Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 2 | Fabia watched as , dropping the dog lead on to a large kitchen table , the dark man addressed a few remarks to the woman who then went to a drawer and took from it a large tin box and brought it to him . |
| 3 | Do n't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others . |
| 4 | Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games . |
| 5 | Ah write a few letters to the hospital forty forty . |
| 6 | The curator of Edinburgh zoo has proposed adding a few specimens to the zoo collection . |
| 7 | A few visits to the seashore will indicate that there is a considerable variation in the height of the tide from week to week . |
| 8 | In origin the sculpture was dependent on the availability of excellent marble , both white and blue-grey , along the slopes of the Salbakos range ( modern Baba Dag ) , barely a few kilometres to the east of the city . |
| 9 | When Society members inspected the guard 's compartment , they discovered that the original vacuum gauge was still in place and that , apart from a few alterations to the window arrangements , the coach is essentially as built . |
| 10 | A few alterations to the design were made — Liz chose silk dupion in a pale peach colour instead of the satin of the original and built leg-of-mutton sleeves onto the sleeveless design . |
| 11 | Add a few mushrooms to the meat before baking under a pastry crust . |
| 12 | Towards evening the Collector gave the order for everyone who could be spared from the ramparts to assemble in the hall , he wanted to say a few words to the garrison . |
| 13 | I will conclude this chapter by considering a few objections to the account of authority suggested above which challenge its general orientation . |
| 14 | It was only a few yards to the water . |
| 15 | In one instance , a young pilot started a launch with another glider standing only a few yards to the side and just ahead of the take-off point . |
| 16 | His staff officers waited a few yards to the rear as the young man stared towards the enemy encampment . |
| 17 | In this context the loss of a few passengers to the Channel Tunnel is a relatively minor issue . |
| 18 | For theoretical reasons we will also add a few features to the language : multiple assignment , output guards in alternatives and divergent ( racing ) process . |
| 19 | Owing to the small size of St Peter 's Church/Newtown Register Office it is possible to ask only a few guests to the service . |
| 20 | The partnership of Müller and Völker dates back a few years to the Bayreuth Festival — we have extracts of their portrayals there of these roles in 1936 ( but studio-made ) on Telefunken ( available on a variety of labels on LP ) . |
| 21 | 1849 the women were moved to the manor house at Dalston , a few miles to the north , but the institution 's functions were subsumed in those of other bodies . |
| 22 | He remembered staring out from the nest site on a clear cold morning and seeing a line of grey-blue a few miles to the north which they said was the sea . |
| 23 | A few miles to the south east of New Mills , east of Hillesley , stands the lovely little mill at Kilcott . |
| 24 | Hermitage with its tiny church dozes beneath High Stoy from where Grace Melbury watched her erring husband ride away on one of his visits to Mrs Charmond , and , a few miles to the west , Melbury Bubb is tucked beneath Bubb Down Hill , seemingly oblivious to the outside world . |
| 25 | The tombs of Tuna- el-Gebel , the ancient necropolis of Hermopolis a few miles to the west , appeared to be drowning in desert . |
| 26 | Across the marches , a few miles to the north-east of Willoughby is Markby . |
| 27 | But if it is military evidences that you are pursuing , then I would leave Tarbes and go instead to the splendid castle of Montaner , a few miles to the north-west — not quite Pyrenean I will admit , but near enough and certainly good enough to be brought in here . |
| 28 | A few miles to the south-west of Beverley the Scots raised their standard on the beacon at Hunsley , which marks almost the southern end of the Wolds and looks out across the Humber to Lincolnshire and across the Vale of York towards Selby and Doncaster . |
| 29 | A few miles to the east of Cirencester is the pretty village of Ampney Crucis , the Ampney Brook flowing through its centre . |
| 30 | A refinery was built for the industry at Pumpherston , a few miles to the east , and opened in 1884 . |