Example sentences of "to a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turn now to a reinterpretation of Keynes ' economics which emphasises the disequilibrium aspects of the analysis . |
| 2 | This Trumping of the souvenir market goes back to a boyhood in Portsmouth and a hobby of collecting shells and making creatures out of them . |
| 3 | On the day Nicol fitted in as to the manor born , his electrifying pace very much in evidence , notably in a touchline burst that almost led to a try by Gavin Hastings and in a scorching bit of cover to save a certain try by a scything tackle on Jeremy Guscott : ‘ That first cap game was an amazing experience . |
| 4 | Their refusal owes something to a distaste for addiction in itself . |
| 5 | The US is threatening to add South Korea to a blacklist of countries where illegal copying of software is deemed to be widespread : penalty tariffs would be levied on imports . |
| 6 | A Model to Link Personality Characteristics to a Preference for Science |
| 7 | Moreover , an inconclusive rule might well lead to a preference for uncertainty , if that can be positively exploited . |
| 8 | Cook published books and pamphlets of advice to women travellers which contained every detail of suitable dress — even to a preference for button , rather than elastic-sided boots , which made ankles swell on lengthy tours of museums , cathedrals and ruins . |
| 9 | He began to cry in earnest , abandoning himself to a storm of weeping , sobbing against his folded arms . |
| 10 | He pointed to Huayna Picchu ; he pointed to a chisel of rock . |
| 11 | New evidence from the Middle East suggests that it may not be so simply explained , while a recently published account of a biologist 's view of the myths embedded in Genesis lends some colourful support to a broadening of outlook . |
| 12 | If you find galls on garden weeds you can use a trowel to transfer the plant to a pot of soil . |
| 13 | Then back to a pot of tea |
| 14 | The mobility anomaly is the largest for ×= 5 , corresponding to a separation of motifs by odd multiples of half a helical turn . |
| 15 | In the past few years Broderick has been faced with a similar , if less epic problem : simply how to grow up on screen , how to graduate from the early ‘ smart kid ’ roles in War Games and Ferris Bueller 's Day Off which have so far intended to resort to a tour of duty in a Vietnam movie or wearing a false moustache in a cop drama to prove their ‘ maturity ’ as actors . |
| 16 | An invisible barrier put up between different departments in a financial organisation , preventing them from discussing matters which could give rise to a conflict of interest . |
| 17 | Indeed Bob Arum , the promoter , who put it all down to a conflict of styles , recently dismissed his ranked middleweight Michael Nunn for such a negative performance . |
| 18 | Always stay calm and do not allow others to drag you in to a conflict of personalities . |
| 19 | Game-theoretic considerations point to a conflict between collective and individual rationality . |
| 20 | It should be possible to take breaches of agreements before the International Court of Justice or , when they amount to a threat to peace , before the Security Council . |
| 21 | By the early 1790s the argument was conducted in an atmosphere in which projects for reform were presented by their enemies as tantamount to a threat to stability and the preservation of civilised life in Britain . |
| 22 | If deterrence really is the name of the game , then , so it would seem , the missiles that NATO already deploys in submarines add up to a threat to soviet cities and centres of industry that is more than sufficient . |
| 23 | Therefore , people who suffer from intellectual impairment may be unable to acquire adequate knowledge and to respond quickly and appropriately to a threat to safety . |
| 24 | The same would apply to a threat of violence . |
| 25 | It was also claimed that Mr Deans had been responsible for the non-payment of police bills which had led to a threat of police cover being withdrawn for home matches . |
| 26 | Thus , at the undergraduate level , the College offers a joint honours degree in conjunction with the University College leading to the Bachelor of Librarianship of the University of Wales , whilst suitably qualified librarians may undertake advanced study or research at the College , leading to a Master of Librarianship degree of the University or Fellowship of the Library Association . |
| 27 | He had never been to a theatre in London , but he knew now , after the performance she had given a few minutes ago , that Mother Bombie was the greatest actress in the world . |
| 28 | My employer was referring , I realized , to a pair of gypsies gathering unwanted iron who had passed by earlier making their customary calls . |
| 29 | Subjects are given a particular word — let us say the word lead — and then they listen to a pair of sentences and press a button as soon as they hear the target word . |
| 30 | In the car park between the Questura and the prison Palottino had taken a break from polishing the Alfetta to chat to a pair of patrolmen . |