Example sentences of "to [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government ‘ committed ’ to solicitors ' legal rights |
| 2 | All kinds of hand tools , ranging from picks , mattocks and shovels down to builders ' pointing trowels and even teaspoons and paintbrushes , are used . |
| 3 | THE board of Barclays , Britain 's biggest clearing bank , yesterday announced the first moves towards appointing an outside chief executive in a clear response to shareholders ' recent criticism of existing top management . |
| 4 | Referring to Deakins ' recent links with a buying group with members in France , Mr Hunt commented : ‘ This is a marvellous example of Welsh enterprise at work , taking full advantage of the opportunities presented by the single European market . ’ |
| 5 | CONFERENCE OVER , the assembled hordes , Euro-dizzy on Euro-beer , are returned to the coaches and taken to Brussels ' big tourist attraction , a model village of Europe with landmarks from the 12 member states in miniature . |
| 6 | The route takes an impressive line on the over-handing lower section of the East Buttress and is a worthy addition to Berzins ' growing collection of hard routes on Lakeland mountain crags over the past 18 months . |
| 7 | If the proportion of straightforward deliveries showed little variation with the location of the items requested , the proportion of deliveries to readers ' reserve shelves showed considerable variation depending on the origin of the items issued . |
| 8 | It was common especially with labouring poets to make an appeal to readers ' charitable instincts ; therefore , it was necessary to present the author as one of the deserving poor . |
| 9 | Send your entries ( being sure to include your name and address ) to Readers ' Original Gardening Tips , BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine , 20–26 Brunswick Place , London N1 6DJ . |
| 10 | Send your entries ( being sure to include your name and address ) to Readers ' Original Gardening Tips , BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine , 20–26 Brunswick Place , London N1 6JD . |
| 11 | Course work may take a variety of forms including practical and investigational work ; tasks should be appropriate to candidates ' individual levels of ability . |
| 12 | Numbers are of course too small to draw any conclusion from this finding ; what is clear is that the action project made no evident difference to clients ' cognitive impairment . |
| 13 | These Student Disks may contain general exercises based on common language learning needs or may be customized according to 's identified market sector needs and/or according to clients ' particular syllabus or domain . |
| 14 | – Some have to do with the child 's temperament ; others relate to parents ' physical and emotional resources and , of course , their methods of discipline ( or lack of them ! ) . |
| 15 | The Government also disclosed that the present method of assessing parental contributions according to parents ' residual income , after tax and mortgage payments , is to be retained for the time being . |
| 16 | From there he made frequent visits to Jefferies ' Coate Farm and Reservoir , to well-off Townsend cousins in Clifton , and to the neighbouring Downs . |
| 17 | From the results obtained , it is clear that , in addition to visitors ' general interest in the exhibitions and their content ( either because they dealt with topics already of concern to the viewers , or because of their Scottish , or , indeed , local connexions ) , there were a number of features with particularly appealed , including the informative nature of the exhibitions , the layout and presentation of the exhibits , the presentation of original documents , and the presence of photographs and artefacts . |
| 18 | Auditors will be able to comply with the Cadbury recommendation that they report on directors ' statements with regard to companies ' internal controls but only if there is clear guidance for both sides on a number of scope , technical and reporting issues , an analysis by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales concluded . |
| 19 | Most had been subject to companies ' general cost-cutting exercises and are now smaller in number and size than formerly . |
| 20 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |
| 21 | In addition , as developing , nations attempt to market their raw materials or commodities on a global and ‘ just in time ’ basis , they will need to resort to SeaDocs ' like systems . |
| 22 | According to Rawls ' seminal work ( Rawls , 1972 ) , inequality should only be tolerated if the least well off are advantaged . |
| 23 | During the opening ceremony Governor Hunt paid special tribute to Courtaulds ' long association with Alabama — it has been making viscose rayon there for 40 years — presenting a ‘ birthday ’ proclamation to David Duthie , head of the company 's Cellulosics business . |
| 24 | AT&T Federal Systems has signed a systems integration teaming agreement with MIPS which includes Bell Labs porting a MIPS SVR4 ABI-compatible version of B1-rated System V/Multi-Level Secure Unix to MIPS ' new R4000 workstations and servers . |
| 25 | Changes to banks ' bad-debt provisions ; lower taxes on futures dealings ; abolition of stamp duty on share dealings |
| 26 | Inside , the pretty cushions and curtains , exposed beams , inglenook fireplace , log burners and freshly cut flowers ( beautifully arranged by a friend ) contribute to Whittles ' delightful ‘ cottagey ’ atmosphere . |
| 27 | Identify ‘ problems ’ for study according to learners ' current ward allocation . |
| 28 | The Fouga , designed as a primary jet trainer , was and still is a very good machine for introducing pilots gently to jets ' special characteristics — while giving them lots of fun too . |
| 29 | His position will be general manager , retail , reporting direct to Dymocks ' managing director Ken Terry . |
| 30 | The recent shortage at auction of outstanding examples of Victorian painting is put down to vendors ' unfounded fears that prices for even the best must have suffered . |