Example sentences of "to [noun sg] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The queen 's popularity soared still further when , on 9 April 1713 , she was able to announce to Parliament the final signature , two days before , of the Treaty of Utrecht , restoring peace to Europe and bringing to Great Britain such solid benefits as the destruction of the fortifications of Dunkirk and the retention of Gibraltar as a British possession . |
| 2 | Until some spoilsport thought to measure the 100-yard track — and found it was just over 70 yards . |
| 3 | Carefully designed case-control studies are therefore required to measure the separate effect of radon exposure after controlling for smoking behaviour and other risk factors . |
| 4 | In 1868 , Donders attempted to measure the additional time taken by certain mental processes such as discrimination and choice . |
| 5 | Different indices represent the ingenuity with which the theoretical constructs can be made to produce satisfactory elaborations that result in different indices and , equally important , the extent to which different indices can , plausibly , be said to measure the same concept . |
| 6 | Similarly , for any group of items which are intended to measure the same aspect of linguistic functioning , there will be a range of scores for children of a similar age ( see Figure 8.1 ) . |
| 7 | Attempts were made to measure the relative contribution to the overall metabolism of mucosa , lamina propria , and muscularis layers . |
| 8 | Analysis of variance and the Newman-Keuls procedure were applied to measure the statistical significance of means from different diagnostic categories . |
| 9 | The wording of the question is not the factor leading to difficulty the same wording used with whole numbers for criterion 1 e produced a success rate of over 80 per cent . |
| 10 | Press F10 to pop-up the on-line help |
| 11 | With regard to blackmail the Criminal Law Revision Committee did not want a test that the accused 's belief had to be reasonable because such could be out of line with the rest of the 1968 Act , yet Feely and Ghosh do just that in relation to dishonesty falling outside of s.2(1) . |
| 12 | A member with a holding of a similar size will be quite unable to present a credible challenge to the board because in any contested vote the bulk of shareholders who bother to participate can be relied on to support the incumbent management team . |
| 13 | Three attempts to census the total population have been made after the breeding season , in July 1953 , January 1967 and 1968 , and July 1971 . |
| 14 | Given the current technical framework and the likely developments in the future , how can British broadcasting be financed in such a way as to brine the greatest enjoyment and pleasure to as many viewers and listeners as possible while at the same time fulfilling the public service obligation ? |
| 15 | It has come as a shock to realise that your magazine can no longer be relied on to present the relevant information in a straightforward factual manner . |
| 16 | ‘ We listened to Ministry the other day , ’ nods Jebb , ‘ and even that was … ’ |
| 17 | Torquay 's Paul Hall swung a frustrated punch at midfielder Steve Harrower , who reacted by appearing to head-butt the young winger . |
| 18 | The following sortie , on the 14/16th , was to bomb the synthetic oil plant at Merseburg-Leuna , diverting on its return to East Moor in Yorkshire along with other aircraft of the Squadron , returning back to base the following day . |
| 19 | They were described as designed to disadvantage the fledgling opposition parties which could expect substantial support from West German sister parties . |
| 20 | Bull 's rebadged RS/6000s are claimed to be 5% cheaper than IBM 's — it will add more peripherals to leverage the mid-range market , it said . |
| 21 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 22 | The German government is set to extend to industry the compulsory recovery/recycling regulations which apply to consumer packaging [ see EDs 63 , 56 ] . |
| 23 | His delicious Pas des Légumes performed at a special performance to mark the market 's passing brought to mind the long history not only of the ‘ fruit and veg ’ , but also of Harlequin , Columbine and their colleagues of the commedia dell'arte , inhabitants for many years of the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , and the King 's Theatre , Drury Lane , where the first ballets d'action were staged . |
| 24 | He also called to mind the noble Earl 's father , Lord Kilmarnock , beheaded in London for his part in the '45 ; the son who hosted Boswell and Johnson broke with the family 's rebellious tradition and sided with the King and London . |
| 25 | Although the drawing made it back to civilisation the pickled head , along with the rest of the ship , was lost . |
| 26 | She had been surprised when he 'd come round after supper on Sunday and asked if he could bring his new friend to tea the next day . |
| 27 | Although the reduced percentage of aneuploid tumours can be interpreted as a local response to radiotherapy the missing effect on survival points to the fact that oesophageal cancer is often diagnosed at a locally advanced or even disseminated stage . |
| 28 | With the publication of the fifth and final volume of his catalogue of Monet 's life and art , Daniel Wildenstein and his family foundation , now to be known as the Wildenstein Institute , has brought to completion the mighty project which has occupied his attention for more than fifty years . |
| 29 | The idea that monetary policy can be used to fine-tune the real economy has long been exposed as a myth . |
| 30 | Results of trials conducted by Watercare and Wessex Water underline the business ' claims for [ CoastGuard and its ability to clean-up the coastal environment . |