Example sentences of "and [prep] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 2 | The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that the draft of the treaty at Maastricht today provides for the improvement of employees ' working conditions , for legal protection and for entitlement to consultation and to information . |
| 3 | The qualifying limit for house purchase loans and for loans to persons aged 65 and over to purchase life annuities secured on their main residence is £30,000 . |
| 4 | This means that schoolgirls are ineligible for a wide range of courses in further and higher education and for entry to occupations requiring a scientific or technical base . |
| 5 | These configurations were found to have implications both for flows of mutual aid , which tend to occur between those of similar employment status and notably between the unemployed , and for access to employment . |
| 6 | Throughout the year we have all had to pay huge amounts for advertising and for fees to PR firms and City advisers . |
| 7 | Limitations on the amount recoverable for loss of life ( some £38,000 under the 1974 Athens Convention ) and for losses to cargo and vehicles show that the haulier has to be very careful when undertaking operations involving cross-channel ferries . |
| 8 | Construction work on the reactor , intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 9 | Construction work on the reactor , which had been intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 10 | Three outdoor enthusiasts have walked and cycled across the Pennines and through Europe to Istanbul in an effort to promote the proposed Trans-Pennine Way and send greetings of goodwill from 30 local authorities to European mayors . |
| 11 | It can climb to 25ft-30ft , and through summer to October it has rather insignificant pale cream flowers with excellent fragrance . |
| 12 | Further , 25% of tutors ' fees were not grant-aided and thus had to be met from other sources principally donations , subscriptions and through appeals to branches , with some assistance from the National WEA when its own difficult financial position allowed , usually about £50 a year . |
| 13 | When the station arrangements at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia were reorganized in 1960 , a special African station was built near the African locations , ostensibly for the convenience of African travellers but , one suspects , rather for the comfort of the Whites , who secured more exclusive use of the main Bulawayo station with its important connections to Salisbury , the Victoria Falls , and through Bechuanaland to Kimberley and the Cape . |
| 14 | He and his colleagues performed a variety of laboratory experiments in which men 's attitudes and responses to rape were tested before and after exposure to pornography . |
| 15 | It involves two of the most intimate personal relationships , that of husband to wife , and of parent to child … |
| 16 | In 1325 escheators were made responsible for keeping duplicates of inquisitions of diem clausit and of returns to chancery ; in 1326 a calendar of Contrariant lands was begun , a roll of serjeanties in various counties compiled and further auditors were appointed . |
| 17 | Fourthly , the 1966 White Paper made it plain that at that time it was the government 's intention that the polytechnics should remain primarily teaching institutions ; as the DES notes of guidance subsequently indicated , research would be justified only in so far as it was of educational value to the teaching staff and of benefit to industry and business . |
| 18 | There were also territorial ties , of lord and tenant , and of feoffees to uses and personal connections , such as those of executors . |
| 19 | Radical Whigs in the early 1680s had challenged the Crown 's control of the armed forces and of appointment to office : the Rye House Plotters wanted the militia placed " in the hands of the people " ; Monmouth had insisted that judges should not hold their commissions at the King 's pleasure but rather " during good behaviour " . |
| 20 | There has been healthy demand recently in newly-rich China , which has a tradition of buying gold and of susceptibility to inflation . |
| 21 | This uniformity expresses that which occurs in the progress of autumn to winter , of day to night , and of fire to ashes just as the symmetry in the rhythm show light and dark . |
| 22 | Or if you feel unappreciated by others , ‘ I am loved and of value to others . ’ |
| 23 | Heads ' management styles should encourage a sense of collective responsibility among teachers , and of commitment to school among pupils and parents ; their management training should be directed towards this . |
| 24 | Initially the main focus was on experimental production but , as the movement gained ground , questions of audience and of access to technology and skills became increasingly important . |
| 25 | He is charged with leading the team and with day to day liaison with the Lexicographer Group . |
| 26 | Writing in 1959 and with reference to Peter Townsend 's calculation that a fifth of the population had not shared in the general improvement in living standards since the war , Roy Jenkins argued : |
| 27 | Let us accept the shifting of taste , and let us show our faith in the Great Tradition by teaching as much as possible of the literature we admire , without worrying too much about canons and with attention to variety rather than moral unity . |
| 28 | It is clear that yield can vary quite considerably with coupon for the same term to maturity , and with term to maturity for different coupons . |
| 29 | The EAT provides a more extensive assessment of consonants and consonant blends than does the Goldman-Fristoe test , but the latter is more systematic in that , for each consonant included in the test , articulation is examined with respect to three word positions and with respect to production within sentences . |
| 30 | And with aid to refugees at the centre of the row , Mrs Hilali insists that Kurds in this country can speak up for her . |