Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Acts relate to the development of land , which encompasses building , etc. , or any material change in the use of land or buildings . |
| 2 | Try to code the acts according to the Sinclair and Coulthard system and show how they combine into motives and exchanges . |
| 3 | While the public sector pay explosion in the mid-1970s led to the demise of volume planning , the imposition of cash planning has proven a blunt instrument . |
| 4 | We went out to take the air in the inner bailey and stood fascinated as four ostlers struggled with the ropes tied to the bridle of a splendid , black war horse . |
| 5 | The only other two entries in the accounts relate to the collection of taxes and tax-related grants of 50m and net expenditure ( before repayments of principal and interest ) of 52m . |
| 6 | These costs are paid straight into the Legal Aid Fund and go to defray the actual costs of the action in the accounts rendered to the Fund by solicitors and counsel acting for the assisted party . |
| 7 | Bearing in mind that the accounts refer to the period up to the end of July , 1991 , then there are no prizes for guessing where the Jim Willis cash went to . |
| 8 | The accounts submitted to the Revenue included these costs as a deduction and our computations claimed them as a legitimate expense . |
| 9 | On 11 December 1990 , the General Commissioners issued precepts , under s 51(1) , TMA 1970 , requiring the companies to provide them with information and the accounts relating to the appeals , specifying a time limit of 50 days . |
| 10 | The debts shown in the Accounts relating to the Business ( less the amount of any provision or reserve calculated on the same basis as that applied in the corresponding accounts for the preceding three financial years ) were good and collectable in full in the ordinary course of business and have or will realise the net amount thereof . |
| 11 | I am under no illusion on that score , he wrote , I am under no illusion that the big glass will in an instant blow all that away , flatten the critics against the walls , tear paintings from their places , bring the galleries tumbling to the ground . |
| 12 | If the defendant negligently starts a fire and strong winds then cause the flames to spread to the plaintiff 's property , the court will not find that the winds break the chain of causation . |
| 13 | In any fire of this nature there 's a risk of a major explosion should the flames spread to the petrol pumps . |
| 14 | The fire at Reay Court , Borough Road , was caused by a cooker grill and the flames spread to the dining room . |
| 15 | One part of the explanation lies in the intensional value of the respective constructions , and the other in the meanings attached to the various adjectives by the speaker . |
| 16 | If it were not for the possibility of physical delivery of the underlying cash market good by the seller of the futures contract to the buyer , there would be no mechanism to guarantee convergence of futures and spot prices . |
| 17 | To understand this , we first need to see how the problem of safety in the mines came to the attention of Sir Humphry Davy . |
| 18 | Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors . |
| 19 | A simple method for comparing the performance of the analyser , given the different lattices , is to compare the ranks given to the ( correct ) words in the worst quality lattice . |
| 20 | Actuarial analysis of the subgroups according to the stone mass ( size and number ) selected an ideal patient population with solitary stones less than 20 mm diameter ( 84% stone free after one year ) . |
| 21 | The defenders appealed to the Sheriff Principal , who refused the appeal . |
| 22 | Mr. Walker : I shall convey the views expressed to the chairman of British Coal and I shall also examine , within the Welsh Office , the suggestion about smaller units employing fewer than 75 people and what economic impact that would have . |
| 23 | There are three staircases in the house , including a great one of oak which leads right up to the second floor , where the rooms are spacious — not designed for servants — and the views stretch to the Long Mynd . |
| 24 | As expected , the Germans replied to the shelling with a heavy mortar attack on the area around the orchard . |
| 25 | It was like a German bloodbath — what the Germans did to the Jews . ’ |
| 26 | Frankly , dear readers , I was getting bored waiting for the graphs to get to the point of maximum excitement . |
| 27 | A senior American official said Bill Clinton planned to write off half the debts owed to the United States by Africa 's 18 poorest countries . |
| 28 | From his local library he got photocopies of the maps of his district for 1811 , 1843 and 1871 ; he 'd sit there and try to work out how the changes in the maps related to the view at night ; where the darkness of rookeries , courts and tenements had been replaced with the darkness of lampless parks and public gardens . |
| 29 | As the Prayer Book enjoined in the Notes appended to the Communion Service , ‘ every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year , of which Easter to be one ’ . |
| 30 | Hung turkeys are left whole , not because the innards contribute to the flavour , but because their removal creates holes which allow in bacteria — if left intact , a bird is sealed and therefore safe . |