Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] to a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | This sympathetic , welfare-orientated role was illustrated well when the fieldworker accompanied two neighbourhood men to a local children 's home . |
2 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
3 | Members of the GWR Preservation Society will learn with particular interest that w.e.f. 21st October the world-famous Torbsy Express will be making a nostalgic return visit to a few stretches of its old track , and will first be housed for three weeks in Railway Shed 4 at Plymouth . |
4 | Mr Heath 's U-turn in 1972 , shifting from free-market policies to a statutory prices and incomes policy and state intervention in industry , is a negative example for her . |
5 | PRINCESS Diana has sent a secret cash gift to a battered wives ' refuge that the Mirror has been campaigning to save . |
6 | A famous name won the name game and brought a touch of celebrity class to a major careers convention . |
7 | Sparc International has announced the completion of the Sparc Architecture version 9 specification ( UX No 390 ) , which extends the Sparc RISC address space to a full 64-bits while promising upwards binary compatibility with current versions — the first major change to the Sparc architecture since 1987 . |
8 | But while the United States , France , the UK and Germany still find themselves in similar league positions to a hundred years ago , there is now a growing challenge from a dozen or more previously dependent nations , especially in Asia . |
9 | It was one of those typical Arctic mornings , with the sun shining through a veil of sea-mist which limited visibility at sea level to a hundred metres or so . |
10 | The same writer recommended giving glasshouse room to a few hedgehogs , ideal for keeping down woodlice . |
11 | Now I know there are some fish willing to feed I will cut down my feed rate to a dozen maggots only when I cast in . |
12 | And Johnny Morris brings a touch of Animal Magic to a thousand youngsters . |