Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regiment 's first official title after the 1881 merger was The Halifax Regiment ( Duke of Wellington 's ) but this was changed after a few weeks to The Duke of Wellington 's ( West Riding Regiment ) and again in 1920 to The Duke of Wellington 's Regiment ( West Riding ) . |
| 2 | In this context the loss of a few passengers to the Channel Tunnel is a relatively minor issue . |
| 3 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 4 | If she needs nursing care , arrangements can sometimes be made for her to be admitted for a few weeks to the local hospital on medical recommendation . |
| 5 | If you choose to , you can blow this whole thing sky-high , just with a few words to the wrong people . ’ |
| 6 | Three are British , and all the rest American ( including a few immigrants to the US ) . |
| 7 | In any case it succumbed within a few years to the stresses of the Seven Years War , and was not revived until 1775 . |
| 8 | When Society members inspected the guard 's compartment , they discovered that the original vacuum gauge was still in place and that , apart from a few alterations to the window arrangements , the coach is essentially as built . |
| 9 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that it is tremendous that the Australian Wine Bureau is offering so many people the chance to play tennis competitively at great venues and I am looking forward to passing on a few tips to the winners — before joining them in a celebratory glass of Australian wine . ’ |