Example sentences of "[noun pl] thanks to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spurned lovers and ex-wives were nabbed making obscene calls thanks to a new high-tech tracing system . |
| 2 | Apollinaire describes Picasso 's method of work in this way : ‘ Using planes to render volumes , Picasso enumerates the different elements composing objects in such a complete and penetrating manner that they only assume the aspect of objects thanks to the spectators ’ efforts , who are of necessity aware of their simultaneity , precisely because of their arrangement . |
| 3 | Colchester only scored six points in the first set but held off the Nomads for more than 27 minutes thanks to solid defence . |
| 4 | Eight young couples are living in new homes thanks to a village 's own housing scheme . |
| 5 | LONG-STAY hospital patients in Ayr are to be given the opportunity of moving into small staffed community homes thanks to £2.6 million of bridging finance from the National Health Service . |
| 6 | THE multi-million pound horse racing business at Newmarket could be saved from huge losses thanks to this week 's Budget . |
| 7 | It played these roles thanks to impeccable photographic skills , including montage and front-projection . |
| 8 | The other was that although most Morgan companies prospered , so they should have : they were monopolies , or implicit cartels thanks to the cross-shareholdings . |
| 9 | Easy digs at Our Tune ( TM ) , roadshows , funny phone-characters and ‘ charidy ’ in general are effortlessly carried into sublime new areas thanks to H and P 's ‘ phenomenal ’ knack for Radiospeak . |
| 10 | Urban labour markets have spread more deeply into rural areas thanks to improved communications , but in recent years the increasing cost and decreasing availability and frequency of public transport have cancelled out many of the gains which rural workers might otherwise have enjoyed . |
| 11 | The bass possesses a surprising variety of tones thanks to those aforementioned pickup selection switches ; in the same cluster there 's also a ‘ tone ’ switch to allow the low end to dominate . |
| 12 | I reckon that at the very least , £1 million will be heading back into the game over the next 10 years thanks to the WRU 's shrewd deal in supplying Burton with 500 tickets for every Arms Park international , plus their cup final . |
| 13 | Led by lively frontman Steven Tyler , the band have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in recent years thanks to the mega-selling ‘ Pump ’ album of a few years back and several hit singles , including ‘ Rag Doll ’ , ‘ Love In An Elevator ’ , ‘ Janie 's Got A Gun ’ and ‘ Livin' On The Edge ’ . |
| 14 | Brian Clough 's men earned their second trip to Wembley this season and their sixth in the last four years thanks to Irishman Roy Keane 's stunning extra-time header on an afternoon of high drama at rain-soaked White Hart Lane . |
| 15 | Sir Nicholas Goodison , the group chairman , tried to soften the blow of continuing bad debt provisions by telling shareholders that there were finally some signs of economic recovery after three years thanks to the fall in interest rates and the value of sterling . |
| 16 | Hartlepool nuclear power station has produced over 395 million units of electricity in the last two weeks thanks to the continuous operation of both reactors . |
| 17 | This great expansion is to be explained by newly available resources — available in Lorraine because of the Thomas process , in Scandinavia because of railway-building — a fall in costs thanks to a better transport network , the development of integrated plants and improvements in fuel technology . |
| 18 | The company is saving millions of pounds thanks to the new SABRE — Sales Based Replenishment — system . |
| 19 | These areas continue to constitute the best option for lower-paid workers , not just because of the relatively low cost of the housing but also because they provide access to a large pool of appropriate jobs both in the central area and in the suburbs thanks to the essentially radial pattern of public transport facilities . |
| 20 | My breathing is still suffering difficulties thanks to the custard slice that bastard Proby thrust up my nostrils . |
| 21 | Last year CAUSE were able to assist nearly 100 families thanks to your generosity . |
| 22 | Sedgefield village green has two more trees thanks to the town council and the local WI . |
| 23 | Laura was able to have the life-saving £350,000 operation carried out by the Pittsburg surgeons thanks to the generosity of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia . |
| 24 | Boundaries Thanks to Councillor Fraser and the many residents who wrote letters of objections to the proposed boundary changes stretches of Lanark Road [ North ] , two houses in Wester Hailes Road , Muirend Avenue and Viewfield will remain within the Balerno/Baberton ward . |
| 25 | Boundaries Thanks to Councillor Fraser and the many residents who wrote letters of objections to the proposed boundary changes stretches of Lanark Road [ North ] , two houses in Wester Hailes Road , Muirend Avenue and Viewfield will remain within the Balerno/Baberton ward . |
| 26 | In-form Brentford gained their seventh win in eight games thanks to a 40th-minute strike from Joe Allon and an own-goal two minutes later from Derby 's Dutch full-back Richard Goulooze . |
| 27 | Lou Macari arrived with Stoke City , dominated the game and went away with the points thanks to a goal by Tony Ellis . |
| 28 | PUPILS at Distington Junior School in Cumbria have made a host of new , long-distance penpals thanks to their close links with Sellafield . |
| 29 | Police and car owners are beating the criminals thanks to a series of top-priority initiatives , Home Office figures revealed today . |
| 30 | Police and owners are beating the criminals thanks to a series of top priority initiatives , Home Office figures revealed today . |