Example sentences of "[num] of the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's not here , ’ said one of the women to Dowd 's right , her face emaciated beneath a confection of dyed black hair . |
| 2 | Curing time nevertheless remains one of the barriers to composites ' mass production , even though , as Lotus 's Albert Adams is quick to point out , what comes out of a steel press is far from being a complete car body . |
| 3 | One of the keys to Ichthus ' growth has been the strong emphasis from the beginning on training . |
| 4 | Preparation is one of the keys to success . |
| 5 | There is not detailed remembering of the book , but even the full title , Primitive Culture : Researches into the Development of Mythology , Philosophy , Religion , Language , Art , and Custom , shows that Tylor 's conception of culture as all embracing is one of the keys to Eliot 's work . |
| 6 | Right yes I am keen on that because I think er one of the keys to growth in our business is to attract more people and to attract people you must tell them that we 're here and what we 're doing . |
| 7 | From long experience he knew that one of the roads to problem solving was to allow time for the sub-conscious mind to operate . |
| 8 | ‘ The deficit we face , and the borrowing requirement we have , is far too large , and it is one of the obstacles to recovery . ’ |
| 9 | He subsequently joined the merchant service , rising in due course to become commander of a transport vessel , in which capacity he accompanied one of the expeditions to Greenland led by Sir William Parry [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | A long time ago , Frankie had tried to give one of the worm-cakes to Rosie while Smallfry 's back was turned . |
| 11 | Werner poured two measures of scotch and handed one of the tumblers to Benin . |
| 12 | He had condemned one of the men to death — which one was for the future . |
| 13 | ‘ One of the safeguards to individuals against libel is the remedy by action ; and I can not conceive a proposition more dangerous than this , that because a company is incorporated they have no appeal to a court of justice if they are libelled . |
| 14 | ‘ One of the safeguards to individuals against libel is the remedy by action ; and I can not conceive a proposition more dangerous than this , that because a company is incorporated they have no appeal to a court of justice if they are libelled . |
| 15 | Give over one of the rooms to people . |
| 16 | ‘ Rejoicing in their newly found freedom from school discipline and with more surplus cash than they will ever again possess ’ , one of the contributors to Whitehouse 's Problems of Boy Life ( 1912 ) believed that youths were ‘ tempted to spend as little time at home as possible … the street , rather than the sleeping place , is the home of the average youth ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I think education is one of the solutions to homelessness , ’ she said . |
| 18 | It was clear that Hannah would not consider moving far from her native heath and after lengthy deliberations , settled on a cottage in Cotherstone which stands five miles away from Low Birk Hatt at one of the entrances to Baldersdale . |
| 19 | Amongst the challenges faced by P&O Distribution was the task of moving two giant bronze hands , weighing in at around five tonnes and valued at £50,000 safely through the heart of London to their resting place at one of the entrances to Chelsea Harbour . |
| 20 | We arrived at one which blocked one of the entrances to Debenham . |
| 21 | Biliary extracorporeal lithotripsy has been considered as one of the alternatives to surgery for the treatment of stones in the bile ducts and in the gall bladder in selected patients . |
| 22 | On Oct. 6 the court sentenced 11 of the men including the MTP leader , Roberto Felicetti , and two of the women to life imprisonment for murder , wounding , robbery and rebellion , with the possibility of release after 25 years for good behaviour ; the remaining seven , including the priest , Fr Juan Antonio Puigjane , an MTP leader who had not participated in the actual attack , were sentenced to terms of between 10 and 20 years ' imprisonment for complicity . |
| 23 | Tatum , who has always followed her husband on the tennis circuit , last week stayed in New York while McEnroe took two of the children to Fort Worth , Texas , for the Davis Cup tournament . |
| 24 | DEC claims 250 Alpha PCs are already with independent software vendors and hopes to get more than 1,000 of the machines to developers by June 30 . |
| 25 | DEC claims 250 Alpha PCs are already with independent software vendors and hopes to get more than 1,000 of the machines to developers by June 30 . |