Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb -s] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pride of place in my collection goes to a book by WG Grace that 's signed by him . ’ |
| 2 | If the Conservatives continued in power , because her GP belongs to a fund-holding practice — a superb Tory system , he insisted — there would be no problem ; he could put her on the waiting list and do the operation next autumn . |
| 3 | Secondly , although the belief we are denying poses as an affirmation grammatically or verbally , yet its content refers to a non-recognition of people , a negative judgement in this case of mammoth proportions on a whole people . |
| 4 | During the preparation of this article Professor Howard Mayer Brown was constantly in my mind ; indeed , its title alludes to a phrase coined by him ‘ The English a cappella heresy ’ The news of his death came only days after the final typescript had been submitted to Early music . |
| 5 | Their paper returns to a theme raised , as we have seen , by parsons , namely the similarity between professions and businesses as economic enterprises and the place of altruistic and self-interested motives . |
| 6 | There are obvious reasons why not , but its absence contributes to a continuation of failed projects because authors make heroic assumptions and quantify them to produce fanciful targets . |
| 7 | However , it can lead to difficult questions in deciding when the goods delivered are so different in kind that their delivery amounts to a breach of fundamental term : for instance , in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 the contract was for sale of " winter white cabbage seed " . |
| 8 | In expanding on this point they do develop some important arguments concerning the constraints which would face a socialist government attempting to advance an AES ( for instance , the problems of ‘ forcing ’ investment referred to above , and the potential conflicts between such a government and the trade unions , given the need to raise labour productivity in order to develop a tenable trading position for the national economy ) yet ultimately their position tends to a form of defeatism . |
| 9 | Lucker points out that his contract comes to a close in Chicago and he is not being paid for anything he is n't doing , and he is not doing anything he is n't paid for . |
| 10 | ( 5 ) In order to keep his underwriting costs to a minimum , the bidder will normally wish to shut-off the cash underwritten alternative as soon as practicable . |
| 11 | His leg comes to a sort of point , like the end of a pencil or summat and he tells me to shove it in the end of the false leg . |
| 12 | For example , he may be told that his alibi relates to a period between 2 and 5 p.m. last Thursday , when he left the refectory after lunch and took a train to a named neighbouring town and visited a friend in time for tea . |
| 13 | For example , it is possible for doctors to monitor how well you are , so that if your health deteriorates to a point at which you may be at risk from infections like PCP ( a virulent pneumonia ) , drugs can be prescribed which prevent or significantly delay their onset . |
| 14 | As your weekend draws to a close , why not revel in the peace and tranquility of a walk through its woods , where the Highlands birds and animals live harmoniously amongst the oak , silver birch and pine trees . |