Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adv] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may well be room for one or two such centres in other places , but in our view the success of the centre in Birmingham owes a very great deal to the almost evangelical enthusiasm of those who run it . |
| 2 | A further attraction of the approach is its discussion of the role of such resources in deciding how to respond to changes unanticipated at the start of a contract : it is this feature that adds a fundamentally dynamic element to the theory . |
| 3 | Just as the current crisis has a distinctly familiar ring to it , so too do the solutions being offered . |
| 4 | Every species has a slightly different solution to the problem of getting about , and the amount of work required to go at a particular speed depends in part on how well an animal has been designed to move at that speed . |
| 5 | A gharial crocodile ; it has a particularly prominent tip to its nose and catches fish with a sideways sweep of its slender jaws . |
| 6 | In The Spice-Box Of Earth he has a particularly pointed reference to it : ‘ Night , my old night … |
| 7 | ‘ Mrs Hilary Verlander has a rather nice ring to it , do n't you think ? ’ he added persuasively . |
| 8 | And he 's been under somebody or other at Charing Cross Hospital I , who has a rather different approach to the whole thing , many other people 's involve rest and doing nothing and so on and so forth . |
| 9 | Whilst recognising that the 16–25 age group has a very strong claim to any manpower which might become available , the question arises as to whether it would be better placed at , for example , deanery level serving the needs of the whole age group rather than in an educational establishment serving an important but small minority . |
| 10 | This has a very Spanish flavour to it . |
| 11 | ( Ravel 's Sonata for violin and cello has a very similar passage to Bartók 's piece , with very similar key characteristics . ) |
| 12 | Unfortunately , little is known of the south wing , but it has a very similar appearance to that of the north side and suffers from the disadvantage of facing north , which precludes any possibility of the best accommodation being situated there . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , look out for the work of rock-climbing photographer , Greg Lucas , who has a very individual approach to the problem of access to private land . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , look out for the work of rock-climbing photographer , Greg Lucas , who has a very individual approach to the problem of access to private land . |
| 15 | Of course , companionable silence can be one of the more pleasurable experiences of intimacy , but that kind of silence has a very different look to it . |
| 16 | For example , we often talk about ‘ stress ’ , which is a term that has a very precise meaning to an engineer . |
| 17 | And it does have , it has a very bleak aspect to it , to me . |
| 18 | He has a very sympathetic approach to people and to the problems that people have . |
| 19 | While Scotland 's qualification for the 1994 World Cup finals hangs in the balance , what happens after that has a more substantive look to it . |
| 20 | But there is another type of cat — more common than most people suppose — that has a more violent reaction to being over-petted . |
| 21 | We 're fighting a battle against an enemy who has a totally alien philosophy to our to ourselves . |
| 22 | The decentralized authority has a somewhat dated ring to it , in that it retains a faith in the ability of the local state to decide and provide . |
| 23 | The word itself is derived from two Greek words : holos and kaustos ; the former , ‘ wholeness ’ , has a tragically ironic edge to it in the light of Leonard 's concerns for ‘ oneness ’ . |
| 24 | BJORN BORG has a typically stubborn riposte to those saddened by the sight of one of the game 's greatest champions being reduced at times to a level barely above that of a novice . |
| 25 | But this has a much different smell to the others . |
| 26 | With such a tool it only needs a little extra pressure to severely weaken the main trace line . |
| 27 | It only needs a slightly increased tempo to be the great national anthem our country maybe does n't deserve , but will surely grow into when we have cast off childish things and grasped the thistle of independence . |
| 28 | If he needs a more imaginative approach to biblical meditation , show him the Ignatian method . |
| 29 | Like anyone who came of age during the '60s , Young owes an often acknowledged debt to Dylan , both as a songwriting influence and for showing how to turn questionable vocal talent into great singing . |
| 30 | Moreover , the tomb has an unmistakably threadbare quality to it . |