Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] of [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , that looks an impractical kind of position to us in the United States , but what 's always puzzled me is how you English do n't seem to share the view of the French . |
| 2 | Again there is an extensive body of experience to be drawn upon . |
| 3 | Perhaps for this reason the law in several areas of censorship has for many years remained quietly in the background , yet with an extensive array of legislation to be respected and always at its disposal . |
| 4 | ‘ Neil has brought an awful lot of success to this club , and that must count for something , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Well , we 've had an awful lot of damage to the church . |
| 6 | We still get an , er quite a few calls where fireworks have been pushed through letter boxes , in including pillar boxes , and they can cause all sorts of havoc although they 'll not do an awful lot of damage to individuals . |
| 7 | You may not think the end result worth it , but there are an awful lot of balls to be kept in the air and some fairly nasty consequences if any should accidentally hit the ground . |
| 8 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid this storm is going to cause an awful amount of damage to the plantation below . ’ |
| 10 | A 14-page communiqué issued at the end of the two-day conference expressed " deep dismay " over France 's continued nuclear testing in French Polynesia , and stated the Forum 's intention to consider an expanded programme of opposition to the tests , although no specific action was outlined . |
| 11 | His visit was the first by an Israeli head of government to Bulgaria , and followed the restoration of diplomatic links in May 1990 [ see p. 37749 ] . |
| 12 | In one case of mine , eventually settled for £300,000 , the master ordered an interim payment of £125,000 to be paid in two instalments , the first of £75,000 to enable the plaintiff to buy a suitable bungalow and install a nurse , so that she could come out of hospital , and the second of £50,000 to ensure that nursing could continue to trial . |
| 13 | MR ASHDOWN blamed his party 's disappointing showing on an 11th-hour migration of voters to the Tories , which he said demonstrated the long-term ‘ unelectability ’ of Labour . |
| 14 | MR ASHDOWN blamed his party 's disappointing showing on an 11th-hour migration of voters to the Tories , which he said demonstrated the long-term ‘ unelectability ’ of Labour . |
| 15 | A deep black dado below the white walls surrounds the room in order to provide an enhanced sense of perspective to those who see only a blur and have to find their way using very little visual data . |
| 16 | The loan to a director is an interest-free loan of £14,000 to Mr E D Johnson , the sales director , to assist in the purchase of his house . |
| 17 | Elsewhere , the enthusiasm for protecting everything ‘ natural ’ is too often misplaced and can lead to unnecessary confusion in the minds of a large population of consumers who actually owe their lives , their health and an enviable standard of nutrition to the responsible use of pesticides , medicines , preservatives and other ‘ artificial ’ chemicals . |
| 18 | An interesting donation of £10 to the building of the school was from George Hudson the railway king , who was constructing the Hull to Bridlington line at the time . |
| 19 | The tie-up could send a chill through Bill Gates since it gives Novell an interesting point of entry to the enterprise . |
| 20 | The tie-up could send a chill through Bill Gates since it gives Novell an interesting point of entry to the enterprise . |
| 21 | Brennan and Schwartz ( 1986 ) demonstrate this by an interesting application of option-pricing to the valuation of a mine . |
| 22 | This will introduce an unfamiliar note of responsibility to the lending policy of institutions even more loony than our own . |
| 23 | This book of 100 pages consisted of an edited summary of answers to a questionnaire which the two editors had sent out not only to missionaries but also to Buddhist laymen and government officials . |
| 24 | There was an unmistakable touch of sadness to his voice when Hills revealed : ‘ So much time to make up , so many games missed . |
| 25 | First , products must not emit excessive levels of radiation ; and second , products must have an adequate level of immunity to interference . |
| 26 | Richard Botwood and his excellent team continued their cost-containment programme ( but still of course working to provide the value-for-money service members look for ) , so that we finished the year with an acceptable surplus of £35,231 to be used for the benefit of CIT members and transport in general . |
| 27 | Compaq Computer Corp says that the restructuring of its field and reseller support operations in the US to increase interaction with its broadened customer base and provide enhanced support to its resellers ( CI No 2,148 ) , will cost about 150 field employees their jobs , but the loss will be partially offset by an as-yet-undetermined number of employees to be hired at the company 's Houston headquarters as part of the reorganisation ; the 150 to go are the last of the 1,000 jobs that it said it planned to cut in October . |
| 28 | The granting of an individual right of petition to the European Commission and Court of Human Rights permitted individuals complaining of breach of the protection of civil rights in the Convention to go to these institutions if they failed to obtain redress through the UK courts . |
| 29 | Citizens of the United Kingdom do , however , have an individual right of access to the European enforcement agencies whether Her Majesty 's government likes it or not , so long that is , and only so long as that government continues to accede to the Convention and the jurisdiction of the machinery which it establishes . |
| 30 | He is also concerned with evaluating the seminars he runs — both the ‘ staff lunches ’ and afternoon seminars — so that there is an on-going assessment which contributes to an overall sense of commitment to the task . |