Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They include stair or grab rails ; handles in the toilet or bathroom ; or a ramp to the front or back door . |
| 2 | And in common with Guinness ' reputation for innovative ads , the poster marked a revolution — it was the first from any company that featured characters so famous and recognisable that it could dispense with a proper caption , or a reference to the product . |
| 3 | The mechanics of map drawing are no longer a constraint or a deterrent to the use of maps for the user can , given a suitable package such as GIMMS , modify and refine his or her map or generate a number of maps without difficulty . |
| 4 | Organizations like this are not good at remembering the things you have done well and if , as most of us are , you are at the bottom of the pile , you will find that you are considered to be alternately either the best thing since sliced bread , or a liability to the organization . |
| 5 | Most of the time they will not need a tangible reward like an extra sweet or a trip to the park . |
| 6 | Thomas , whom she met once every week or two , for dinner , or a trip to the theatre , or , if it was the weekend , a forage round the Upper East Side galleries or a visit to the Whitney or the newly opened Guggenheim Museum . |
| 7 | If they were good they had a choice : share a banana split , or a trip to the pet shop to watch the gerbils screw . |
| 8 | a shell obeys , or a moth to the flame |
| 9 | It is part of the ritual , or a prologue to the drama . |
| 10 | But , to her intense relief , Ven did not pursue his thoughts in that direction , but continued , ‘ By my reckoning , be it a hire car back to Mariánské Láznë or a taxi to the airport , you 'd most likely need aid from someone to help you with language difficulties . ’ |
| 11 | In the evenings we talked of inequality , imperialism , white supremacy , and whether sexual experimentation was merely bourgeois indulgence or a contribution to the dissolution of established society . |
| 12 | When she had booked herself a room the clerk had suggested taking either a water-taxi or a vaporetto to the hotel . |
| 13 | It 's more difficult to capture the interest of TV and radio but they will pick up an unusual event or a visit to the school by a celebrity . |
| 14 | Harsh overhead lighting will only serve to remind you both of an operating theatre or a visit to the dentist ! |
| 15 | Your child knows , or thinks , she has put you at a disadvantage by her highly cunning tactics : you are made vulnerable by her highly visible ( indeed , audible ) tantrums and disobedience in public places , whether in supermarkets , on public transport , at the park , during a church service or a visit to the doctor . |
| 16 | Debonair and dignified , or a danger to the community ? |
| 17 | The main clause , for its part , expresses a judgement about or a reaction to the fact of the infinitive event 's having acceded to existence . |
| 18 | With a choice of either a direct line up the centre of the face or a buttress to the right that led to the unclimbed south ridge of the mountain , the team opted for the buttress approach , avoiding serious stonefall on the direct line . |
| 19 | Should this be accepted , he would escape a mandatory life sentence for each murder and would be sent to a mental hospital , with the prospect of release if the trial judge were to accept a petition that he was no longer mentally ill nor a danger to the public . |
| 20 | Figure 2A , representing one of three northern blot experiments performed , shows that a response to the cytokine treatment could be seen by the enhancement of ICAM-1 mRNA expression . |
| 21 | The revolutionising effects of war have been very pronounced in Russian history ; the USSR will not lightly embark on war , because she knows that a setback to the state could present a peril to the regime . |
| 22 | Nobody wanted to push the struggle any further ; nobody in the 1740s imagined that a fight to the death was at hand . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , smacking tends to be habit-forming ; there are parents who lack judgement and self-control ; and some do not appreciate that a blow to the child 's head and other parts of the body , even a severe shaking , can be downright dangerous — sometimes fatal . |
| 24 | France also persuaded the United States and Britain to join it in a joint declaration that a threat to the EDC would be treated as a challenge to their own security , and that this would be symbolised by the two Anglo-Saxon countries agreeing to station troops on the continent . |
| 25 | Mr implies that a location to the South of York er would actually be better in strategic employment terms . |
| 26 | A gratuitous transfer of property into the joint names of himself and another will be presumed to be made upon trust for the person transferring , unless there is something to show that a benefit to the transferee was intended ; such intention will be presumed where the transfer is made by a father to his child . |
| 27 | We could n't sense that , a few hundred feet above us up the ridge , David Simpson 's and Jane Lapiner 's house had shaken apart , that rocks had thundered down the cliff face opposite my house , that a mile to the north at the precise moment that we were walking through Jim 's house and I was spreading out the blueprints on the hood of my car to continue our conversation , an overturned electric coffee pot in the Petrolia store had already started a blaze that would finish off the store and our adjoining post office in about 45 minutes . |
| 28 | In 1720 , for example , the Duke of Montrose remarked to a Scottish friend , that he had been advised by an official of the Treasury that a presentation to the office of land waiter of the customs at Port Glasgow had been submitted by the commissioners of customs in Scotland . |
| 29 | This may be because the GP 's previous contact with the family facilitated such contact or that a balance to the GP 's assessment was sought . |
| 30 | One analysis is that a party to the Protocol has agreed to accept some treaty obligations . |