Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it could be argued that too little has been made of the naturalness of depression — that to a large extent it develops as an understandable reaction to life circumstances . |
| 2 | In the early 1980s detectors were becoming even more sophisticated and versatile , particularly in their ability to cut out ferrous metal and locate small coins ; the increase in the finding of Celtic silver minims and medieval hammered farthings stands as a good testimony to that . |
| 3 | His best work has a direct simplicity , benefits from its autobiographical inspiration , and stands as a worthy memorial to all those who died in the Spanish civil war . |
| 4 | Your letter stands as an eloquent obituary to a fine guitarist who I 'm sure will be missed by all of us . |
| 5 | This idea is echoed in a poem of Rabindranath Tagore ; while Jalaluddin Rumi goes beyond negation and writes of a rare beauty to be found in poverty . |
| 6 | It stands like a phallic exhortation to the newly-weds living around it , but was a hive of industry once , dating possibly from the seventeenth century . |
| 7 | It looks like a modern photograph to me . |
| 8 | If the stimulus conditions start with a spectrally pure red light shining on to a red area the cell will fire even though the area looks like a washed-out red to a human observer . |
| 9 | ‘ It looks like a short-term reaction to a short-term situation , partially sparked off by the ridiculous reaction to the August trade figures , ’ Sir Trevor added . |
| 10 | A committed critic writes from a social , nationalist or political conviction , which interacts with an aesthetic response to a work of art . |
| 11 | As the kite climbs up vertically from a launch , it starts with a steep angle to the wind , and at the peak of its climb is at a shallow angle . |
| 12 | Most typically it starts with a late-night drive to some little restaurant . |
| 13 | The loftier tone of these words blends with a certain tendency to affectation ( the gallicism gants de Suede ) , and to euphemism ( payment is referred to by terms and remuneration , the child 's ill-health is glossed over in the noun weakness and the negative phrase " not robust " ) . |
| 14 | The kind of descriptive approach already widespread in schools — and for which there is plenty of published material available — needs from an early stage to be supplemented in an important way . |
| 15 | Prescribing costs varied across the age bands in a different manner to items ( table II ) . |
| 16 | If there exists a word which stands in a paronymic relation to one occurrence of a word form , but does not stand in the same relation to a second , syntactically identical occurrence of the same word form in a different context , then that word form is ambiguous , and the two occurrences exemplify different senses . |
| 17 | Is there any place for practice exercises in a communicative approach to language teaching ? |
| 18 | From the road , Leck Fell declines in a mile-long slope to Ease Gill and its main concentration of potholes are reached in a ten-minute walk ; others , much lower down the slope , form part of the Ease Gill cave system and are too far to be visited if Gragareth is also in the itinerary . |
| 19 | However true to what Zuwaya said in 1979 , the picture corresponds in an uncertain way to the Zuwaya past . |
| 20 | Unfortunately it must be said that in binoculars ( or , for that matter , in most telescopes ) it is disappointing , because it lies at a narrow angle to us and the full beauty of the spiral is lost . |
| 21 | The first relates to providing for any children of the marriage and the second allows for a temporary income to be given to either partner who is likely to suffer immediate hardship — this support may last for up to three years . |
| 22 | Adoption of XIMP allows for a common interface to the different vendors ' kana-to-kanji conversion front-end processors . |
| 23 | Lady Miriam said the princess will unveil a special plaque to mark the opening of the new hospice , which she describes as a vital addition to health care facilities in the area . |
| 24 | ’ Nick Logan , owner of The Face and Arena magazines , flaps through a ragged notebook to a page of pencilled figures . |
| 25 | The controller requires very little setting.up , as information the motor 's torque/speed characteristic can be acquired automatically he results of a single run to high speed using a known large inertial load . |
| 26 | However , the report also warns against a big switch to more ‘ worthy ’ youth programmes , and emphasises that the station should remain a mass audience service built around music . |
| 27 | Editor-in-chief Stewart Purvis says in a secret letter to a colleague that Trevor 's poor showing was due to launch nerves and press criticism . |
| 28 | David France , business manager of the Darlington branch of Barclays Bank and a member of the Middleton St George Conservative Association , says in an open letter to Alan Milburn that business has prospered and jobs have been created . |
| 29 | A candidate for the degree of DPhil is expected , in addition , to complete successfully a programme of work which results in a significant contribution to knowledge . |
| 30 | A purpose which is for the direct benefit of a particular class of persons ( other than a State institution ) is not charitable , although it results in an indirect benefit to the community . |