Example sentences of "and [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the fish are well on feed I will put one rod away and change to a butt-indicator which allows me to fish more quickly and efficiently . |
| 2 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |
| 3 | An executive President would be head of state ; holders of this office would in future be elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 4 | The head of state is the executive President , elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 5 | The move , which the Germans refused to discuss , reversed the outflow of funds and led to a fall in Finnish interest rates as the market opened yesterday . |
| 6 | At the economic level , prices of strategic raw materials soared and led to a rise in cash earnings : in Africa and Asia , large numbers of people acquired a certain purchasing power and savings . |
| 7 | This , coupled with a return to high monthly inflation , precipitated fears of growing economic and political instability and led to a run on the austral and the resignation on Jan. 28 of the Economy Minister [ see p. 37959 ] . |
| 8 | The Soviet figure was 10 per cent higher than the previous calculation — much more than expected — and led to a flurry of checks on the accuracy of similar calculations . |
| 9 | The decree prompted the cartels to declare ‘ total war ’ on the Colombian government and led to a wave of bombings throughout the country . |
| 10 | Veterinary examination revealed the true identity of the horse and led to a spell in Maidstone jail for Willett . |
| 11 | This included what Court ( 1957 ) described as pressure field climatology and led to a range of approaches which included weather patterns and air mass climatology , all of which provided a more effective reflection of processes . |
| 12 | The discussion groups ( Appendix II , section 5 ) show how easily a change for the worse in someone 's circumstances can lead to debt troubles : the man in hospital after an accident at work , who then had a breakdown , while overdue credit instalments mounted up to over £100 and led to a court summons ; the family who owed £30 a week on furniture and carpet instalments for their new flat — eventually taken to court after a series of lost jobs ; or ( Appendix III ) the previously secure young widow whose money troubles started when her husband died — although an understanding bank wrote off the outstanding balance on a car loan , a furniture firm refused to accept the reduced instalments which were all that she could afford . |
| 13 | With Windows NT still a gleam in Bill Gates ' eye , OS/2 2.0 can lay claim to the goodness high ground , and it is difficult to see what more IBM could have done to make it electable — its erstwhile friends would say that it has cynically ditched all its principles — of closed systems , tight central control , the whole ‘ nanny knows best and you 'd better believe it ’ ethos that served the company so well for so long , and led to a string of successes at the ballot box in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 14 | Lady Grubb 's invitations to them were always by letter , and led to a file of correspondence because she enjoyed making microscopic changes of plan . |
| 15 | After two years designing murals for Wimpey , the construction company , he took a teaching post that enticed him back into the photography world , and led to a post-graduate degree at the Royal College . |
| 16 | Humberto Ortega Saavedra as interim Chief of the Armed Forces provoked the immediate resignation of the newly appointed Ministers of Construction and of Agriculture , Gilberto Cuadra and Jaime Cuadra , and led to a contest between rival factions in the 14-party ruling National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition government for control of the directorate of the 90-seat National Assembly . |
| 17 | In fact this exercise was undertaken for the whole school , and led to a number of improvements to the programme in all year groups . |
| 18 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 19 | A sharp rise in 1898 — 9 resulted in increases in the wages offered miners , and led to a general , if temporary , wave of prosperity for Sinhalese labourers , for other employers were obliged to follow suit . |
| 20 | While her letter galvanized sixty Members of Parliament to draft a motion ‘ deploring the manner in which Lady Diana Spencer is being treated by the media ’ and led to a meeting between editors and the Press Council , the siege of Coleherne Court continued . |
| 21 | In Oxfordshire , smoke from burning staw obscured roads and led to a pile-up . |
| 22 | Also , because as served in 99 out of 100 Chinese restaurants , they would arrive sticky with grease and boiled to a hue of nauseously vivid waxy-yellow . |
| 23 | They were causing distress to the firm 's staff and amounted to a nuisance . |
| 24 | They were causing distress and amounted to a nuisance . |
| 25 | The action came despite bitter opposition from hardline conservatives who said that the treaty favoured the USA and amounted to a present on " a silver platter " for the US president-elect Bill Clinton . |
| 26 | Even if there is an express term the employer would have to show that the information was over and above the employee 's normal skill in the job and amounted to a trade secret . |
| 27 | They were brought up to respect us and to go to a policeman when they were in trouble . |
| 28 | The word ‘ spiritual ’ , for the purpose of the Alternative Religion , has been defined above and refers to a characteristic of developed human life . |
| 29 | The Archway Studio is just outside St Ives and belongs to a woman painter called Eileen Rich . |
| 30 | International Business Machines Corp and IBM Credit Corp appear to be seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market , Reuter reports from New York ; the loans are said to be being arranged by Credit Suisse and syndicated to a group of relationship banks , each of which has been asked to commit around $500m . |