Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taxes Act 1988 , s678 deals with the situation where capital sums are paid by a connected company to the settlor and where there have been associated payments made by the trustees to that company . |
| 2 | He gave a moody farewell to the scene which ‘ left many of our kilted heroes on the field cold and stiff ’ . |
| 3 | They were just about to move away when a big estate car eased out of a space in front of them and Stuart 's Mum parked with a grateful wave to the driver . |
| 4 | All titles , all baubles to be inherited , purchased or corruptly obtained , none needing the effort of virtue or the talent of merit , all the gift of a grateful country to a ruling body which ground its larger numbers into the dust . |
| 5 | In addition , there were over ten deaf children resulting from deaf intermarriages , and only two or three from a marriage of a deaf person to a hearing person — this being a deaf mother married to a hearing man , and the deaf mother 's father was also deaf . |
| 6 | Luv to all down there in the Eternal City and be assured I turn a deaf ear to the rumours that it is a cesspit . |
| 7 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |
| 8 | On these occasions the Chairman is wise to turn a deaf ear to the interruption . |
| 9 | How could people turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the horrors that they suffered ? |
| 10 | And the Westminster North constituency of Stormont Law and Order Minister Sir John Wheeler is among those which turned a deaf ear to the fund-raising targets set by party chiefs . |
| 11 | The solid bulk of the nation was as dedicated as ever to the war , phlegmatic and unquestioning , turning a closed mind and a deaf ear to the tales men brought back from Verdun , in much the same way as when , to the succeeding generation , rumours began to filter out from the concentration camps . |
| 12 | Bugey is one of those lost corners of France , a hilly region to the north-east of Lyon , around the town of Bellay , whose only claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of the French gastronome , Brillat-Savarin . |
| 13 | a sensitive conversion of a historic barn to a private home |
| 14 | In a historic speech to the European Parliament the Queen said there were insignificant differences between Westminster and Europe . |
| 15 | Jiang Zemin , general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) , paid a historic visit to the Soviet Union on May 15-19 for talks with his Soviet counterpart , President Gorbachev . |
| 16 | There was a wing-backed chair to the left of the fireplace and she pointed Wycliffe to it . |
| 17 | The beautiful foliage with leathery texture , adds a pleasant contrast to the tank flora . |
| 18 | But there were trees on the islands which filled with sunlight in the morning and made a pleasant contrast to the concrete and bars of so much of the Zoo . |
| 19 | Fortunately it has some generous holds on the lip and a powerful pull gained rock of a much saner angle and a pleasant amble to the cliff top . |
| 20 | Rose at six dressed hastily got some breakfast and had a pleasant row to the island . |
| 21 | The lake is frozen and provides a pleasant path to the back of the cwm . |
| 22 | It was a pleasant end to a crap night , footie-wise . |
| 23 | The last pitch is a pleasant romp to the source of the feeder spring . |
| 24 | The figure of the child surrounded by the warmth and comfort of the lap of the ‘ big woman ’ is a memory of things past and provides a rich contrast to the earliest works in the exhibition . |
| 25 | ‘ Anna Karenina ’ has other plots which introduce the story of Anna , her husband and lover and provides a rich contrast to the events involving these three parties . |
| 26 | Their pelmets , white and gold , were a rich memorial to a grandmother . |
| 27 | Paul Merson is playing with a maturity which augers well for a rich future to an England career that started so well in Czechoslovakia last month . |
| 28 | He lifted a pacifying hand to the Sergeant and barked at the rifleman . |
| 29 | She held up a pacifying hand to the affronted CO . |
| 30 | ‘ This is my window , ’ she added and tossed a haughty look to the rest of the room as if to say , ‘ Are foreigners as stupid as shit , or what ? ’ |