Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb base] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auction houses have an obligation to the vendor and are unlikely to allow anything to be sold for less than cost . |
| 2 | But the puritan lobby do a disservice to their cause by lumping everything under the one name , just as the temperance lobby forfeit respect by classing a Christmas sherry with a vodka bacchanal . |
| 3 | The building itself and the woodland environs remain an inspiration to all artists and to all art form . |
| 4 | Stock revision programmes offer an alternative to a comprehensive stock-taking . |
| 5 | His household accounts reveal an attachment to robust and expensive pleasures : £5 went to pay his card debts ; £2.13s. 4d. to a man who brought him a lion ; £30 to a young damsel who danced . |
| 6 | Recess brackets enable a pole to be used within a window reveal and replace end finials . |
| 7 | Advanced expert systems provide a means to significantly improve performance in each of these important areas . |
| 8 | Advanced expert systems provide a means to significantly improve performance in each of these important areas . |
| 9 | The Communist party had kicked out most reformers after Warsaw Pact tanks put an end to the Prague Spring in 1968 . |
| 10 | The management briefings provide an introduction to the importance of usability as well as practical advice about how to improve usability using new methods and tools . |
| 11 | ‘ As it happens , I think prevention is better than cure , but in some cases I 've found that safety procedures leave a lot to be desired . ’ |
| 12 | Half day excursions include a visit to the Krimml Waterfalls , Europe 's highest ; you can also visit the beautiful city of Salzburg . |
| 13 | To what extent did persistently reading different papers or regularly watching different television channels make a difference to swings in political preferences ? |
| 14 | Higher rate taxpayers face a liability to an extra 15% tax if the income is withdrawn , but it is possible to roll up the interest and take it in a year when the investor is only a basic rate taxpayer . |
| 15 | Then go through the rest of the answer sheets and when a trainee 's answer matches the summary answer add a tick to your summary sheet . |
| 16 | For a free copy of Dog Facts send a SAE to the competition address |
| 17 | For a free copy of Dog Facts send an SAE to the competition address . |
| 18 | And while the teams will not be selected until next month , the results in last weekend 's All England championship finals provide a guide to the likely names who will feature in the minds of those selecting the teams . |
| 19 | Joint promotions include the recent appearance of ‘ affinity ’ credit cards , whereby banks and building societies give a donation to a particular charity for each new cardholder . |
| 20 | W w the County Council have a duty to er consider this application so it 's not a question of them ducking their responsibilities they 're not capable of in law of ducking their responsibilities . |
| 21 | Early in the nineteenth century the Devon was shipped to Tasmania and was exported to mainland Australia at intervals during the century until health restrictions put an end to imports . |
| 22 | Why did a railway company build a railway to Immingham and docks there ? |
| 23 | BROADCASTERS are warning that a deal struck between the BBC , the Musicians ' Union and the actors ' union , Equity , on the sale of video-recordings of TV programme mean an end to the release of minority interest programmes , like science documentaries , on video-tape or disc . |
| 24 | Does your flat , conservatory , or utility room have a skylight to the roof ? |
| 25 | If the subordinate members of society can be persuaded to believe that those who dominate have a right to do so , and that those who have great material advantage have a right to it , then they are very unlikely to challenge or threaten the privileged . |
| 26 | Female brown plant hoppers send a signal to their mates by beating their abdomen against a leaf twenty times each second . |
| 27 | How many community language teachers have a sensitivity to variation within their own language which does not result in a damaging negation of the forms of language which their pupils are bringing into the classroom ? |