Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun] to the " in BNC.

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1 In making a payment of interest to the lender and a contribution to a life assurance company , the debt remains constant and the borrower is offered the prospect of a maturing policy that will not only repay the mortgage but also provide a lump sum .
2 They therefore represent a variety of approaches to the same god .
3 The intention is that this theme should be approached in a number of ways , involving a variety of approaches to the photographic medium and the exhibition will also include archive material from the collection of Summerlee and other sources .
4 The rapid growth of private charity in these years also gave rise to institutions demonstrating a variety of approaches to the palliation of poverty .
5 After these relatively brief accounts of a variety of approaches to the study of consumption as a social phenomenon , one particular perspective demands more substantial resumé and analysis .
6 The intention is that this theme should be approached in a number of ways , involving a variety of approaches to the photographic medium and the exhibition will also include archive material from the collection of Summerlee and other sources .
7 It offered , I was told , ‘ a variety of approaches to the more inclusive aspects of speculative enquiry into the natural order . ’
8 The final section of the book , " Form and function " , contains a variety of approaches to the problem of the switch from description to interpretation in the analysis of texts .
9 People from different backgrounds , different eras and with different levels of education will inevitably respond in a variety of ways to the same texts .
10 The pre-eminent virtue attached to jade contributed in a variety of ways to the smooth working of the kind of hierarchical society reflected in the works of Confucius ( 551–479 B.C. ) .
11 There were in fact a variety of entrances to the grandparental role .
12 This was a possibility with the Travelling Workshops Experiment which published a number of learning packages in various subject disciplines that included a variety of guides to the literature and guides to individual reference tools .
13 Accordingly , there are a variety of exceptions to the standard crossing rule .
14 I 'd been taking a bucket of slack to the washhouse where all the women were gathered gossiping .
15 The dragon-lady 's in a sober tizzy , eh ? , because they tried to give a bucket of beer to the horse .
16 Anne was there , representing his family , and his Dad , his spirits lifted by his recent turn for the better , sent a cable of congratulations to the groom and a mash note to the bride .
17 The ‘ core ’ of this unit has sometimes been seen as a ‘ golden triangle ’ based on Paris , London and Hamburg , whose prosperity was a function of accessibility to the rest of Europe .
18 It could be a case of Back To The Futon for Springsteen at this rate .
19 Yet however we may judge deviation , whether negatively or positively , being a social outsider is very much a case of non-conformity to the norms and regularities of discourse structure .
20 Movement seemed to bring a bit of life to the woman , who regarded Jenna with rather sad eyes as she came forward uneasily .
21 This added a bit of life to the Leeds attack .
22 This adds a bit of fun to the proceedings , but the same questions crop up repetitively , so its quite easy to cheat by remembering the answers after playing for only a short time .
23 To add a bit of spice to the proceedings a sketchy transition had been tacked on one end of the ramp and that was the main focus of attention , especially in the grown-ups group .
24 Got nice sort of archway here to give a sort of a bit of interest to the erm the bri the stonework behind him .
25 People with his sort of skills willing to give a bit of time to the Church are in rather short supply . ’
26 Many birds add a bit of greenery to the nest , usually at the stage when the nesting pair are settling in and during incubation .
27 On 17 September 1991 Rose J. granted him leave to apply for judicial review and directed that a preliminary issue be determined whether the High Court has any jurisdiction to hear an application for judicial review of a decision of visitors to the Inns of Court .
28 You probably go with a gang of friends to the same chalet every February .
29 After consensus has been reached , MITI issues a report recommending a course of action to the industry …
30 For the authors , the semantic net had been so important that to see node-link-node triples before each paragraph provided a kind of unity to the document .
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