Example sentences of "in [det] [noun] to [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 There is no escaping the fact that a trade union will , in pursuit of its purposes as they are commonly understood , have its own corporate policies ; and that the authority of members of a trade union appointed in that capacity to boards of directors of joint stock companies will derive from the trade union .
2 ( 1 ) References in this Order to proceedings on consideration or proceedings on Third Reading include references to proceedings at those stages respectively , for , on or in consequence of , recommittal .
3 The section on commodities extended the provisions of the convention in this area to minerals and metals ( in addition to agricultural products ) , and stressed the need to reduce the dependence of ACP economies on unprocessed products by means of diversification and the development of processing , marketing , distribution and transport activities .
4 References in this book to rules are to those contained in these rules .
5 References in this book to sections are to those contained in this Act .
6 The Discussion Paper proposed that the maturity of liabilities be assessed by reference to the earliest date on which the lender could demand repayment and that no regard should be paid in this respect to facilities which might permit the debt to be refinanced ( Discussion Paper , paragraphs 3.40-3.42 ) .
7 But since the examination is testing what skills you have developed over time , the passage is likely to be similar in some way to passages which you have seen .
8 better knowledge ( because of the database — 18 per cent of new debts were linked in some way to debts already known )
9 In almost every society we know something about , except perhaps the very simplest , there are individuals who specialize in music or who are regarded as more skilled ; in this respect , notation brings about not a total change but an added stimulus , and even without it , there can develop — as in blues or in British ‘ folk ’ traditions — an idea of particular songs being attached in some way to individuals : ‘ that 's X 's song ’ .
10 I was not short of students who applied for help in the most distressing of circumstances : mature students with spouses and children , who had been denied housing benefit and income support to which they had previously been entitled ; landlords pressing for rent payments and students with no money to pay ; arrears of rent building up ; poll tax arrears building up ; overdrafts being extended ; electricity supplies being cut off , in some cases to parents and children .
11 He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen .
12 A conventional multiplier to apply in such case to expenses continuing for life would be 16 .
13 The right to take tithes , i.e. a share of the produce of the land in kind , originally vested only in ecclesiastical persons and bodies , was at the Reformation transferred in many cases to laymen , though tithes continued to form the most important kind of ecclesiastical endowment .
14 It is probably similar in many ways to diets you have seen or ready about before , but there are some very important differences .
15 In fact , Japanese organization is closer in many respects to depictions of an ‘ organic ’ structure , where the flexible aspects of the latter are widely distributed over areas of the organization which elsewhere would be more mechanical .
16 We recommended fibre found naturally in many foods to parents of infants <1 year of age , such as in pureed fruits , vegetables , and infant cereal .
17 But much can be inferred from statistics of births in any year to women who already have 0 , 1 , 2 , etc. children ( figure 4.13 ) .
18 We will close the Defence Export Services Organisation and ensure that overseas aid is not linked in any way to arms purchases .
19 The Chaplain is glad to be of assistance in any matter to students and staff and can be contacted through the Chaplaincy Centre during the day or at his home .
20 There certainly have been many changes in both attitudes to women 's sexuality and in women 's sexual practices over the last few decades .
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