Example sentences of "to the [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the scene of the attack police found a plastic bag holding the pint of milk and four sausages he had bought for his tea — and some of the breadcrumbs he scattered to the birds each day . |
| 2 | There are no unanimously agreed LAN standards , but if you want computers from different vendors to talk to one another , the chances are they can be hooked together , thanks to the efforts both of netware vendors and of the hardware manufacturers to make their products more ‘ open ’ . |
| 3 | To the geologists this was ideal territory — a solid chunk of Caledonian Granite into which they planned to sink over twenty-five deep boreholes to assess the substrata . |
| 4 | Anyway , I took four samples of the drinking water which I will take to the races this evening . ’ |
| 5 | According to the respondents all the disputes were resolved by an oral agreement which was concluded on 6 May 1988 whereby the first two respondents agreed to pay $100,000 to the petitioner and $50,000 to Omnicorp and it was agreed by all parties that the legal proceedings and threatened litigation with regard to all matters in dispute would be abandoned . |
| 6 | Why , after all , should the Germans derive any satisfaction from the task of giving to the victors that which they themselves had worked so hard to build up ? |
| 7 | With every visit to the scales another three or four pounds had vanished . |
| 8 | It may look like an old garden shed , but according to the owners this is a historic building . |
| 9 | Quite rightly , professionals are struggling to understand the pressures of caring , and their sympathy for carers can make them ignore or misread signs of abuse , or even to interpret abuse as a response to the difficulties some elderly people present . |
| 10 | I have been talking to the whites many years about the lands in question , and it is strange they can not understand me ; the country they claim belonged to my father , and when he died it was given to me and my people , and I will not leave it until I am compelled to . |
| 11 | He continues , ‘ Of all atmospheres those inclining to the yellow and the green are the most unhappy ; and the most grateful to the feelings those of a grey somewhat inclined to purple ; but a reddish purple hue is not only unpleasant in nature , but ought to be studiously avoided in a picture . ’ |
| 12 | He 's some foreigner thing , but they were saying they do n't allow them to talk to the customers that 's it , you do n't talk false stop , no hows , whys or whatever , you do n't talk |
| 13 | The farsighted and Strong minded PRO will not give in to such pressures and will try to explain the pitfalls of such a course to the powers that be . |
| 14 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 15 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 16 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 17 | Is n't this comment just a little unfair to the players such as Zina Garrison , Katerina Maleeva , Pam Shriver and Natalia Zvereva ? |
| 18 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 19 | The wintry weather can take its toll on the face because it is the only part of the body exposed to the elements all the time . |
| 20 | So while there is much to support er we do none the less Mr Deputy Speaker , need to draw attention to the Conservatives half heartedness in one particular area and that is registration and the registration of voters . |
| 21 | The Home Secretary is in my opinion entitled and bound to reach his own tariff decision , after having regard both to the judges ' tariff and to the factors such as public confidence in the administration of justice which Lord Scarman mentioned . |
| 22 | Real collectors returned to the salerooms this spring , pushing sale totals at Sotheby 's and Christie 's Impressionist and Modern paintings sales ( 11–14 May ) to a respectable $138.8 million ( £76 million ) ( on expectations of $160 million ) , paring the overall bought-in rate to 14% by lot , and convincing many that the art market has hit bottom and is heading back up . |
| 23 | One thousand police would be posted to the suburbs that summer and 12 more " houses of justice " would be built as centres for dispute settlement and advisory services . |
| 24 | In Western Australia it is an offence to cultivate blackberries in your garden , and it is also your duty as a citizen to report to the authorities any sightings of sparrows or starlings . |
| 25 | 5.12.1 Not to commit in relation to the Premises any breach of planning control ( such term to be construed in the way in which it is used in the Planning Acts ) |
| 26 | 7.7.4 not to store or bring onto the Premises any article substance or liquid of a specifically combustible inflammable or explosive nature and to comply with the requirements and recommendations of the fire authority [ and the [ reasonable ] requirements of the Landlord ] as to fire precautions relating to the Premises Some tenants sell inflammable or what may be considered to be otherwise dangerous substances in the normal course of their business . |
| 27 | No wonder kids do n't go to the movies any more . |
| 28 | But to the positivists these similarities were purely superficial , since in both cases there was an underlying assumption that was totally unacceptable to them : free will . |
| 29 | We are invited to be open to the choices each of them represents . |
| 30 | Despite these limitations , Linda Cullen is at ease with her characters and their tale , without avoiding the fact that there are no easy solutions to the problems both women face . |