Example sentences of "[adv prt] to modern " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the purpose of these ivory carvings remains a matter for discussion , it is evident that Upper Palaeolithic man began the custom of using ivory as a medium for animal and human sculpture which has lasted down to modern times . |
| 2 | Where they survived as currency down to modern times , as they did in west Africa and locally in south-east Asia , it was only as small change . |
| 3 | I realized also with a jolt that the dancers were wearing a motley of costumes representing centuries of brief encounters with the West — from seventeenth-century Portuguese ruffles round their throats , down to modern trainers on their feet . |
| 4 | The history of Chinese culture , from the Neolithic period through to modern China , is presented thematically , through rituals for ancestor worship , technology , calligraphy , ceramics for tea and wine , Buddhist images , and goods made for foreign trade . |
| 5 | She was not alone , of course , in making the unwarranted assumption that an unruly Scots noble was in some way a fundamentally different and far more dangerous animal than an unruly French , or English , one ; generations of historians , up to modern times , have seriously distorted the history of Scotland by taking exactly that view . |
| 6 | When , in 1972 , a proposal was made to demolish them and to sell the site for redevelopment , strong local opposition arose , as a result of which the almshouses were entirely renovated and the interiors brought up to modern standards . |
| 7 | From Poolewe , a narrow road follows the coast to the headland west of Loch Ewe but is of interest only to the few residents alongside it , and visitors invariably continue on the A.832 to Gairloch , this road also having been brought up to modern standards . |
| 8 | The tour set for twelve to eighteen months starting in summer 1993 and sales of a catalogue with colour reproductions of Barnes works , are expected to bring in funds for renovating the foundation 's gallery building and bringing its operations up to modern standards . |
| 9 | The battle between graziers and agriculturists continued up to modern times , but in less dramatic wrangles between village councils , which preferred cultivators , and the larger owners who favoured the more reliable rents of the cattle and sheep men . |
| 10 | In neither form of action could the plaintiff be sure of recovering his goods in specie since the judgment in trespass was for damages and in detinue gave the defendant the option of giving up the goods or paying damages but it is unlikely that this was considered a defect and it should be noted that the remedy of specific restitution of chattels has remained unusual right up to modern times . |
| 11 | All others should be brought up to modern standards using the principle that the polluter pays . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , flaws in the procedures introduced by the Government to bring Interim Development Orders up to modern standards were highlighted in the case of Carmel Woods near Llandeilo . |
| 13 | This means adopting a firm but rational strategy that enables unacceptable old permissions to be extinguished without compensation , while those that are potentially acceptable are quickly brought up to modern standards , also without compensation . |
| 14 | This would build on the very positive package of measures contained in the 1991 Planning an Compensation Act designed to bring Interim Development Order permissions up to modern environmental standards . |
| 15 | In carrying out the review proposed in paragraph 10 above , MPAs will clearly have to distinguish between permissions that need improving to bring them up to modern standards , and those that are/would damage designated sites , important water resources etc . |
| 16 | This means adopting a firm but rational strategy that enables unacceptable old permissions to be extinguished without compensation , while those that are potentially acceptable are quickly brought up to modern standards , also without compensation . |
| 17 | And er some of the schemes have been criticized but it was a blessing in a way that we got them done when we did and er we were able to house a lot of people out there and release ground in the centre of the town to be redeveloped and er brought up to modern standards . |
| 18 | And so it went on and the town today has er practically been either reconstructed , the centre has been reconstructed or the older buildings have been brought up to modern standards . |
| 19 | There was continued expenditure on health and safety items as part of our ongoing programme to keep the maltings up to modern high standards . |
| 20 | REDCAR : Liberal Democrat Chris Abbott is shocked by figures which show Langbaurgh Council needs to spend £60m to bring its housing stock up to modern standards . |
| 21 | Northallerton Health Authority wants to close the hospital , which caters for people with learning difficulties and handicaps , because it says it is not up to modern standards and is isolated . |
| 22 | Developing countries in the Far East , that use much less plastic than the developed world , have cottoned on to modern waste management schemes very quickly . |