Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun pl] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heron ( 1957 ) found that unilaterally presented words were better recognised from the right visual field but that with bilateral presentation there was an advantage of words to the left of fixation . |
| 2 | Although Rover had reported an operating profit of £27 million for 1987 , after years of heavy losses , covered by government handouts , the chances of privatising the company by an issue of shares to the public still seemed remote . |
| 3 | The Vatican is also lending an exhibition of manuscripts to the Library of Congress in Washington 8 January-30 April 1993 . |
| 4 | ‘ To constitute an appropriation of goods to the contract , the parties must have had , or be reasonably supposed to have had , an intention to attach the contract irrevocably to those goods . ’ |
| 5 | The Presbyterian , Daniel Williams , persuaded a meeting of London Dissenting ministers not to present an address of thanks to the King for the Indulgence , and argued that " it was better for them to be reduced to their former hardships , than declare for measures destructive of the liberties of their country " . |
| 6 | If the financial statements of an issuer of securities to the public fail to comply with an applicable accounting standard , the issuer and its directors will be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $NZ100,000 . |