Example sentences of "and [noun pl] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They were navel-defluffers and snot-rollers to a man .
2 She carried the cereal bowls and the knives and forks to the sink .
3 The vicar of that time had tithes and rights , one consisting of ‘ pigs , pidgeons and ducks to the value of 16 shillings ’ .
4 The main aim is to relate formative social influences on individuals and groups to the community 's current experience and perception of social and economic change .
5 Perceptions of and attitudes to the West in 19th century Bengal
6 The second question is , of course , a more specific version of the first if we consider local government within the broader context of public administration and attitudes to the state provision of goods and services .
7 They reject the reduction of the diversity of black histories , experiences and cultures to a response to racism , not least because this inhibits the productive exploration of the economic , cultural and sexual differentiations within black communities — for example , ‘ positive images ’ tend to privilege middle-class , heterosexual , familial respectability .
8 Here , we report on the combined use of preparative pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ( PFGE ) and interspersed repetitive sequence ( IRS ) polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) amplification to isolate two DNA markers from a 660 kb Sfi I fragment that contains locus DXS14 and maps to a region between disease-specific incontinentia pigmenti type 1 ( IP1 ) chromosome translocation breakpoints ( 1 ) .
9 China is regarded as possessing the largest untapped hydro potential of any country and projects to a capacity of over 6,000 MW are currently under construction .
10 The position has been held to apply to an insurance agent , who was under no duty to hand those notes and coins to the company ( Robertson [ 1977 ] Crim LR 173 ( CA ) ) , and to a person in receipt of housing benefit , who was under no legal obligation to use the money to pay off rent arrears ( DPP v Huskinson [ 1988 ] Crim LR 620 ) , even though that was the purpose for which the accused received the benefit .
11 Bridges were reported to have been blown up and roads to the capital blocked in an effort to halt the march .
12 Students will be asked to analyse and evaluate the learning gained through the local investigation and to describe their personal feelings and reactions to the experience .
13 Students will be asked to analyse and evaluate the learning gained through the investigation of a contemporary issue and describe their personal feelings and reactions to the experience .
14 Students will be asked to review the learning they have gained as a result of conducting the investigation and they will be asked to express personal feelings and reactions to the experience .
15 Students are also asked to analyse and evaluate the progress they have made towards their set target , identifying the learning they have gained and expressing their feelings and reactions to the experience .
16 There is an element of assessment of the interpersonal skills used during the module and students will be asked to express their feelings and reactions to the experience as a whole .
17 The use of interpersonal skills will be emphasised and the student will be asked to express their personal feelings and reactions to the learning gained and to review the value of the learning gained in relation to personal and social development .
18 In group discussions , students will be expected to evaluate their own performance in terms of strengths and weaknesses and to express their own feelings and reactions to the learning gained .
19 Both during and after work experience the student is given the opportunity to express his/her feelings and reactions to the community involvement .
20 The temperature at the base of the exosphere is about 1300 K , high enough for there to be an appreciable loss of electrons and ions to the magnetosphere , though at comparatively low energies .
21 She loved him neither for his even disposition or vast estate — for neither could he offer — and saw him through many tempestuous years of attempts to influence bands and musicians to the floaty sounds that have now met such brilliant commercial success .
22 This hotel oozes character from its high ceilinged public rooms and lounges to the fountain with its spectacular sound and light displays which play in the evenings .
23 It was the deliberate disregard of the more sensuous and immediately appealing aspects of painting , and the temporary dismissal of all human and associational values , combined with the fact that they were working in a conceptual way , relying on memory as much as on visual models , that allowed the Cubists to distort and dislocate figures and objects to a degree hitherto unknown .
24 He himself made history when , in 1984 , he donated over 1,200 pictures and objects to a foundation he established in Warsaw the first such institution since the war .
25 And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ?
26 Grand but not too grand , and wearing all its medals and trophies to the fore .
27 She said she had a dossier of complaints relating to the bedsit and requests to the owner to keep his tenants in order had been fruitless .
28 From ribbon roses and tapestries to a triptych , Rosemary has always had craft projects of one sort or another on the go but her interest in the world in miniature was re-kindled when her brother , mindful of the dolls-house she had lost years earlier , bought her a one-twelfth reproduction Georgian eight-roomed ‘ des .
29 The publication gave official notification of changes and improvements to the structure and benefits of the scheme .
30 I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner .
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