Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is ridiculous that two-thirds of the cost of a bottle of whisky goes to the Treasury and the taxation rate is double that of imported wines . ’ |
| 2 | But at least some of the meaning of blackbird belongs to the whole complex , and is not attributable to either black — or bird separately ; so , when black is replaced , this additional meaning is lost , along with ‘ black ’ . |
| 3 | HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board . |
| 4 | It is apparent that not only do actual levels of expenditure per head of the elderly population vary greatly between local authorities , but there are also striking differences in the way the money is spent , for example in the level of support provided to the heavily dependent compared with that for the less dependent . |
| 5 | Wilde , she argued , was in a state of insanity owing to the shock to his self-esteem of prison , ‘ and the exposure of the abnormal and filthy practises which he had been indulging in with stable boys ’ . |
| 6 | He could smell his own burned flesh on them , could see blackened streamers of skin sticking to the metal . |
| 7 | The fastest man received a bottle of champagne compared to the fastest woman who got a bottle of wine for her efforts . |
| 8 | IPC will be sending Bono and Co the bill or failing that , a crate of champagne delivered to the Rancho El Bailie would be most welcome . |
| 9 | In his late teens , there were still signs of puppy fat , and his rounded face sat under an unruly head of hair trimmed to the current style , though not especially trendy , and he could be lost in a crowd as being just another boy on the block ; unassuming and unspecial . |
| 10 | This system of payment extends to the whole education system including adult education , where numbers of books sold are reportedly very small — either because of low enrolments or because people are going to classes without books . |
| 11 | Much dissatisfaction was expressed to the House of Lords Select Committee about the open-ended nature of the HLCA system in the UK but it is very clearly available to MAFF to fix limits on payments and to more properly define levels of payment linked to the severity of natural handicap . |
| 12 | Because the nests are in such orderly rows , scientists at the Museum of Paleontology at Drumheller , Alberta , believe that the same species of dinosaur returned to the site to give birth each year for many hundreds of years . |
| 13 | A path through a mile of woodland leads to the waterfall . |
| 14 | This is the voice of communism relaying to the reader unfaltering ideological orthodoxy , pushing the reader constantly towards greater political , social and historical awareness . |
| 15 | Thus the essence of the charge is not determined by the nature of the property over which it is created but rather by the degree of freedom accorded to the company to deal with this property in the normal course of business . |
| 16 | The residual degree of freedom amounts to the choice of orientation of the x and y axes on the plane . |
| 17 | The right use of freedom leads to the Christian discipline that we call ‘ holiness ’ . |
| 18 | When you make a point of try to listen to the world , |
| 19 | Mention a low cost tank and all the issues of new or salvaged glass , glass thickness , and quality of build come to the fore . |
| 20 | They predicted that the amount of variety in work , the level of employee autonomy in performing the work , the amount of interaction required in carrying out task activities , the level of knowledge and skill required , and the amount of responsibility entrusted to the job-holder would be positively associated with satisfaction and a low level of absenteeism . |
| 21 | C Wright Mills without a trace of elitism referred to the ‘ backyard opinion-makers ’ , those articulate people who can remember the facts to substantiate their point of view . |
| 22 | With the coming of comprehensive education three years before , even the faint whiff of privilege attached to the Grammar School had evaporated , a fact on which Burleigh had been able to capitalize , in a mild way . |
| 23 | Eventually the minister of agriculture complained to the president . |
| 24 | I suppose it will be said that it is the height of romanticism to cling to the idea that universities can remain largely publicly funded and that students will not inevitably have to pay fees . |
| 25 | The statutes of self-government granted to the Basque Country and Catalonia had been rescinded during the war . |
| 26 | But there was a lot lot of damage done to the shops right down the length of Road . |
| 27 | If , however , the amount of damage done to the plaintiff 's private property exceeds £275 , then the whole amount is recoverable including the first £275 . |
| 28 | He says I think the vast majority of damage done to the Ridgeway is done by much heavier , bigger vehicles — farm vehicles and so on . |
| 29 | A common result is an upward shift of decision making to the new parent company , often located in the south-east . |
| 30 | With action pending against the perpetrators of the attack , the focus of case switched to the future of Gates , a 42-year veteran of the department and chief of the Los Angeles force for 13 years . |