Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the data relate to spontaneous miscarriages as well as to induced abortions . |
| 2 | It must be remembered that these statistics refer to legitimate births and omit the 26 per cent ( in 1988 ) of births which are illegitimate . |
| 3 | Again , in modern times office-staff attend to all calls and enquiries ; who would , or could , breach these defences ? |
| 4 | These statistics relate to all actions in the Queen 's Bench Division . |
| 5 | All these statistics relate to lone parents as a whole and not separately to lone mothers and lone fathers . |
| 6 | It follows , therefore , that such prior experience will also have a crucial influence on the subjective experience of ageing , and the values , expectations and meanings that people attach to any changes in their lives . |
| 7 | It was a change by no means welcome to all Jews , but its assertion of the primacy of national ties was characteristic of the age . |
| 8 | When people listen to these thoughts and avoid or escape , this serves to reduce anxiety . |
| 9 | If enzyme deficiencies are at the root of the problem in chemical-sensitive patients then one might expect them to show the same sort of reaction to small amounts of a chemical as normal people show to large amounts of that chemical . |
| 10 | People react to external stimuli and their behaviour can be explained in terms of this reaction . |
| 11 | This easement does not by any means apply to all developers and is in any case temporary : setting off the charge against the claims in this way will not be possible when the fund has been distributed and the money has been spent or locked up in some investment . |
| 12 | Like others , young people respond to high standards , whatever the style of worship or music . |
| 13 | The message has to be presented in a multitude of ways , recognising that different people respond to different approaches . |
| 14 | He challenges the orthodox view that elderly people turn to formal agencies for help only when informal support is absent or inadequate . |
| 15 | His fishhouse is not intended to be a shop — casual callers are not the norm — and the majority of his sales go to fellow fanatics at shows . |
| 16 | Even with the legal penalties that exist , people go to great lengths to avoid paying taxes legally by finding loopholes in the tax laws ; or they evade taxes by illegally cheating the tax authorities . |
| 17 | I mean sometimes people go to great lengths and trouble |
| 18 | because anywhere that is , it 'll be too hot in places so people go to cooler places and cool places will be getting covered in water . |
| 19 | ‘ Some people go to exciting places , ’ thinks Anna . |
| 20 | It is equally apparent today when many people go to considerable lengths to maintain the appearance of youthfulness by the use of vitamins , beauty preparations of all descriptions , hormone treatment , plastic surgery and much else besides . |
| 21 | But unless authorities have accredited training , how recognisable is their training going to be when staff move to other authorities ? ’ she asks . |
| 22 | Just because I happen to like my shellsuit trousers , people come to all sorts of unflattering conclusions about me , generally involving Essex . |
| 23 | So far we have been concerned with trying to understand something of the general reaction people have to various forms of loss , concentrating on the reactions people will discover in themselves when they or someone close to them is dying or has died . |
| 24 | Silver and Wortman 's review of research ( 1980 ) on how people adjust to major losses suggests something similar . |
| 25 | Schools , colleges and young people work to agreed levels of achievement , including qualifications , motivation and attendance . |
| 26 | The requirements of the [ draft ] FRS apply to all transactions and instruments irrespective of the date at which they are issued . |
| 27 | Many of the police series go to great lengths to ensure an authentic feel ( otherwise the companies get shoals of complaints from the policemen who avidly watch such shows , and sometimes begin to model their behaviour on what they see ) . |