Example sentences of "and [noun sg] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school is acknowledged as providing equal access and entitlement to a rich and varied curriculum . |
| 2 | In pure white it adds a freshness , cleanliness and unity to a white kitchen that brightens every day . |
| 3 | However , by simply being Mr Decent , ie by not declaring a desire to eliminate his opponents , or referring to expressions of social concern as ‘ drooling and drivelling ’ and people who care as ‘ moaning minnies ’ , John Major had put down a slender but steady plank for enough people to cross from a public culture of concern and responsibility to a private preference for Conservative government . |
| 4 | In subjects carrying the various gene combinations estimated enzyme activity showed a remarkably good correlation with previously determined measures of biochemical severity ( diagnostic phenylalanine concentrations , phenylalanine tolerance during treatment , and response to a standard protein load ) . |
| 5 | Certain individual psychosocial characteristics will affect the interpretation of and response to a given event . |
| 6 | If the resorts brought fashion and income to a small part of Sussex they were partly instrumental in the steady opening-up of the county to outside influences . |
| 7 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 8 | According to the sealed document sent in return for my cheque , the club has pledged that part of the pitch known as H24/V72 which consists of one square yard and subsoil to a maximum depth of two inches . |
| 9 | Individual and covert arrangements offer help and guidance to a favoured minority in overcoming a range of obstacles which nevertheless are faced by all . |
| 10 | It is n't necessary to tell you that the West Riding owes its position in the vanguard of educational thinking and practice to a few people , of whom Basil was one of the most distinguished , and the work he has done will still go on . |
| 11 | Gravitational collapse releases energy ; and collapse to a single , dimensionless point releases an infinite amount of it . |
| 12 | Most outdoor pursuits are available and cater for all ages and abilities — from a gentle riverside stroll and picnic to a long distance hike , climbing and caving , fishing for trout and salmon , bird watching and falconry , canoeing , horseriding and mountain biking . |
| 13 | They went back through the dining-room and lobby to a small office where Mrs Foster , who was far more elderly than Charity would have imagined , invited them in . |
| 14 | Is it lawful to refer questions of fact and law to a third party to determine in a non-judicial fashion ? |
| 15 | Often the vendors and the purchasers each appoint a firm of chartered accountants to act for them in determining the relevant amount and reference to a third accountant occurs only if the two firms can not agree on that amount . |
| 16 | The engineering work will consider a number of production and transportation options including tie-back to Marathon 's South Brae facility and tie-back to a floating production unit . |
| 17 | Comparisons with those who do not report homesickness will provide a basis for understanding differences in attitude and adjustment to a new environment . |
| 18 | She was connected by kinship and marriage to a wide range of aristocratic , artistic , and literary circles ; one sister married Gerald Balfour ( later second Earl Balfour ) , brother of the future prime minister , and another married the architect ( Sir ) Edwin Lutyens [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | A local newspaper in Sussex recently published a reader 's letter complaining that Darwin 's evolution theory is still taught in schools and colleges instead of creation , despite ‘ scientific evidence limiting the age of the Earth and Universe to a few thousand years ’ . |
| 20 | In the case of a contested offer , suspension is impracticable and disclosure to a restricted number of sub-underwriters immediately before the announcement is permitted provided they are warned of the confidential nature of the information . |
| 21 | Quiet holding notes and fairly stationary filling-in parts constitute the main part of the duty of the horns , as any score will show , but we shall see later on that they are also very useful in doubling other instruments when it is desired to give ‘ body ’ and prominence to a broad melodic line in the tenor register . |
| 22 | Breton and Wintrobe also question the assumptions about legislative behaviour and point to a further complication likely to arise from the recommendation to introduce competition into government administration . |
| 23 | ‘ Providing quality value and service to a value-conscious consumer will enable us to maintain our position as market leader . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I believe our concentration on providing quality value and service to a value-conscious customer , ’ said Johnson . |
| 25 | In the meantime , we have the capacity to bring coherence and organisation to a whole range of activities , further consolidating the institutional linkage between the people in the occupied state and the PLO leadership . |
| 26 | The system comprises a floor standing tower of vector parallel processors that work with a Fujitsu flat-bed scanner and output to a personal computer or departmental minicomputer . |
| 27 | On the elimination of Conaty in Stage V a high proportion of his votes was transferable which helped SDLP substantially and Alliance to a lesser extent . |
| 28 | When they 'd first re-entered the apartment the place had been crawling with a crowd of men who were mending the air-conditioning , installing a computer and modem to a fresh telephone line , and plugging in the dreaded fax machine . |
| 29 | All that work is positive and in the interests of all our members a slow and measured approach are coming together by general consent , building trust and commitment to a new big union . |
| 30 | Scotland 's only native dairy cow , this graceful breed is noted for its balanced , well-attached udder , excellent milking capacity ( UK average milk yield 5,000–6,000kg at 3.9 per cent butterfat ) and adaptability to a wide range of climates . |