Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bhutto refused the Army 's demands , which some PPP politicians claimed would amount to an undeclared resort to martial law . |
| 2 | We have an understandable aversion to bodily cessation . |
| 3 | It has performed an outstanding service to local government and to local and national taxpayers by seeking to get more from each pound that is spent in public service . |
| 4 | Unless of course the chaps in the secure wing of Rampton Psychiatric Hospital have at least decided that the old boy is an outstanding danger to modern life and pumped him full of Largactil . |
| 5 | Consequently we frequently have an emotional response to this question , ‘ How does it affect me ? ’ . |
| 6 | They guessed it was an emotional response to another womb death ; though , heaven knew , they would hardly have wanted a child , in their mid-forties , even if Charsky 's infertility could be miraculously cured . |
| 7 | Mowbray is set for an emotional return to Ayresome Park when Celtic provide the opposition for his testimonial match on Sunday , July 26 . |
| 8 | The second prejudice against dissection was held by religious people who took in a literal sense the resurrection of the body , and had an emotional commitment to this doctrine , even if intellect told them that an incomplete body could be no bar to the miracle of rising from the grave with the sounding of the last trump . |
| 9 | Hearmon 's ( 1961 ) book gives an admirable introduction to anisotropic elasticity , while rubber elasticity is treated from the practical point of view in Treloar 91975 ) . |
| 10 | Therefore share prices adjust instantaneously and in an unbiased manner to any piece of new information released to the market . |
| 11 | In a speech before the ballot , Mr Kovac — whose career includes a stint as an economic adviser to Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the 1960s — said he was in favour of ‘ socially-oriented ’ market policies . |
| 12 | Few pilots are in this game for the glory or so — called glamour , but because we are inextricably dedicated to the sport of aerobatics , and we have an insatiable desire to one day bring home a Gold , Silver or even a Bronze . |
| 13 | The survey of exfoliated cells in stool samples for mutated DNA or tumour cell products , or both , should theoretically provide an alterative approach to periodic colonscopy which would be more acceptable to both patient and clinician . |
| 14 | Man-made fibres are also hard wearing , have an improved resilience to hard wear and are now anti-static . |
| 15 | The tenant 's adviser would do well to include an express provision to that effect . |
| 16 | Where there is an express agreement to such effect there is little difficulty . |
| 17 | Equally , a partner can not be expelled by the other partners unless there is an express agreement to this effect in the partnership contract . |
| 18 | In an eve-of-summit letter to fellow Government leaders , the Prime Minister — pressed on all sides by opposition to his plans — warned : ‘ We share a determination to reach agreement . |
| 19 | Each young male was likely to adopt songs from his territorial neighbours by imitation , in an analogous way to human language . |
| 20 | Villa and United , of course , are currently involved in a three way battle with Norwich in an exciting climax to this season 's Premier League Championship . |
| 21 | The communism of the early Church is also an interesting contrast to Marxist egalitarianism . |
| 22 | Overhanging branches and tree trunks create an interesting backdrop to this autumn scene . |
| 23 | The Byatt Report , Accounting for Economic Costs and Changing Prices ( 1986 ) , has added an interesting twist to this argument . |
| 24 | An interesting sideline to Scottish litigation is how many English creditors do n't take their Scottish debtors to court . |
| 25 | An interesting introduction to this area can be found in A.G. Davey 's article ‘ Giving Parents a Voice in Multicultural Education ’ . |
| 26 | High fidelity simulation is an interesting challenge to technological design . |
| 27 | Audio cassettes are an interesting alternative to endless reading . |
| 28 | The argument , expressed in various ways by these three doughty politicians , is that when Labour 's morning press conference raised the constitutional issues , especially PR , and appeared to hold out an olive branch to Liberal Democrat voters , the Labour message became blurred . |
| 29 | This should not reduce the usefulness of the reference , since the prime function of a citation is that of referring an interested reader to another work rather than that of publicly applauding the contribution of individual authors . |
| 30 | The concern with personal well-being is not , as we have said before , an individualistic alternative to practical action , but its sine qua non . |