Example sentences of "['s] [adj] [noun sg] to [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first discovered Emily 's dubious devotion to duty in Cannes , when a French Moroccan chap caught hold of my arm in an attempt to sell me a lurid rug . |
| 2 | Nor was it surprising that after the apparently mindless brutality of the Amin years , Obote 's eventual return to power in 1980 was characterized by the continuing dominance of the army as the real force in Ugandan politics , supporting a parliamentary facade of no real legitimacy . |
| 3 | It is now fairly clear , moreover , that political considerations , of not wishing to be seen as having ‘ destroyed the value of the pound sterling ’ , were of major importance in the Labour government 's initial resistance to devaluation in 1967 quite apart from powerful pressures against devaluation being exerted on it by the Bank of England [ Tomlinson , 1985 ] . |
| 4 | The speech , which was the fourth of five setting out Mr Lang 's long-term approach to policy in Scotland , concentrated on establishing discipline and respect for education , through ‘ a triangle of trust between parents , teachers and children ’ . |
| 5 | To bring our participants ' social world to life in the kind of detail that is likely to carry conviction we must not just plunge into descriptions of the world of school and football ground , since without the concepts to see it no alternative to the official picture is likely to emerge . |
| 6 | The new Bernheim plant represents United Distillers ' continued commitment to investment in its Bourbon brands . |