Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spreading : The name given to the effect whereby an increase in exposure causes a subject to be seen as larger . |
| 2 | The alternative is to say that assimilation causes a phoneme to be realised by a different allophone ; this would mean that , in the case of and , the phoneme of ‘ good ’ has velar and bilabial allophones . |
| 3 | Exposure of the small intestine to cow 's milk antigens causes a lesion to the gut mucosa and increases its permeability , permitting the entry of antigens through the impaired host barrier . |
| 4 | FRAME causes a rectangle to be drawn around the map . |
| 5 | The Duke of Gloucester , President , British Consultants Bureau , tomorrow accompanies a mission to Portugal . |
| 6 | The latest in Kingfisheries ' video series covers a trip to a number of Thailand fish farms . |
| 7 | The nurses made approximately 41 visits a day to clients with leg ulcers . |
| 8 | Although it may seem that the establishment of a foreign subsidiary exposes a firm to many of the risks which licensing minimises , a venture of this kind may offer the greatest potential . |
| 9 | It is a tradition which emphasises a commitment to the working class as a section of society which should be the object of positive discrimination so that they can avail themselves of educational resources and opportunities . |
| 10 | Beyond the west end of Kirk Lane lies a path to Livingston Mill , open to the public for displays of farm life . |
| 11 | In a churchyard at Bilston in Staffordshire stands a memorial to a mother and her two infant children , who all died within a period of three weeks in the winter of 1847 ; they are described as ‘ all victims to the neglect of sanitary regulations specially referred to in a recent lecture on Health in this town . ’ |
| 12 | Take time to look at the corner of the Hospital wall where stands a memorial to King Edward VII surmounted by a bronze of St. George and the Dragon by the eminent sculptor Sir George Frampton . |
| 13 | On the village green stands a memorial to the poet . |
| 14 | About 30 miles south of Nashville , in the small town of Smyrna , Tennessee , stands a reply to that description . |
| 15 | High on the Borassus Palm escarpments of Komodo stands a cross to Baron Von Reding Biberegg who died here in 1974 . |
| 16 | ‘ Clues ’ is Van Morrisonesque , ‘ The Strange Museum ’ owes a bit to ‘ Ai n't No Sunshine ’ , ‘ Uh Huh Oh Yes ’ is very like ‘ Are ‘ Friends ’ Electric ? ’ by Soul Brother Number One Gary Numan . |
| 17 | It could be that Mr Major owes a debt to the pollsters for his victory . |
| 18 | However , there is still some truth in the statement because he believes he owes a debt to them and his East European culture . |
| 19 | Try Mary Love 's delicious ‘ You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet ’ , Lowell Fulsom 's ridiculous ‘ My Aching Back ’ ( poor Lowell is as good a lover as any younger man , he moans in pain ) and the Brilliant Corners ' ‘ Three Lonely Guys ’ , a record that owes a fiver to Sam Cooke 's ‘ Another Saturday Night ’ . |
| 20 | The way he interprets it owes a lot to the work of the late Ivon Hitchens , who used a similar technique , with broad swirls and patches of paint , and little attention to details . |
| 21 | Also on offer is a hefty helping of class — the 200 's interior design owes a lot to its big sister , the 800 , and even shares its wood trimmings . |
| 22 | You 're right : the world owes a lot to ‘ clear American leadership ’ for keeping the peace in Europe and Asia ( ‘ All over bar the shooting ’ , December 15th ) . |
| 23 | This feeling owes a lot to all the novels and films and to actual practice with condemned men being ‘ granted their last wish before they die ’ , but it is also a strong expression of trying to anticipate impending loss . |
| 24 | The club 's success owes a lot to the chess tradition of Queen Mary School , Walsall , which has supplied three of their first team . |
| 25 | Mr Charsley 's prose owes a lot to the Open University — what one might call bearded functionality or poly-correct . |
| 26 | Both solos are played in a mild , ‘ find yer head ’ style and tone that owes a lot to '60s rhythm and blues . |
| 27 | He maintains that Argentina owes a lot to South African rugby . |
| 28 | Psychology 's definition of its object , the human subject , as rational and autonomous , owes a lot to other sciences ' concepts of their objects . |
| 29 | My career , for all its pitfalls , owes a lot to his example , to his unwavering belief and encouragement during some very difficult times . |
| 30 | It was held that a manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him , with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |