Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the mink is not so much a threat to the muskrat population as a direct competitor with muskrat trappers . |
| 2 | We are too much a prey to the belief that if one kind of education is good , another must be bad , or at least worse than the good . |
| 3 | So to some extent your responses re i is quite naturally a response to the position you face with your employers is n't it . |
| 4 | The reason why reliance is more deserving of protection than expectations is that the former involves merely a resto-ration to the position once held , whereas the latter entails a transfer of wealth or the enrichment of one party at the expense of the other . |
| 5 | This holiness is not merely a devotion to the deity ( there was plenty of such attachment in the ancient world that was far from holy — for instance the cult prostitution that was so common in the temples ) , nor a mere adherence to ethical rules ( there were plenty of those current in antiquity , too , and they possessed all the disadvantages , while lacking the advantages , of the Jewish law ) . |
| 6 | The time signature is merely a guide to the number of minims , crotchets and quavers there are in a bar . |
| 7 | It was n't that I was n't listening , I heard him all right ; but I was busy with my own thoughts , or , rather , my own feelings — the two were inextricably mixed together at this moment — and what he said was merely a background to the tumult that was going on inside me . |
| 8 | As Daleks and Mechonoids fight a mutual battle of annihilation , the humans escape down a rope to the jungle below , apparently losing Steven Taylor in the hasty retreat . |
| 9 | They withdrew down a gulley to the beach under fire that intensified as they remained below the cliffs , a sea mist shrouding their signals to the landing craft . |
| 10 | One of the counters had fallen down a snake to the bottom of the pit . |
| 11 | On the left the slope broke off and fell down a cliff to the river . " |
| 12 | ‘ And perhaps a welcome to the strangers in our midst ? ’ |
| 13 | it is perhaps a tribute to the resilience of both that they can come together at all : for the result , we may have to wait a few more cricket seasons . |
| 14 | These include the ‘ drift to the south ’ , rural decline and subsequent revitalization , planned urban overspill and decentralization from cities , small town growth , and now perhaps a halt to the decline of the major metropolitan centres . |
| 15 | ‘ Up in the bloody rafters , ’ said Stone grimly ; he shivered , perhaps a response to the thoughts of having to go back up into the roof space , into the cold , cramped quarters . |
| 16 | I think that there is much to be said for statutes to be preceded by some statement of what Parliament is seeking to achieve in rather longer form than is normally provided by the long title , in the form of perhaps a return to the days of the preamble containing recitals — a form adopted in European Community legislation . |
| 17 | Or perhaps a visit to the Fontana di Trevi . ’ |
| 18 | DAY 4 : Time for last minute shopping or perhaps a visit to the Rijksmuseum to see the Night Watch by Rembrandt or the Van Gogh Museum to see a vast array of the master 's work . |
| 19 | Perhaps a visit to the glass-animal maker in the Bat House would be of interest , and no visit to the park would be complete without a browse around the spacious gift shop where you can purchase a memento of your visit . |
| 20 | The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor . |
| 21 | It is perhaps a reminder to the parties ' advisers to encourage the parties to have one final read through the engrossments before execution . |
| 22 | While most obviously a reaction to the coalescence of the right , it was also a reaction against the establishment in north Korea on 14 February of the Interim People 's Committee under the leadership of Kim Il Sung . |
| 23 | As Leader of the Opposition , in November 1965 he decided against signing personally a foreword to the report which it had been agreed should be published as a pamphlet by the Conservative Political Centre . |
| 24 | But footballers are still not wealthy by any means — so a trip to the west is the jackpot they hope for . |
| 25 | When I reached Ostend at midday on 16th there was no ticket but only a message to the effect that I had to buy another one . |
| 26 | Only a return to the barrenness of her life . |
| 27 | Only a return to the drug under control could have saved him . |
| 28 | Most Right-to-Lifers believe that only a threat to the life of the mother is sufficient justification and that most women seek abortions for essentially ‘ trivial ’ reasons . |
| 29 | From this it was only a step to the French and English abbreviation ‘ jade ’ . |
| 30 | Montague , meanwhile , who was only a party to the takeover , appears to have come off better than the man who masterminded it . |