Example sentences of "of [det] [noun] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had previously limited her expression of that disapproval to hints , and to glancing remarks ; now , clearly , she had decided the time had come to be more open . |
| 2 | They sell most of that stuff to amateurs , naturally ! |
| 3 | This programme of research is concerned with the measurement of Britain 's shortfall in manufacturing productivity in comparison with other advanced industrial countries , and with tracing the relation of that shortfall to differences in vocational training and in machinery . |
| 4 | I want to bring the good bits of that system to Rangers . ’ |
| 5 | The general area within which this study lies is that of an enterprise 's business strategy and the relationship of that strategy to events in the environment surrounding the enterprise . |
| 6 | Consequently , because non-recognised unions are of little benefit to employees , there is less incentive to join . |
| 7 | Their progress over the next two weeks will solve the Guineas mystery , but that is of little concern to connections of Dr Devious , who heads now for the Kentucky Derby ( for which he is 10–1 from 12–1 ) in Louisville on May 2 and returns to Epsom for the Ever Ready Derby in June . |
| 8 | Demographics , for instance , may be of little concern to innovators in fundamental industrial processes like steel making , although Mergenthaler 's Linotype machine became successful primarily because there were not enough skilled typesetters available to satisfy a mass market . |
| 9 | Protection was of little use to farmers in a period of declining world prices for agricultural products , while the machinery and other industrial goods they bought would be dearer . |
| 10 | Such practices are understandable : fringe benefits are seen as a reward for long-term commitment to the organization , occupational pensions are of little value to workers who frequently change employer and costs of administering the scheme are thereby reduced . |
| 11 | Linguistics became an abstract and dry subject of little interest to non-linguists . |
| 12 | This blurring of the boundaries may be of little consequence to users of the service , but it does have implications for the type of care they receive and which agency remains financially responsible for arranging that care . |
| 13 | This is of little consequence to grubs and maggots , for they hold their interminable feasts out of sight of the rest of the world , gobbling their way around the heart of an apple or gnawing tunnels in wood , shielded by what they are eating . |
| 14 | It would have been of little comfort to investors to learn that Chairman John Wheeler had , according to former business colleagues , been living a luxury lifestyle , spending almost £70,000 on refitting his yacht , and thousands of pounds renovating his six-bedroom house . |
| 15 | Although they tend to fit one pencil size only , there are rather more expensive holders available for use with wide pencils and industrial chalks which may be of some help to artists . |
| 16 | Although the American Anthropological Association 's statement on ethics is of some relevance to sociolinguists and is easily accessible as an appendix to a book which deals specifically with ethical problems in fieldwork ( Rynkiewich and Spradley 1971 ) , linguists do not in general have recourse to a widely accepted ethical code . |
| 17 | There were approximately 700 firms offering holidays of some kind to consumers in the United Kingdom in 1986 . |
| 18 | This distribution , considered along with within-group variability , tells us quite a lot about the relationship of group scores to individual scores , a matter of some interest to sociolinguists . |
| 19 | Although there has probably been a long-term decline in serious violence in Europe over the past several centuries , the relationship of this trend to patterns of theft and other property crime , or to broad forces of social change , remains obscure . |
| 20 | The application of this test to patients without diarrhoea has been validated , and the test was discarded in normal volunteers if the contents of the bag were stained by faeces . |
| 21 | The complex PCR probe originating from the B19C12 150 kb YAC allowed the detection of the ERG gene ; however , the application of this procedure to YACs of the order of one megabase might have some limitations due to the very high complexity of the PCR products . |
| 22 | ‘ Also , the proposal to extend capital gains tax rollover relief to ewe and suckler cow premia is welcome , and the extension of this relief to proceeds of disposals of shares in family companies . ’ |
| 23 | However , the dissemination of this knowledge to newcomers has the additional purpose of inculcating in them the common sense that is necessary to police Easton . |
| 24 | Two of the leading exponents of this approach to organisations were F.W. Taylor and H. Fayol . |
| 25 | Much publicity was given at the beginning of this year to claims that large numbers of offences are committed by offenders who are already on bail as a result of other charges . |
| 26 | In the developing world , the preservation of schedule and service independence through some degree of national ownership , even if linked by commercial alliance to one of the major carriers — rather than abdication of this responsibility to others — will safeguard against having those air lines become the casualty of a bottom line result in a distant board room in London , Atlanta or Paris . |
| 27 | There was no attempt to inform the public whether there was a significant risk of this happening to others . |
| 28 | A contract has been placed for the supply of this equipment to prisons that hold category A prisoners . |
| 29 | The second edition of this guide to medicines for older people and those who help care for them has been published by Age Concern England . |
| 30 | I accept completely what the honourable member for erm Truro Truro actually said in his speech just er that he just made , absolutely right that the cultural and the geographical identity of people matters so far as the European parliament is concerned and in respect of our responsibility , the responsibility of this house to citizens of Gibraltar . |