Example sentences of "by [noun prp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , given the importance attached by Williamson to efficiency , there is no clear treatment of the tradeoffs that might be necessary between short-term and long-term efficiency . |
| 2 | The 80,000,000 yen in bribes was part of a total of more than 500,000,000 yen allegedly given by Kyowa to Abe , some of which appeared to have found its way directly into the coffers of the Miyazawa faction without having been registered under the political funds control law . |
| 3 | Only the patience of FIFA last night prevented an indefinite worldwide ban being imposed on him at midnight because of transfer monies still owed by Sevilla to Napoli . |
| 4 | Franz Dornseiff — a German scholar who proved his courage and independence in difficult times — tried hard to persuade us that it was in fact authentic Greek poetry of the sixth century B.C. He also tried to show that a long description of the Jews attributed by Photius to Hecataeus of Miletus was really composed by this late sixth-century writer , and not ( as is generally admitted ) by the younger Hecataeus of Abdera who lived after Alexander . |
| 5 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 6 | The opposition Social Democrats even urge the recall of the 18 elderly Alpha jets already sent by Germany to Turkey , and demand a Gulf ceasefire . |
| 7 | Two other records of grants of land in Kent by Offa to Archbishop Jaenberht , dated 774 ( CS 213 : S 110 ; CS 214 , 215 : S 111 ) , are of doubtful authenticity . |
| 8 | A grant of land by Offa to St Augustine 's , Canterbury ( CS 207 : S 140 ) , for which the date 772 has been proposed , could , even if genuine , be much later . |
| 9 | It must be stressed that if the record of a lease of land by Offa to Oswald , bishop of the South Saxons , in 772 ( CS 208 : S 108 ) is what Stenton called it — a ‘ patent forgery ’ — there is no evidence for Offa 's presence as a dominant factor in South Saxon affairs until the late 780s . |
| 10 | The Pakistan team lines up ‘ like some firing-squad ’ after the umpires decided that a ‘ catch ’ offered by Gower to Inzamam ( left ) off Waqar Younis had not carried to the fielder at second slip |
| 11 | In public statements on the crisis , US leaders frequently praised the Turkish government 's commitment , notably on the occasion of a visit by Baker to Ankara on Aug. 8 . |
| 12 | Visit by Baker to Damascus |
| 13 | On June 3 the rivalry between the two men culminated with a challenge by Keating to Hawkes ' leadership . |
| 14 | The report dated 27th June , 1857 , was forwarded by Buckler to Hall , who said he did not receive it until the following Monday evening , 29th June . |
| 15 | RECENT RESPONSES BY CPRW TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS |
| 16 | RECENT RESPONSES BY CPRW TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS |
| 17 | In this instance , however , Irvine believed , " the case is quite inverted " , for " the King himself is charged with all the Faults of Government , and … punished for them " , and his ministers " not only suffered to escape Punishment , but … highly preferr 'd and rewarded " — a reference , in particular , to the favour shown by William to James 's former chief advisor , the second Earl of Sunderland . |
| 18 | Between these two extremes , Cahiers 59 , 60 of Charpentier 's autograph Meslanges ( thought by Hitchcock to date from the early 1690s ) include several works which employ both 3/2 and 3/2 in void notation ( for example , Notus in Judaea , H206 , Domine Deus salutis meae , H207 , and the Messe … pour M. Mauroy , H6 ) ( see illus.1 ) . |
| 19 | As payment for this help Sisenand promised a gold dish , weighing five hundred pounds , which had been given by Aëtius to king Thorismund in the fifth century . |
| 20 | Following an official visit by Jaruzelski to Moscow , the Polish Foreign Ministry announced on April 17 , 1990 , that the 1965 Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance with the Soviet Union would be renegotiated , and by removing communist elements of the document , the review would replace ideological obligation by normal state-to-state relations . |
| 21 | The Soviet leadership chose an official visit by Brezhnev to New Delhi in December 1980 to proclaim a set of principles to neutralise and demilitarise the Persian Gulf . |
| 22 | The bulk of this short book consists of transcriptions of letters sent by Giardini to Leone while the latter was scouring Italy for suitable singers . |
| 23 | Visit by Anand to Japan and USA |
| 24 | Scrambled away by Hill to Jochim . |
| 25 | The bow was the pre-eminent weapon given by Jibrail to Adam in Paradise . |
| 26 | [ For visit by Salinas to Spain in July 1989 see p. 37079 . ] |
| 27 | Consequently , it was possible for them ( but not for Christians , because they rejected pantheism ) to speak of a world-soul that could measure time , and this was , in fact , the answer given by Plotinus to Aristotle 's question . |
| 28 | Butler intriguingly proposes the mass items as a keyboard pendant to the B minor Missa sent by Bach to August III of Saxony in July 1733 . |
| 29 | Ealdorman Torhtmund , a loyal servant of Aethelred , who slew Ealdred in vengeance for his lord in 799 , was warmly recommended by Alcuin to Charlemagne in 801 when he visited the Frankish court . |
| 30 | Visit by Vellayati to Iraq |