Example sentences of "[indef pn] of a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er at this point Douglas said er he thought it 'd be a jolly good idea if they dropped a few of these new bombs that they 'd discovered at Hiroshima and Nagasaki er on these slit eyed people and that would really show them who was in control of the world er now this , as you might expect , caused something of a problem to President Truman . |
| 2 | The financial side was something of a problem to Winnie , who had not the faintest idea what should be charged . |
| 3 | Tape Unit 14 is liable to come as something of a surprise to students who have not had the experience of examining colloquial English speech before . |
| 4 | It will be something of a surprise to cricket lovers in the ‘ Strong Country ’ if Mark Nicholas 's team does n't go close again in either the Benson and Hedges or the NatWest , and the advice is to have a little saver on both eventualities ( 20–1 with Surrey for the Benson & Hedges and 14–1 with Chandler for the NatWest ) . |
| 5 | It was , Harry says , something of a shock to life a flowerpot and be confronted by the toad 's baleful stare . |
| 6 | The involvement of parents to the extent which now obtains in the majority of our primary schools comes as something of a shock to teachers visiting English primary schools from overseas . |
| 7 | So it came as something of a shock to Labour 's Brian Wilson when he found that a Commons motion he had tabled had been … well , subbed a bit by the authorities of the House . |
| 8 | Silverberg became something of a hero to Clift , but analysis did n't help . |
| 9 | In the wake of the Rallye 's poor showing on the world rally circuit , the Limited 's success will be something of a boost to VW 's Motorsport division . |