Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently , the boundaries of the areas of land are described and these refer to topographical features which can sometimes still be found in the landscape . |
| 2 | In turn , the new monarchs tried to build up an economically prosperous bourgeoisie to increase tax revenues and to prevent any reversion to feudal conflicts which would fragment the nation — state . |
| 3 | They did not convey the threat which Mr Smith posed to average earners trying to become higher earners , and to low earners who relied on higher earners for work . |
| 4 | There were an unprecedented number of vacancies following the Revolution , and many of the new appointments went to Low Churchmen who tended to be Whig in sympathy . |
| 5 | A first interim order may last up to eight weeks which corresponds with the usual period allowed for investigation under s37 ( s38(4) ) . |
| 6 | He said and I told you he said six to eight weeks he said . |
| 7 | ( This might sound bizarre , but it is a good way of learning to tune in to subtle energies which we normally ignore . ) |
| 8 | This is , in a sense , a reversal of the more familiar organisational response which gave rise to multi-disciplinary teams themselves — change the structure and fit staff into it . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , there is sometimes resistance among staff on inpatient units to admitting patients who may not be suffering from psychiatric illness , but who for a brief period of time need to hand over responsibility for their well-being to the inpatient clinical team . |
| 10 | ‘ I tend to listen to odd things they do but not in any depth . |
| 11 | Thus , the news values and news judgements which determine the content of the media not only direct our thinking to specific areas which the media define as ‘ important ’ but , conversely , direct our thinking away from other ‘ unimportant ’ areas . |
| 12 | The historical value of their origin legend is open to question ; a national migration from the Baltic is unlikely , but the story may have been built out of traditions relating to specific groups which had played a part in the formation of the Gothic nation at various stages in its history . |
| 13 | At the end of this chapter there is a list entitled ‘ Decision Areas of Marriage ’ , to jog your memory as to specific expectations you may have . |
| 14 | What that clearly involves ( Table I.5 ) is first , a relatively stable total proportion over statutory retirement-pension age , but second , a substantial increase in the number and proportion of that retirement-age population which is over 85 , and a decrease in the number and proportion of 65 to 74 year-olds who are now often described as ‘ the young elderly ’ . |
| 15 | A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds which smother less competitive , more attractive plants . |
| 16 | In elections for the Gaza Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 4 nationalists who backed the Madrid conference won 13 of the 16 seats , unexpectedly leaving only three to Islamic groups who had rejected the conference . |
| 17 | A communiqué issued after the meeting said that delegates had declared Iraq to be a " democratic federal country " , and had agreed on a federal structure based on wilayats or provinces , reportedly as a gesture to Islamic parties which had insisted on Arab-Islamic nomenclature . |
| 18 | Although the ledger solution , where available , is fine , for many small to medium-sized businesses it 's obviously not the best option within an organisation that is already using a variety of ledgers . |
| 19 | And I do believe , because this region 's economy has a broader spread , that it will be the small- to medium-sized companies which will lead to economic recovery ’ . |
| 20 | There he suggests that the extant megalithic monuments are preferentially located in areas underlain by older rock ( without acknowledging that such monuments over younger rock in the south and east Britain might have been destroyed by later development ) , and close to geological faults which he believes cause a luminous aerial phenomenon , sometimes called a UFO ! |
| 21 | Twelve-week-old poodle pups , with hair and ear mites , sold directly to , or even worse , given as presents to frail OAPs who were given no idea of the amount of care the dogs ' ears will need every two or three weeks for the rest of their 16 year lives ? |
| 22 | As the House knows , we have long believed that the Community should be open to European countries who want to join and can take on the responsibilities of membership . |
| 23 | The British media market is considered attractive to European groups whose own domestic expansion is hampered by national cross-ownership rules . |
| 24 | To European eyes it may seem that in summer their cities and beauty spots are overrun by Daughters of the Revolution in trainers and beige macks , but most Americans take their holidays in America . |
| 25 | These were still available to twentieth-century American popular music , as analogous genres were to Bartók and Janáček ; but further , they could then become available also to European workers whose own cultural traditions had been much more nearly shattered and who could , by plugging into still vital transatlantic networks , renew or restart aspects appropriate to potential class-cultural formations . |
| 26 | That fact is of great fascination to Labour Members whose view of Winston Churchill might otherwise be differently coloured . |
| 27 | Is that not in stark contrast to Labour Members who trade on the squalor and misery of people who are not housed ? |
| 28 | Those words are significant , even to Labour Members who want to open their mouths and close their ears . |
| 29 | One alternative to rub-down transfers which is preferred by many designers is the use of crepe-paper tapes . |
| 30 | The doses given to pregnant women which caused the effect were extremely small . |