Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see in her face that he 'd surprised her , but that made no damned difference to Gary at all . |
| 2 | The Most Rev. George Carey , the Archbishop of Canterbury and senior cleric of the Church of England , on May 18 — in the week before he was due make an official visit to the Pope — criticized the Roman Catholic church 's policy on " artificial " methods of contraception , as contained in the Humanae Vitae encyclical of 1968 [ see pp. 24239-41 ] . |
| 3 | Lady Arran , who in 1980 became the first person to top 100 mph in an offshore power boat , set the world speed record for an electric boat at just over 50 mph . |
| 4 | It found that the cost of building the required plants was too high and the sales of pellets too low to provide a viable solution to the country 's manure surplus problem . |
| 5 | However , the level of both permissible earnings and of increments on deferment was too low to provide a significant disincentive to retirement — an indication of the Labour government 's ambivalence on the issue . |
| 6 | While Conservatives have proposed the Council Tax as an alternative to the poll tax , Labour want a temporary return to the rates . |
| 7 | The clean channel 's volume control comes next , and when cranked to 7 reaches the clip threshold ; anything above that adds a soft distortion to the sound . |
| 8 | It is usual to write a short title to each memo in order that the reader can see what it is about at a glance |
| 9 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |
| 10 | Apparently , the institute is considering building a pilot plant , but little is known about its proposals , and clearly we are a long way from that becoming a viable alternative to present-day technology . |
| 11 | Does this make a significant difference to the the hous household requirement ? |
| 12 | This became a strong reason to him for the practice of private confession . |
| 13 | This constitutes a fundamental challenge to the basis of the British planning system , and raises a host of thorny questions about the nature and efficacy of the system . |
| 14 | Diana 's decision to quit Highgrove leaves Charles free to drive the short distance to Middlewick whenever he likes . |
| 15 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |
| 16 | It is perhaps doubtful whether the Nordic states were really prepared to go the whole way to a common market . |
| 17 | The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena . |
| 18 | This represents the literal approach to the construction of the section , which stipulates simply that the court , ‘ after hearing the evidence and the parties , shall convict the accused or dismiss the information . ’ |
| 19 | This represents the last entry to be proofed with all entries lying between the two headwords also being proofed |
| 20 | This represents the last entry to be proofed , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being proofed . |
| 21 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced with all entries lying between the two headwords also being cross-referenced . |
| 22 | This represents the last entry to be cross-referenced , with all entries lying between the two print sequence numbers also being cross-referenced . |
| 23 | This represents an enormous cost to industry in terms of lost production , compensation payments and recruitment and training of new staff . |
| 24 | This represents an important contribution to the maintenance of society since order , stability and cooperation largely depend on learned , shared norms and values . |
| 25 | This offers an additional dimension to biogeography ( Simmons , 1979a ) and because it is infinitely renewable but subject to substantial modification by man , the NPP of an area can be viewed as what Eyre ( 1978 ) characterized as ‘ the real wealth of nations ’ . |
| 26 | This produces a neat edge to the knitting . |
| 27 | However , although theoretically this assigned a primary role to the struggles of colonial peoples ( a position which seemed to be at least partially vindicated by events in Turkey , Persia , India and China ) , Soviet foreign-policy considerations determined that discussion of colonial problems be suppressed at the 1921 Third Congress . |
| 28 | This has a certain ring to it , but apparently it is not entirely accurate . |
| 29 | ( This has a certain similarity to Carol Gilligan 's argument about moral reasoning , which I mentioned in Chapter 3 . ) |
| 30 | Not only does this demonstrate a poor commitment to oneness , it is also very poor leadership technique . |