Example sentences of "[noun] to [pos pn] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What sort of a day have you had ? ’ she asked him lightly , and spent the first course and half of the second in hearing how he did n't think he was giving so much concentration to his job as he should just lately . |
| 2 | The charming compliment implied by the phrase ‘ funny man ’ was enough to give an extra spring to my wrist as I dunked my toast soldier into my Sunday morning boiled egg . |
| 3 | It is hoped that more attention will be paid in the future to their potential as counsellors in this new , demanding but fascinating field , and adequate resources provided for their training and practice . |
| 4 | Now that he was away from his father , he could give full rein to his imagination as to what Gareth Davis was doing at Thorsbury . |
| 5 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 6 | Although clearly designed to the specifications laid down by Ceauşescu so that it would be a suitable monument to his glory as well as a home and office for the remainder of his working life , the colossal building was always officially described as the Civic Centre . |
| 7 | The posts stuck into the rock to your right as you ascend are markers for winter to stop people going off the edge ; they also double as abseil posts for a quick escape route . |
| 8 | ‘ Catherine ! ’ said Mr Edgar to his wife as he entered . |
| 9 | There were n't any wolf-whistles but the sudden silence that greeted her appearance in the archway brought a rueful tilt to her lips as she gently raised her eyebrows until her eyes met the disconcerted ones of the team manager . |
| 10 | Historians who bring as much enjoyment and illumination to their readers as Trevor-Roper can still conjure up in his essays deserve the historical profession 's thanks as well as its envy . |
| 11 | Reference to our theory as outlined in an earlier section of this chapter would suggest that the next most important item to be isolated in an account is the set of rules regarded as operative in each distinct situation . |
| 12 | All around them benches were quickly filling with ladies in silk gowns , giggling and chattering , who clutched velvet cushions to their bosoms as they simpered past the young men eyeing them . |
| 13 | Mockery glittered his dark eyes and there was a cruel twist to his mouth as he grazed the key to the apartment across her full , expectant lips . |
| 14 | At the time of his First Quartet , composed in 1938 , he was already an experienced and respected composer with five symphonies to his credit as well as much music for stage and film . |
| 15 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 16 | The French have brought many advantages to our country as you no doubt have already seen . " |
| 17 | It is not until we broach such questions as , What is meant when a speaker sets an adjective in juxtaposition to its noun as opposed to linking it indirectly via a form of the verb to be ? that we can start to give a full and proper account of syntax . |
| 18 | Those involved are attempting to come to grips with the injustices , the inequalities and the prejudices of a political system in which the practice of representative democracy appears to have little relevance to their plight as they battle against the social and economic problems briefly outlined above . |
| 19 | All around the conference centre , the message was the same from all but the largely isolated activists of the hard-left : differences on the detail of Neil Kinnock 's policy review took second place to its status as Labour 's only route-map to political power . |
| 20 | She blames her mother for this and sees it as a sign of inferiority , thus experiencing penis envy and transfers her affections to her father as he has the penis she wants . |
| 21 | They have as much right to their lives as we have to ours . |
| 22 | However , if a people sacrifices all strangers to the sun , because it will burn out unless nourished by human blood , it would be unduly humble to think that they have as much right to their opinion as we have . |
| 23 | We have a right to our opinions as well , you know . ’ |
| 24 | In addition , we will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your motor cycle to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after repair to your address as shown on the schedule . |
| 25 | In addition , we will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your caravan to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after repair to your address as shown on the schedule . |
| 26 | We will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your car to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after the repair to your address as shown in the schedule . |
| 27 | We will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your car to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after the repair to your address as shown in the schedule . |
| 28 | We will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your car to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after the repair to your address as shown in the schedule . |
| 29 | Factory owners added chimneys and extra workshops to their factories as they replaced water power by steam power . |
| 30 | There was a lot more professionalism to his jumping as , travelling strongly throughout , the top weight only had to be shaken up after the last to beat previous winner Wellknown Character two and a half lengths . |