Example sentences of "to [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holomisa was opposed to the homelands system and in February 1990 had promised to hold a referendum on Transkei 's possible reintegration into South Africa [ see p. 37306 ] ; he strongly supported the ANC , and had legalized the organization in Transkei in February . |
| 2 | ( When subsequently , the hospital became crowded almost to bursting point with the influx of evacuee patients from London , the master reported to the Guardians Committee that , owing to limited cooking facilities and greatly increased numbers , it had become necessary to suspend the existing dietary — which had so displeased Mr.J. — and adopt a more simplified bill of fare . ) |
| 3 | Dave Higgins , who missed Friday 's match with a stomach complaint , is likely to return to the Rovers defence but other changes will be at a minimum . |
| 4 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 5 | City dealers believe Mercury 's move could herald the most sweeping changes to the telecommunications industry since mobile phones were introduced in 1985 . |
| 6 | ‘ I am also pleased to know , ’ said Mr. Major , ‘ that the scheme is clearly linked to the Citizens Charter and is being seen as a ‘ Charter for Construction ’ . |
| 7 | That could be done by means of a supplement to the citizens charter and could be delivered to every household in the country . |
| 8 | From there they moved to Whitby where Mrs Chance became secretary to the entertainments manager and Mr Chance became civil defence officer . |
| 9 | If the items are available , the computer then takes the order , processes it through the warehouse , transfers the information to the accounts department and prepares all the despatch documents . |
| 10 | Mr Chairman may I sch speak to the Conservatives amendment and ask what is meant by B. |
| 11 | Having devoted much of his career to the personnel function and having been an ardent advocate of participative management , he talks about such problems with an obvious depth of feeling . |
| 12 | Councillor paid tribute to the Personnel Department and particularly the staff of the Construction Skills Training Centre . |
| 13 | We discuss the computer program in rather anthropomorphic terms , referring successively to the talents personality and style of the computer program . |
| 14 | Write to the Letters page if something about the industry really winds you up . |
| 15 | Write to the Letters page if something about the industry really winds you up . |
| 16 | The main difference is that the rates for the Low Country were proportionately higher in relation to the cattle population than to the human population , because there were more humans per cattle in the Low Country . |
| 17 | ( Note this is a net sources and uses statement ; a gross statement would add depreciation to the sources column and replace net investment with gross investment in the uses column . ) |
| 18 | Between the 14th day of September 1987 and the 8th day of January 1988 conspired together and with other persons to defraud such persons who had or might have had an interest in dealing in shares in Blue Arrow , or National Westminster Bank , or in dealing on the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index , namely : 2.1 By dishonestly concealing holdings of 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Blue Arrow ; 2.2 By falsely stating that all remaining shares not taken up in the rights issue by existing shareholders had been sold in the market ; 2.3 By falsely representing that 33,315,528 shares in Blue Arrow held by County NatWest Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.4 By falsely representing that 34,069,433 shares in Blue Arrow held by Phillips & Drew Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.5 By dealing off market with Union Bank of Switzerland in 28,201,743 shares in Blue Arrow when by reason of their connection with that company they were knowingly in possession of un-published price sensitive information ; 2.6 By creating a false instrument , namely a letter of indemnity dated 5 October 1987 from Nicholas Wells on behalf of County NatWest to Union Bank Of Switzerland ; 2.7 By engaging in a course of conduct which created a false or misleading impression as to the market in the shares of Blue Arrow for the purpose of creating such an impression and thereby influencing persons who might deal in those shares ; 2.8 By purchasing and retaining 2,150 Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index put option contracts to cover a risk of £51,500,000 whilst concealing from the market the true position in relation to the rights issue and the subsequent placing of shares in Blue Arrow , where Blue Arrow and National Westminster Bank were both component parts of that index . |
| 19 | ‘ The stock market has recognised this in its affirmative response to the rights issue and the share price now stands at 53p against the 38p that would have resulted if the market had simply absorbed the rights issue and stood still . ’ |
| 20 | At least we reached the summit before the weather slipped across the glen from Ben Lawers to get at us , and we thrilled to the views south and west , with the seductive moss-green hills still sporting small patches of snow . |
| 21 | It was next door to the Infants School but we had heard terrifying stories about life there . |
| 22 | She subscribed to the journals Poétique and Tel Quel so that she could be the first person on the Trumpington Road to know the latest thoughts of Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva . |
| 23 | The year-book is due to be ‘ published ’ this spring , so if you have not yet submitted your entry , please send it now to the Alumni Office or directly to Annette Chinnery at . |
| 24 | New regional chairman Neil McCrae , of Design Publications in Banbury , said : ‘ We want to see an end to the beer-and-skittles approach and arrange a series of events that will be relevant and attractive to professional communicators . |
| 25 | Benjamin Cotton replied to the Times advertisement and undertook to ‘ preserve the mahogany doors ( still in fine fettle ) , to turn the pantry and store room into a servants ’ hall , and the brew house and cart stable into loose boxes . ’ |
| 26 | The clitoris is the female equivalent of the penis and it has a glans clitoridis , which corresponds to the glans penis and is similarly well supplied with sensory nerves . |
| 27 | Definitions of Wilful Act are many and varied and in many cases of little benefit to the claims handler when considering invoking the exclusion to repudiate a claim . |
| 28 | A further 29 initially went to the Drugs Council because of some external pressure : in 15 cases the GP had stipulated counselling as a complement to medication ; five had court cases pending and thought that attendance at the Drugs Council would mean a lesser sentence ; five were pressurised by family members to seek counselling ; and four were advised to attend by their probation officer or social worker . |
| 29 | The amount of heroin reported to be used by 195 daily users known to the Drugs Council and 207 daily users known to the Detoxification Unit varied between one 5 ‘ bag ’ per day ( enough for a few ‘ hits ’ ) and 4 grams per day ( costing up to 240 ) . |
| 30 | Finally , up to one in five heroin users in treatment was regularly or occasionally injecting the drug-15 per cent of those known to the Drugs Council and 20 per cent of those known to the Detoxification Unit , compared to an overall figure of 12 per cent in the first survey . |