
| 33 | A farmer who 's threatened to shoot her cattle rather than allow a bypass through her land , has come face to face with officials who want to build the road . |
| 34 | Close behind is USM stock Tepnel Diagnostics which has added 72p to 192p since September 30 . |
| 35 | This has added insult to injury of a privatisation carried out against the wishes of the public . |
| 36 | The Australian Board has added insult to injury . |
| 37 | FoE condemns Britain 's environment record , but says PM has pushed issue to top of world agenda Downing St plays down meeting with Porritt Praise and blame for ‘ green ’ Thatcher . |
| 38 | He has moved house to Sedgefield , close by the National Hunt racecourse and so Utopia to ‘ Ned , ’ and he remarked of the Durham atmosphere : ‘ It is just like starting my career all over again , everyone is so keen . ’ |
| 39 | In the UK , Unix software house Motis Systems Ltd has moved offices to Salford , Manchester : it was previously based in Warrington . |
| 40 | Doubtless , ultraviolet light has helped evolution to m – along by causing some of the genetic variation that natural selection must work upon . |
| 41 | This has produced savings to date of £24m of which £13m related to manpower . |
| 42 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 43 | One of the American complaints against Japan is that Japan has had access to US government-funded research while denying foreign companies access to research funded by the Japanese government . |
| 44 | The report says that European regulation has opened markets to competition , so that users are less dependent on their national phone monopolies and can insist on competitive bidding . |
| 45 | UK bank authorises US bank to debit their NOSTRO account with the relevant sum of money and pay American beneficiary who has supplied goods to depositor in London . |
| 46 | Since this first order in 1979 , Xionics has sold networks to ICI , Allied Breweries , and the Cabinet Office . |
| 47 | B posts a letter accepting , but he misdirects it and in consequence it is a week late in being delivered to A. Meanwhile A has sold Phineas to C. Discuss . |
| 48 | A writes to B offering to sell him his horse Phineas for £100. ( i ) B posts a letter accepting , but he misdirects it and in consequence it is a week late in being delivered to A. Meanwhile A has sold Phineas to C. ( ii ) B , after posting a letter of acceptance to A , sends A a telegram cancelling ‘ my letter now in the post . ’ |
| 49 | Jowell has drawn attention to examples where the concern of policy is with ‘ standards ’ that are not susceptible to precise factual definition . |
| 50 | More broadly , the analysis has drawn attention to relationships between business organisation , the educational system and dominant social and cultural values . |
| 51 | P.H. Sawyer has drawn attention to rune stones in Denmark and Västergötland raised in honour of men accorded the English epithet thegn , and concluded that the latter area was the part of Sweden controlled by Cnut , through agents who received a title borne in England by royal subordinates . |
| 52 | The oddity is that the testator has requested B to institute C as his own heir . |
| 53 | Once the chairman has summarised progress to date the other advisors should be requested to report ( to the lead adviser and , if present , principals ) on their progress and to highlight any potential difficulties which may affect the timetable . |
| 54 | All its profits are covenanted to third world charities : since November 1986 it has contributed £33,500 to organisations such as Unicef , a Tibetan children 's home , Oxfam , Church Relief in Uganda and others . |
| 55 | is now in reception , and has become secretary to Agriculture finance director . |
| 56 | The SIB has conferred recognition to SRO 's , and to these the vast bulk of investment businesses have sought authorization . |
| 57 | That for solo viol is a different matter , although Jordi Savall has devoted discs to Tobias Hume ( d. 1645 ; Astrée E7723 ) and ‘ Monsieur ’ Demachy ( his first name and dates are unknown ) ( E7746 ) . |
| 58 | ULSTER 'S biggest civil servant union has demanded changes to election ballot papers , warning that voters ' lives could be at risk . |
| 59 | The South African environment department has refused permission to fishermen in Struisbaai to catch and barbecue a whale belonging to a species recognised as endangered . |
| 60 | Soon I shall start snarling at visitors and grubbing for nourishment in the fields , simply because I can not bear to think of myself in the same category as Betty , and she has laid claim to humanity . |