Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before reaching the top of the road , take the track right through woods to a track crossroads . |
| 2 | The item was keenly competed for by two telephone bidders but it was finally knocked down for £790 to a bidder in the saleroom . |
| 3 | Admission is free , sightseeing passers-by crossing the road to the entrance where a short path leads down amongst trees to a viewing platform . |
| 4 | Among these , a pertinent example is Claudius Rey , a weaver , who in 1719 contributed along with Defoe to a debate relating to the importation of calico . |
| 5 | a landlord of premises let together with furniture to a tenant whose term is still unexpired ; if the furniture is wrongfully seized by the sheriff , it is the tenant and not the landlord who can sue for conversion . |
| 6 | The secondary school can rely on further stages of national assessment together with recourse to a record of achievement which has to be provided for every pupil at the age of 16 . |
| 7 | Already a highly developed multipurpose recreation area , plans for further development have generated concerns about wildlife protection , especially in relation to a herd of bighorn sheep whose range includes Mount Allan that houses one of the main Olympic pistes . |
| 8 | In the excerpts from those reviews that Stieglitz reprinted in the catalogue of her show the following year , he had removed any references they contained to Hartley 's and Rosenfeld 's essays — obviously in response to a request from O'Keeffe to do so . |
| 9 | But suppose that , though believing himself to be liable , he gives a note or cheque only in response to a demand threatening legal proceedings ? |
| 10 | Such matches and mismatches change over time , and so therefore does the use of the argument , and subjects which were previously regarded as vocational even if only in relation to a teaching career — are now justified on general grounds . |
| 11 | As an auditor will qualify his or her report only in relation to a material matter , the reader of the accounts should consider the matter seriously . |
| 12 | When the students had free time she used to like to go down to Camberwell to a flower seller who sold mimosa , which is a kind of wattle . |
| 13 | This means that you thunder down the approach at Spitfire cruising-speed till , upon reaching a point one minute from the runway , you almost stop the aircraft in mid-air ( sending anyone inside towards the windshield ) , then bring it down at Bonanza-pace to a landing which , with practice , can be as short as 1,100 feet . |
| 14 | Thus it is only by reference to a standard of normality that we can identify and respond to actions such as those of children and the insane . |
| 15 | However , radar reflection spectra did indicate that the surface of Mercury consists largely of dust to a depth of at least a few metres , and that the dust could be composed largely of silicates . |
| 16 | get away from Leeds to a place where he can play first team football . |
| 17 | ( 5 ) The duty imposed by subsection ( 2 ) above in relation to a preference expressed in accordance with arrangements made under subsection ( 1 ) above shall apply also in relation to — ( a ) any application for the admission to a school maintained by a local education authority of a child who is not in the area of the authority ; and … [ ( 6 ) A local education authority shall , if so requested by the governors of an aided or special agreement school maintained by the authority , make arrangements with the governors in respect of the admission of pupils to the school for preserving the character of the school ; and the terms of any such arrangement shall , in default of agreements between the authority and the governors , be determined by the Secretary of State . ] |
| 18 | There can be no subject without a content , and no contents not in relation to a subject . |
| 19 | Oh what joy , as the swing of the '60s gave way to the pong of the '70s , as flares creaked muddily in time to a trenchant progfolk-jazz-R&B soundtrack and the likes of Genesis , Rory Gallagher , Van Der Graaf Generator , Brewer 's Droop and Greenslade became the staple Reading fare . |
| 20 | I usually go out late just at weekends to a club or something like that . |
| 21 | Questions about the distribution and change of power can be answered objectively by reference to a model of power relationships , which also has implications for the rational choice of foreign policies . |
| 22 | Where a party to a contract deals as consumer or on the other 's written standard terms of business ( McCrone v Boots Farm Sales Ltd 1981 SLT 103 ) that other can not by reference to a contract term limit , exclude or restrict his liability ( ss3 , 13(1) of UCTA 1977 ) , and this applies to terms and notices ( s13(2) of UCTA 1977 ) . |
| 23 | The Scottish League management committee met yesterday in response to a letter from Tannadice accusing Rangers ' owner , David Murray , manager Walter Smith and captain Richard Gough of unlawful inducements to Ferguson to break his long-term contract with United . |
| 24 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 25 | Ratification of the transfer by the Soviet government on May 6 produced agreement on May 8 by almost all of the pits still on strike to a return to work . |
| 26 | On Monday , 6 September 1773 , Boswell and Johnson left the home of Sir Alexander Macdonald and set off on horseback to a staging-post near their embarkation point for Raasay . |
| 27 | Should I now go haring off to France to a man I do n't know , a man who had no regrets for sixteen years ? ’ |
| 28 | In Noumea , capital of New Caledonia , the decision was warmly welcomed yesterday by delegates to a meeting of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme . |
| 29 | Quebec 's Liberal premier , Robert Bourassa , introduced the new law partly in response to a ruling from the United Nations Human-Rights Committee . |
| 30 | This was partly in response to a recommendation from the EEC to cut sulphur emissions to one-third the present level , a step which it has been estimated , would cost £4 billion in flue gas desulphurization equipment adding £700 million a year to the CEGB 's operating costs . |