Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb -s] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a well-known Christian discourse , chapter 17 of The Acts of the Apostles , St Paul makes a speech to the Athenians in which he refers to an altar inscribed with the words , ‘ To an unknown God ’ . |
| 2 | The mill uses the raw wool to produce cloth which it sells to a coat factory for £21 . |
| 3 | The United Kingdom , the Kingdom of Belgium and the Hellenic Republic argue , however , that the position is different when it comes to the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thinks fit the conditions upon which it grants to a vessel the right to fly its flag . |
| 4 | Of course , it should be remembered that s3 subjects the terms to which it applies to a test of reasonableness , and where individual terms have been varied for a particular customer ( situation ( a ) ) , or where the terms have been approved by a trade association ( situation ( b ) ) or negotiated between the parties ( situation ( e ) ) they are more likely to satisfy the test of reasonableness . |
| 5 | And it 's not everyone who comes to a meeting who wants to see you win . |
| 6 | In the above examples , " the " has a meaning something like " the phrase which follows names something which belongs to a group which is already familiar to you " . |
| 7 | A relatively short route but one which climbs to a height of 2,654ft to the summit of Meall a'Bhuachaille and so should be treated as a serious hill walk . |
| 8 | The move which the program chooses is the one which leads to a position HisPos with maximum backed up value . |
| 9 | ‘ New Courses ’ comprise combinations of units either developed nationally or locally to create a new course , i.e. one which leads to a qualification which is substantially different from existing provision but which meets a defined local or national need . |
| 10 | The worst kind of witness is the one who swears to a fact about which he is quite wrong though quite sincere , and absolutely refuses to be shaken . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend the Member for Easington ( Mr. Cummings ) referred graphically to Murton colliery in the north-east and spoke about what it means to a community to lose 600 jobs . |
| 12 | By calculating the cost of doing something wrong or ‘ the price of non-conformance , ’ it is possible to understand just what it means to a business in monetary terms . |
| 13 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |