Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | WFP makes the statement that the RMI will be ‘ extended and accelerated ’ with the aim of building up coverage to those units by the end of 1991/92 , ie March 1992 . |
| 2 | The most usual method of sending out information to more than a few broadcasting stations or publications is by post . |
| 3 | While the measures taken by Britain in conjunction with our European partners to isolate the Burmese Government are welcome , the military dictators are still in power , they have no intention of handing over power to the democratically elected Government , and the appalling abuse of human rights continues . |
| 4 | It was not an indiscriminate method of handing out money to all and sundry . |
| 5 | However , it is sprightly compared with the pronouncement on ‘ automatic honours for public servants ’ by Richard Shepherd , the Conservative MP : ‘ It almost has the quality of handing out lollipops to the general satisfaction of the recipients . ’ |
| 6 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |
| 7 | CCT is not simply a matter of putting out services to private contractors . |
| 8 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 9 | To complicate matters still further , many parishes after 1795 began to adopt the Speenhamland system of making up wages to a minimum rate dependent upon the price of corn . |