Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am surrounded by a synthetic world of fantasy that I live in , ’ Johnnie tells this paper on his first visit to the UK , the first of a million metaphysical whingeings to be directed towards the NME . |
| 2 | Meanwhile pacifists were generally content with the abstract moralizing suggested by the Manchester Guardian 's opposition to the formation of a Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee on the grounds that the ‘ success or failure [ of foreign policy ] depends on the application of a few simple principles to facts which as a rule are not very numerous nor very complicated . ’ |
| 3 | This had been formed by Captain Buck and consisted of a dozen Jewish immigrants to Palestine , all of whom spoke fluent German . |
| 4 | ‘ If love was crime , ’ said Alex , ‘ I 'd ask for a thousand similar offences to be taken into consideration . ’ |
| 5 | He has n't ever voiced real support , and when the local water authority at last decided to build a basic screening plant , Sebastian Coe made a statement to the local paper with a pathetic one-line thanks to ‘ the local surfers ’ . |
| 6 | The largest falcon of the region , resembling a large stout Peregrine ( p. 93 ) in outline , though with slightly blunter wings with broader bases , and longer tail , but extremely variable in plumage , from almost white with a few dark flecks to almost completely dark grey ; most frequent form is like rather pale Peregrine , but lacking the dark moustachial streak . |
| 7 | Within fifty years West Ham was transformed from an essentially agricultural economy with a few nucleated settlements to the industrial heartland of south-east England . |
| 8 | This in fact became so only because of the policies Wilson adopted in the way of providing arms to the other side , for which there was insufficient compensation from the rather half-hearted support given by the Soviets and by a few other countries to the Biafrans . |