Example sentences of "and [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His many honours included the award of the MC in 1917 and election to fellowship of the Royal Society in 1931 . |
| 2 | And in winter , hundreds and thousands of these continental birds stream south and west to winter in Britain and Ireland alongside our breeding population . |
| 3 | Exceptional durability and resistance to yellowing is promised by the combination of lightfast pigments and a highly advanced acrylic emulsion . |
| 4 | After that it 's a question of technique — some fishermen are jigglers , others believe in stillness , patience , and resistance to cold . |
| 5 | Silver and gold are rare and were prized for their monetary value , appearance and resistance to corrosion . |
| 6 | For implantable devices the toxicity of the materials , immunogenicity , thrombogenicity and resistance to biodegradation are extremely important . |
| 7 | Modern drill steels are made from a very tough and resilient steel , more often than not with integral tungsten-carbide inserts — that metal being noted for its durability and resistance to abrasion . |
| 8 | Fibre blends can improve carpet performance ; a mixture of 80% wool and 20% nylon is particularly popular for providing a good combination of warmth , resilience , wear , low flammability and resistance to soiling . |
| 9 | Kuwaiti response and resistance to invasion |
| 10 | On the one hand ( see page 31 ) reasoning with children , and helping them recognize others ' feelings , facilitates the development of conscience and resistance to temptation . |
| 11 | The Left had discovered that more was being expected of them than tolerance , but while the PRG had succeeded in setting an agenda based on fear , hatred and ignorance , Positive Images failed to popularize our own agenda of equality , choice and resistance to oppression . |
| 12 | Pentland Crown accounts for only two per cent of the commercial market , but is still popular with gardeners because of its hardiness and resistance to disease . |
| 13 | There is little doubt that this particular development was motivated largely by the wish to restore something of the vigour and resistance to disease of the older types to modern colours and shapes . |
| 14 | Vitamin A is necessary for healthy vision and resistance to infection , and a good intake reduces the risk of cancer . |
| 15 | Deficiency can affect mood , energy level , skin quality , and resistance to infection . |
| 16 | It is not certain how important this is but it might influence mood , hormone function , and resistance to infection . |
| 17 | Law supported the offer to Asquith , and it was logical for him to do so ; a government bent on post-war reconstruct on and resistance to Labour would be strengthened by Asquith 's presence . |
| 18 | His opposition and resistance to war as a means of solving problems is total and yet his adherence to the principle of ahi sā does not mean a failure to recognize that there might be situations of moral dilemma in which different moral considerations apply for different people . |
| 19 | The targets of these attacks , beatings , kidnappings and murders have been trade unionists , peasants ( especially those involved in campaigns for land redistribution and resistance to recruitment into civil defence patrols ) and Indians who have given themselves up to the army and been taken to resettlement areas after years of living in hiding in the mountains . |
| 20 | Strength , resistance to strain and resistance to damage-in-use were increased by factors of 10 and more . |
| 21 | It is all very well for us to say that we must ensure that prisoners are properly employed , but when the unemployment figures increase every month in the east midlands , there is resentment and resistance to prison inmates engaging in meaningful work as such work would probably take away jobs outside the prison . |
| 22 | The lengthy test programme involved laboratory testing and exposure to sea climate . |
| 23 | For instance the relatively frequent clauses stipulating rest periods from VDU operation , which were signed with the overt aim of minimising eyestrain and exposure to VDU physical hazards , will have the effect of enforcing at least some degree of job rotation between work at and away from terminals . |
| 24 | Apart from heat , there are two other main zeroing mechanisms : crystal formation and exposure to sunlight . |
| 25 | Like all of Rice 's vampires , he desperately wants the little human pleasures denied to immortals : food and drink , sex and exposure to daylight . |
| 26 | A second study found a link between two forms of adult cancer , chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and brain cancer , and exposure to power lines . |
| 27 | Another study has shown a positive association between gastric cancer and exposure to coal dust in those miners who smoked . |
| 28 | G00D news in the areas of environmental discharges and exposure to radiation is announced in BNFL 's annual Health Safety and Environmental Report for 1991 which is published this month . |
| 29 | DEC has also taken a booth at this week 's SunWorld expo in San Francisco to make an aggressive bid to entice SunOS applications and user to Alpha . |
| 30 | By John Roman Baker , comprising Crying Celibate Tears , The Ice Pick and Freedom to Party , these award-winning plays explore man 's relation to man in a time of crisis , where the war against the HIV virus is at is fiercest . |