Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This variety is another reason why Orcs and Goblins appeal to so many players , as the number of different troops types enables you to tailor an army to your own style of play or to a particular opponent . |
| 2 | Up to the passing of the new Act , the loan societies recovered money owed to them either by a summons to a Court of Requests or to a Police Court . |
| 3 | The fact that Y may have been quite innocent and have genuinely believed at the time that the goods were his to sell , gives him no defence either to a claim by Z for breach of contract or to a claim by O for conversion . |
| 4 | In August 1988 both sides had agreed in principle to a UN peace plan calling for a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and to a referendum designed to give the inhabitants of the territory ( administered as a Spanish colony until 1976 ) a choice between independence or integration into Morocco . |
| 5 | Inevitably , as capitalism developed it made sense to introduce more machinery , to move to a division of labour and to a conveyor-belt system of production . |
| 6 | In subclinical infections , it has been shown under both experimental an natural conditions that O. circumcincta causes a marked depression in appetite and this , together with losses of plasma protein into the gastro-intestinal tract , results in interference with the post-absorptive metabolism of protein and to a lesser extent the utilisation of metabolisable energy . |
| 7 | As to the amount left for food and clothing after rent and a more flexible sum for heat had been deducted , wives tended to act as the buffer against the needs of husbands and to a lesser extent children . |
| 8 | There are even signs that in some cases this was reinforced by reports which reached Europe as an outcome of the voyages of discovery that to a significant degree marked the onset of modern history . |
| 9 | The different nature of a boatman 's work compared to that of a fisherman led to different forms of inheritance and to a contrasting family structure . |
| 10 | It is this which leads to low levels of profitability and to a lack of incentive to undertake new investment . |
| 11 | The principles referred both to the goals of broadcasting and to a particular form of organization through which ( alone ? ) they could be achieved . |
| 12 | This was due , not to lack of discoveries but to a disinclination by the oil companies to invest the huge sums necessary to develop discoveries because of the onerous terms of the UK fiscal regime . |
| 13 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 14 | Secondly , because a tax allowance reduces the total income on which a person pays tax , it has a greater value to a high-income person on a high marginal rate of tax than to a low-income one who may , if he or she pays no tax , not gain at all . |
| 15 | In addition to stressing these " internal " limits on parliamentary democracy in Britain , stress is also placed on " external " factors that have contributed to a loss of powers and to a significant reduction in the scope of our capacity to govern ourselves . |
| 16 | This rather unusual development may have been due to the influence of Hu Yaobang in the Ministry of Propaganda or to a younger generation of journalists who demanded more honesty in their reporting . |
| 17 | Now , with the expansion of availability of SCOTVEC awards to increasing numbers of candidates , to a wider range of centres and to a greater coverage of occupational areas , SCOTVEC 's Board decided that the time was right to review the quality system which supports our awards to ensure that the system could continue to meet its objectives in the years head . |
| 18 | Actually the quarrel was largely due to Apollinaire 's careless use of terms and to a rather wilful misunderstanding on the part of Boccioni . |
| 19 | It will frequently happen that information disclosed in confidence is or becomes known to a limited number of people or to a specific section of the public only . |
| 20 | And secondly there is the need for the Club , like other employers , to operate within an ever-increasing straight-jacket of legislation and to a high criticality of skilled accounting . |
| 21 | The American people , struggling to adjust to mew ways of thought and to a novel technology , also faced a different sort of experiment in Federal government regulation of their drinking habits . |
| 22 | This , they say , has contributed to the " ungovernability " of Britain and to a whole host of economic problems as opportunities for investment and long-run growth are " crowded out " by the reality of evermore taxation raised to finance the public services demanded by interest groups . |
| 23 | Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait led to the abandonment by the UAE of a traditional policy of neutrality and to a welcome for the deployment of the military forces of the US-led coalition in the region . |
| 24 | for instance , residential care in Flanders and the Netherlands seems more closely tied to psychological assessment of children and to a diagnosis/treatment approach than in the United Kingdom — at least for social services cases . |
| 25 | But his pose as a victim of a harsh literary establishment was utterly essential to his own sense of being and to a craving for young disciples ; for unlike Lewis he seldom enjoyed , for long , or sought to enjoy , the friendship of his contemporaries . |
| 26 | So much evidence , relatively speaking , survives to illustrate Offa 's dealings with the men of Kent and to a lesser extent with the South Saxons and so little to illuminate his relations with the Anglian groups of eastern England that the order of importance of these areas to Offa can easily be inverted . |
| 27 | The timing of training sessions was investigated in some depth and the importance of fitting the training to a particular time of year and to a particular size of training package at specific times of day was revealed . |
| 28 | This interest is something which he continued to the end of his life , as witnessed by his increasing knowledge of India and to a lesser extent of China . |
| 29 | Given that a detailed examination of every transaction of a business is impossible , auditing concentrates on a sample confined to a period of time or to a type of transaction which is singled out for detailed examination . |