Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | War-time restriction on milk-chocolate seemed to have given confectionery manufacturers a fanatical devotion to the stuff . |
| 2 | In large organizations a personal visit to meetings not directly under your control may be impractical . |
| 3 | Jane found animals a great prop to sanity . |
| 4 | ( 10 ) Where control ( ie 30 per cent or more ) of a company is acquired by a person or his concert parties a general offer to all other shareholders is required ( and this includes the situation where control is consolidated ) . |
| 5 | Heseltine had to find a subsidy to stop the coal revolt by Tory backbenchers a short-term subsidy to the coal industry . |
| 6 | Japan has not found the fluctuations of the yen against the dollar and European currencies a serious barrier to its ability to increase exports . |
| 7 | As James Flynn says , this was " in most important respects a faithful return to the statute of 1835 " , which sounds like a dubious compliment until one remembers that Nicholas I 's supposedly restrictive statute on universities actually preserved most of the enlightened principles of the statute of 1804 . |
| 8 | North said he would have offered the Iranians a free trip to Disneyland or a ride on the space shuttle ; George Cave , the interpreter , offered to send the Second Channel to Miami Beach . |
| 9 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 10 | Money matters a great deal to the elderly . |
| 11 | However , it would be useful to include in credit transactions a formal reminder to lender and customer that the decision to lend is not a matter of chance or prejudice , and ( as it generally does ) reflects the objective facts of the applicant 's ability and willingness to pay . |
| 12 | GRAMOPHONE has published a number of Rust 's discographical works , including British Dance Bands on Record , 1911–1945 ( in association with Sandy Forbes ) , and he was for many years a regular contributor to this magazine . |
| 13 | It would offer 26 places each morning and afternoon , saving some families a long trek to Corporation Road and even further afield . |
| 14 | It was to be topical and polemical , and among other things a direct challenge to Fathers and Children . |
| 15 | Ben and Mark Pretty , seems to have given those colonial chappies a good seeing to on their recent sojourn in Colorado , with numerous on-sight flashes of high grade routes . |
| 16 | Every piece displays the classic phases of preparation , crisis and denouement ; thanks to the skill of Campra 's poets a final return to the original tonality ( if not key ) is dramatically plausible as well as musically satisfying . |
| 17 | In Titus 3:5 the Holy Spirit is said to be the one who not only regenerates us , but who renews us ; and this work of renewal of our natures from within is stressed in Romans 12:2 ( as we present our bodies a living sacrifice to God ) and in Colossians 3:10 . |
| 18 | Whichever route is chosen , the tax relief currently available offers a tremendous incentive to investment . |
| 19 | If offers a clear choice to the electorate and it results in one party with a mandate from the people getting on with the job of governing . |
| 20 | In most tissues a major contribution to cell to cell adhesion is made by calcium dependent cell adhesion molecules known as cadherins . |
| 21 | From Glarus a canton shut in by mountains on three sides a circular return to Schwyz by train is possible , or by postbus to Altdorf or Fluelen via the Klausen Pass , the reverse of the route next to be described . |
| 22 | While the Beaux-Arts reflected both this new national conceit and the megalomania of American railroad companies , it also offered American architects a new means to self-assertion through the railway station . |
| 23 | In the right-hand path the proposition is that , far from continuously breaking new ground , most of the work that goes through design offices , etc. bears a strong relationship to that which has gone before . |
| 24 | — A new station at Manchester Airport will give York and Scarborough travellers a direct service to the terminal building from May 1993. — BR hopes to open a station at Yarm by the end of 1993 if talks with council officials yields local authority support towards the estimated cost of £500,000 . |
| 25 | A new station at Manchester Airport will give York and Scarborough travellers a direct service to the terminal building from May 1993 . |
| 26 | If the bench press is done on a decline , the emphasis is placed on the lower pectorals , giving men a strong outline to the lower chest , and women a muscular development which creates the impression of a larger bust . |
| 27 | The effect of the maxim is to add to most utterances a pragmatic inference to the effect that the statement presented is the strongest , or most informative , that can be made in the situation ; in many cases the implicatures can be glossed by adding only to the propositional content of the sentence , e.g. " Nigel has only fourteen children " , " the flag is only white " , " Harry only got a fine " . |
| 28 | It is simply the case that the party should be there while it intends to govern Northern Ireland and it should be exerting itself to offer the voters a real alternative to sectarian politics . |
| 29 | Above all , it must be a national curriculum that gives all our children a guaranteed entitlement to higher standards in education . |
| 30 | THE idea behind the Higher Force Challenge is to give young offenders a positive alternative to breaking the law . |