Example sentences of "a [noun] to [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This leads him to see the growth of the wage-allowance scheme as a response to problems of unemployment and underemployment which , while they became more visible in years of high food prices , were inherent in social and economic changes taking place in the Speenhamland counties . |
| 2 | Perhaps the real purpose is then a response to fears of a Leviathan in local government . |
| 3 | The aggressive , destructive behaviour that is often seen in hyperkinetics usually develops later than the other symptoms , and may be largely a response to feelings of frustration that stem from the other symptoms . |
| 4 | However , this attitude can also represent a response to feelings of rejection by his wife who now has other things to occupy her , or an unwillingness to play a full part in the parental role . |
| 5 | Modern methods of curtailing debate are largely a response to attempts by Irish Nationalists , seeking home rule in Victorian times , to abuse the rights of the opposition to oppose . |
| 6 | One of the explanations for the dolphin 's superb streamlining seems to be that while they are swimming their skin surface shifts in folds or ripples , caused not by muscular action but as a response to changes in pressure on different parts of the body . |
| 7 | This is because of the widespread development of partial resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics by the gonococcus , due to its evolution as a response to changes in its environment . |
| 8 | Contracting out by local authorities has increased under the Conservative government — partly voluntarily and partly as a response to changes in the law requiring them to do so for certain activities . |
| 9 | It may be more useful to try to consider behaviour , on the one hand , as a response to factors within the system and , on the other , as a response to factors outside the system — i.e. , from the user 's perspective . |
| 10 | It may be more useful to try to consider behaviour , on the one hand , as a response to factors within the system and , on the other , as a response to factors outside the system — i.e. , from the user 's perspective . |
| 11 | In a response to questions from the House of Commons select committee on energy the UK government stated on Nov. 24 that it was not yet fully committed to cutting the use of fossil fuel by 20 per cent ( as agreed at the Toronto conference in 1988 — see p. 36784 ) , on the grounds that this was an " arbitrary " figure , which was picked " without scientific evidence " . |
| 12 | The decree was in part a response to months of student protest against the court ruling , some of the strongest of which had occurred in November 1989 . |
| 13 | The decision was clearly a response to events at the Sept. 7-18 congress of the Congolese Trade Union Confederation , a specialized organ of the PCT , when delegates challenged the government to speed up the democratization process ( already agreed in principle by the PCT in July — see p. 37602 ) . |
| 14 | He said that the integration with the PSOE was a response to events in eastern Europe and predicted that " before long , other communists will follow the same path " . |
| 15 | They were also a response to demands for a form of participation . |
| 16 | He said the closures would be a blow to youngsters in deprived areas . |
| 17 | The Supreme Court on Dec. 7 dealt a blow to supporters of the right to an abortion by refusing to review a Mississippi law which required women to obtain counselling and then to wait 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy . |
| 18 | Dick has had a ministry to businessmen for many years . |
| 19 | Most reputable dealers will take a computer to pieces for you . |
| 20 | And please help our vital campaigns by sending a donation to Friends of the Earth . |
| 21 | Anyway if you wan na give a donation to children in need for that , dial . |
| 22 | The Garden , under its Director Professor D.S. Ingram , specialises in taxonomic botany , which serves as a backbone to studies of biodiversity , biotechnology , and applied botanical research , as well as to plant physiology , genetics and many other plant-based sciences . |
| 23 | A member of the engineering profession knowingly and voluntarily undertakes a responsibility to others within the community , and in so doing , shoulders certain personal , social and professional obligations . |
| 24 | It was a contrast to performances in recent Asian tournaments ( Hong Kong in 1988 and Sri Lanka in 1990 ) when the territory finished third , behind South Korea and Japan , and showed that with a bit of luck could have entered the finals . |
| 25 | I exorcized the mental terror by talking about it , using the experience as a demonstration to students of the mental attitude one must try to adopt on an excavation . |
| 26 | PRESTO puppeteers are giving a demonstration to children of manipulation and puppet making at Winsford Community Arts Centre at 10am tomorrow . |
| 27 | If piranhas can rip a horse to pieces in no time , surely even a seven foot long otter offers little challenge ? |
| 28 | The invitation , in front of Mr Yeltsin 's wife , Naina , the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of York , is seen as a boost to relations between the Royal Family and Russia . |
| 29 | ‘ Reconciliation requires a coming to terms with the past not its burial or denial , ’ it states . |
| 30 | It must be total , he admonished , ‘ not just a coming to terms with the enemy ’ . |