Example sentences of "[adj] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These mathematical concepts are obviously rather well suited to represent the physical idea of superposition , which involves adding a bit of this to a bit of that . |
| 2 | But what substance makes him produce answers such as this to a question about extending unemployment benefits : ‘ If a frog had wings , he would n't hit his tail on the ground — too hypothetical . ’ |
| 3 | It helps if you can fix this to a clipboard for your survey . |
| 4 | Mason weighed in at 17st 103 4 lb for Biggs , heavier by 10lb than ever before , and attributes this to a groin injury sustained when turning out in a charity football match . |
| 5 | ‘ Was there any kind of crisis that brought this to a head ? |
| 6 | The matter has not become an issue until now but it has been the intention to involve FWAG in SAC work for the Central Scotland Countryside Trust that has brought this to a head . |
| 7 | However , to say this to a country which is only just beginning to enjoy the benefits of industrialisation is not easy . |
| 8 | They found that , while the main relationship is contemporaneous , the returns on the S&P500 and MMI futures lead those on the underlying index by about five minutes , and attribute this to a price discovery role for index futures . |
| 9 | A man can teach another man that a red light means " stop " ; a man can teach this to a chimpanzee ; a chimpanzee can not teach this to a man , and one chimpanzee can not teach this to another.4 |
| 10 | ‘ Dr Bissett , I hate to say this to a government employee , but … private enterprise round here is on its knees for skilled and qualified people … ’ |
| 11 | A man can teach another man that a red light means " stop " ; a man can teach this to a chimpanzee ; a chimpanzee can not teach this to a man , and one chimpanzee can not teach this to another.4 |
| 12 | To do something as cruel as this to a member of your own family can not be something a fair and just woman would do . |
| 13 | The surface will initially be scraped by a small bulldozer , and the volunteers will then bring in the foundations , consisting of highway planings , on dumpers , and lay this to a depth of about 8 inches . |
| 14 | From a spy to a slimy toad and from this to a serpent Satan moves , crawling on his belly in the dust rather than standing upright in a pool of fire . |
| 15 | He reduced this to a quarter and set the glass down on the wooden table with a clatter . |
| 16 | So Xionics does not get involved in selling its computer network , which it calls Xinet ; instead it has handed responsibility for this to a distributor . |
| 17 | Can I move that we mo go to , I 'll put this to a vote then , those in favour of the recommendation from budget review please show and the against that 's carried . |
| 18 | ( The seller will generally try to restrict this to a warranty of specifically identified information : the acquirer will want a warranty of all information but not if the consequence is that all information is to be treated as a disclosure ) . |
| 19 | Why it should suddenly be important to prove this to a number of people that she had n't even met , she did n't stop to question , and she firmly suppressed a naggingly persistent image of Tom Russell and Marise Wyspianski last Saturday all dressed up for the annual Christmas ball given by the Coronation Hospital board . |
| 20 | He revealed this to a group of Irish journalists who were visiting the Zionist Terror State . |
| 21 | Each circuit can feed up to 12 lighting points , but in practice it is wise to restrict this to a maximum of eight , to allow for some to contain more than one bulb . |
| 22 | I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years . |
| 23 | Roll out half of this to a 20cm ( 8inch ) round to fit the top of the cake . |
| 24 | If you wish to give small amounts regularly , e.g. monthly , you could accumulate the money in a separate account and then convert this to a gift to ACET every time the amount reaches £600 . |
| 25 | Follow this to a stile which you cross . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd wear this to a meeting at Radio One — it 's rare for me to look very smart but to be taken seriously you really do have to dress seriously ’ |
| 27 | It 's ridiculous telling all this to a philosopher . |
| 28 | Minton bought him a motorbike and he was travelling on this to a match with the All Blacks when he had an accident . |
| 29 | Observation of historical states is affected by the limitations of the database , and we can liken this to a situation in which the object is viewed from a distance . |
| 30 | Compare this to a putting address position in still conditions where the ball would be opposite to the left heel and the body not so much over the ball ( photo above ) . |