Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] to [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And tonight we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity . |
| 2 | ‘ We are not just a temple to gold and glass but should turn our attention to daily life ’ |
| 3 | We are not just a temple to gold and glass , but should turn our attention to daily life in all its many aspects . |
| 4 | Gill joined Darlington from Middlesborough and another former Ayresome Park player , Alan Walsh , is thinking over a move to City and is likely to sign on Monday . |
| 5 | It promises , not a bedrock to philosophy and lifestyle , but a feast of weird explanations , a mental trip . |
| 6 | It was not a call to workaholism and a sense of achievement , but to an abiding relationship with him . |
| 7 | Unlike other non-operative treatments , a non-functioning gall bladder with a stone impacted in Hartmann 's pouch is not a contraindication to treatment and stones were removed successfully in 15 of 16 patients with a return of cystic duct patency . |
| 8 | The provision of accommodation for a child under s20(1) is not a solution to homelessness and should not be offered to relieve a housing authority of its obligations under the Housing Acts . |
| 9 | But the sad experiences of thousands over the past three years show that home ownership is not always a path to happiness and contentment . |
| 10 | Modern technology and the discourses of knowledge associated with it represent both a threat to society and a possible means of expanding human consciousness . |
| 11 | His work with the youthful Chamber Orchestra of Europe confirms both a commitment to training and to performing new works . |
| 12 | Attempts to accommodate both a sensitivity to difference and a commitment to the universalistic claims of post-Enlightenment liberalism became increasingly convoluted and forlorn . |
| 13 | Hay fever is really an allergy to pollen and the peak time is early June . |
| 14 | The cereal- or meal-offering ( chapter 2 and 6:14–18 ) often an accompaniment to burnt- and peace-offerings . |
| 15 | He is stable and , all being well , will remain so for some considerable period of time.5 The motive for turning off the ventilator in this situation may be evil , or it may be good , as , for example , in the case of involuntary euthanasia intended to bring about an end to misery and suffering . |
| 16 | Trespass was ( and still is ) essentially a wrong to possession and the defendant need not have asserted any right to deal with the goods or indulged in any ‘ appropriation ’ of them . |
| 17 | Pleven advocated a more liberal route ( essentially an appeal to business and consumer confidence ) without any forced reduction in the money supply . |