Example sentences of "[adj] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts were made to sell the PC-5 to the USAAC , but they showed no interest , due to the use of strategic materials . |
| 2 | Augustine 's world had still contained blocks refractory to the light of the gospel . |
| 3 | The church was built in 1876 to the designs of Henry Woodyer ( 1816–96 ) , an accomplished church architect who designed many ecclesiastical buildings , a large number of which are located in Surrey . |
| 4 | ‘ They are unsociable to the quality of life we enjoy within our village . |
| 5 | He deserves most of the credit for the Welsh Intermediate Education Act of 1889 ; and from 1895 to the end of his life he was president of the University College at Aberystwyth , to which he regularly contributed £1,000 a year . |
| 6 | It is rather unexpectedly glutinous and flabby to the touch — all-in-all rather unpleasant , if it were not for the splash of vivid yellow it gives to an otherwise sombre winter hedgerow . |
| 7 | ‘ Say no word of this to the household at present . |
| 8 | Opening an area such as this to the public means just that , and together with genuine walkers and climbers arrive the wild flower pickers , the egg stealers and the litter louts . |
| 9 | When I put this to the operators there was an astonished silence . |
| 10 | He did not feed this to the eagles but sat and ate it himself , and spent more time staring into the deserted depths of Minch 's cage than any other . |
| 11 | Er the second reason that we would suggest this to the panel is that it is actually er used by OPCAS , the three year average is used by OPCAS rather than an eight year average . |
| 12 | He attributes this to the rise of the modern office , mass literacy , the recruitment of growing numbers of clerical workers from manual backgrounds , and the increasing employment of female labour in these jobs . |
| 13 | ‘ I shall return this to the Immigration Department . |
| 14 | Sew this to the back of your knitting . |
| 15 | Additionally , of course , where a seller is aware of any infringement ( and , to be prudent , any allegation or potential for an allegation of infringement ) he should give specific notice of this to the buyer , either in the clause , or separately . |
| 16 | Compare this to the golfer in diagram B. He has not taken such a positive approach to the same tee-shot , and has failed to stand behind the ball-to-target line before addressing the ball . |
| 17 | On the death of Queen Mary in 1694 , a sermon was preached noting how rare it was to find courage and heroism in a woman and relating this to the modesty and selfless nature of the late queen , in abasing herself before her husband . |
| 18 | He showed this to the porter who watched over the entrance turnstile , and Diane produced her staff ticket . |
| 19 | Chairman , if I may add this add this to the outline application , indicating that that 's to the rear of the site , the Mayor |
| 20 | ‘ You did n't think to mention this to the detective who questioned you ? ’ |
| 21 | Ernest had an eye for detail , and Undertown displays this to the hilt . |
| 22 | I should be grateful if you would put this to the Women 's Institute and let me know by 14th January if you are able to send a representative to the meeting . |
| 23 | Add this to the illness of Hun Sen , the only member of the Cambodian regime who appears willing to risk his future to give peace a chance , and Cambodian peace looks a long way off . |
| 24 | The relevance of this to the concerns of a chapter on land lies in the way in which location and style are the core of much of the development process . |
| 25 | The government attributes this to the improvements in efficiency achieved during the course of the country 's intensive reactor building programme . |
| 26 | You can use a submersible pump , which you 're using for a fountain or cascade to empty most of the water , but only do this to the level of the pump intake — then it 's a matter of bailing out with a bucket . |
| 27 | In such circumstances the punishment may be unjustified , and if it is , the parent should be able to admit this to the child and be able to apologise later when the tension is lessened . |
| 28 | When police investigations began to point towards the culprits , they addressed a petition to King George VI appealing for the stone 's formal return to Scotland , and fastened this to the door of St Giles 's cathedral in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | Now what is God saying to me through this passage ? … and you find yourself ruminating on the things you are anxious about , and you start to relate this to the person you are . |
| 30 | Far better leave this to the experts . |