Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the outstanding debt which excludes mortgages has seen a three-fold increase to £40 billion . |
| 2 | And the outstanding debt which excludes mortgages has seen a three-fold increase to £40 billion . |
| 3 | House extension : Mr Ross , of Bryan Close , Hurworth , has applied to Darlington Borough Council for permission to build a single-storey extension to his house . |
| 4 | Taxes Act 1988 , s678 deals with the situation where capital sums are paid by a connected company to the settlor and where there have been associated payments made by the trustees to that company . |
| 5 | He gave a moody farewell to the scene which ‘ left many of our kilted heroes on the field cold and stiff ’ . |
| 6 | They were just about to move away when a big estate car eased out of a space in front of them and Stuart 's Mum parked with a grateful wave to the driver . |
| 7 | All titles , all baubles to be inherited , purchased or corruptly obtained , none needing the effort of virtue or the talent of merit , all the gift of a grateful country to a ruling body which ground its larger numbers into the dust . |
| 8 | I do so as a grateful tribute to someone who has liberated the study of non-verbal communication from the dead hand of ethological reductionism . |
| 9 | In addition , there were over ten deaf children resulting from deaf intermarriages , and only two or three from a marriage of a deaf person to a hearing person — this being a deaf mother married to a hearing man , and the deaf mother 's father was also deaf . |
| 10 | At the end , between lengthy visits to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington and crippled with arthritis as a result of a youthful bicycle accident , he turned a deaf ear to opposition calls to resign after losing his majority . |
| 11 | Luv to all down there in the Eternal City and be assured I turn a deaf ear to the rumours that it is a cesspit . |
| 12 | They may display their feelings by refusing to eat , and turning a deaf ear to anyone who calls their name . |
| 13 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |
| 14 | The owners turned a deaf ear to such an expensive demand . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose I 'm meant to turn a deaf ear to that . ’ |
| 16 | He refused to promise anything , just as he turned a deaf ear to their prayers for his ‘ resignation ’ . |
| 17 | On these occasions the Chairman is wise to turn a deaf ear to the interruption . |
| 18 | Next day , when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields , he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance ; and when the rioters ' work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes : ‘ That 's pretty well , gentlemen , for one day ; I hope you will now go to your own homes . ’ |
| 19 | How could people turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the horrors that they suffered ? |
| 20 | Certainly II Cnut 54.1 , which forbids the keeping of a woman in addition to a wife , sits ill with the king 's own relationship with Ælfgifu of Northampton , and suggests that he occasionally turned a deaf ear to Wulfstan 's entreaties ; but this does not necessarily mean that he lacked interest in the archbishop 's work . |
| 21 | And the Westminster North constituency of Stormont Law and Order Minister Sir John Wheeler is among those which turned a deaf ear to the fund-raising targets set by party chiefs . |
| 22 | The solid bulk of the nation was as dedicated as ever to the war , phlegmatic and unquestioning , turning a closed mind and a deaf ear to the tales men brought back from Verdun , in much the same way as when , to the succeeding generation , rumours began to filter out from the concentration camps . |
| 23 | The apostle here gives two very clear and very solemn warnings about rejecting Jesus , about turning a deaf ear to him . |
| 24 | Bugey is one of those lost corners of France , a hilly region to the north-east of Lyon , around the town of Bellay , whose only claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of the French gastronome , Brillat-Savarin . |
| 25 | ‘ Your man 's a faceless pig to most people out on the streets , ’ said Hogan nastily , as Cowley led the way through the swing doors of the Ministry building , and hurried towards his chauffeur driven car , waiting for him at the bottom of the steps . |
| 26 | a sensitive conversion of a historic barn to a private home |
| 27 | In a historic speech to the European Parliament the Queen said there were insignificant differences between Westminster and Europe . |
| 28 | Jiang Zemin , general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) , paid a historic visit to the Soviet Union on May 15-19 for talks with his Soviet counterpart , President Gorbachev . |
| 29 | There was a wing-backed chair to the left of the fireplace and she pointed Wycliffe to it . |
| 30 | If you like , it 's not a pleasant position to be in because someone 's going to be disappointed at the end of the day , but they are diamonds . |