Example sentences of "[adj] to a [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years . |
| 2 | From 1997 , it says , all Christmas cards will be harmonised , subject to a phasing-in period which allows member states to opt out of certain features . |
| 3 | Although the test is claimed to be culture-fair and the instructions were presented in BSL , performance was lower , giving weight to the view of Kyle , Woll and Llewellyn-Jones ( 1981 ) that deaf people are subject to a test effect which generally depresses scores . |
| 4 | To permit the ex turpi causa defence to be relied upon as an answer to such a claim would , in my view , narrow to a substantial extent the deliberately wide wording of section 6(1) of the Act of 1978 and would , in effect , make a claim for contribution subject to a condition precedent which is not to be found in the Act . |
| 5 | These are tensioned in the ‘ down ’ position by an elastic or bungee , one end of which is hooked on the bowsprit , and the other linked to a trip line which runs through the two sails to the slotted tube at the rear , where it is retained by the release pin . |
| 6 | The part number , like the module name , must be unique and therefore an error will be indicated if you try to reserve a package name equal to a part number which already exists . |
| 7 | The part number , like the module name , must be unique and therefore an error will be indicated if you try to reserve a module name equal to a part number which already exists . |
| 8 | He was married in 1873 to a hearing lady who bore him five children , one of whom died in infancy , and died in December 1890 after a lingering , incurable illness . |
| 9 | She is married to a freelance writer who is struggling to get work . |
| 10 | His problems are due to a head injury which affects his balance and muscle control . |
| 11 | Unfortunately another of our Target ‘ 92 candidates , Ursula Radley , was on the start list for Bury , but due to a knee injury she was forced to scratch from the race . |
| 12 | an equivalent car would be available to a company secretary who was not related to the managing director of the company ; |
| 13 | Whether an equivalent car would be made available to a company secretary who was not a family member is a question of fact — perhaps depending on the size of the company and customs in the particular trade . |
| 14 | The Executive 's Lesbian and Gay Working Party made a number of points , primary of which was that a candidate 's family — if indeed they had one — was irrelevant to an election campaign which ought to be about the candidate 's political platform . |
| 15 | For example , the location of an aluminium smelter adjacent to a power station which is in turn adjacent to a coal mine ( and a source of cooling water ) seems logical but might be very much more difficult to arrange with three completely independent parties to the bargain than if the government and the smelter company alone are involved . |
| 16 | In about 1895 the trade began to raise the popular image of the ‘ undertaker ’ from being a person who merely disposed of the dead to a funeral director whose main object is service to the public . |
| 17 | The occupier was held not liable to a window cleaner who was injured when a defective window closed suddenly , causing him to fall . |
| 18 | If a slightly boggy area can be created next to a garden pool it will give you the opportunity , as here , to include one or two moisture lovers such as caltha and astilbe . |