Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same boat close to the bottom of Yorkshire Division plunged to a 20–6 defeat who played their best rugby of the season . |
| 2 | ‘ So it emerges from these authorities that the retention of moneys known to have been paid under a mistake at law , although it is a course permitted to an ordinary litigant , is not regarded by the courts as a ‘ high-minded thing ’ to do , but rather as a ‘ shabby thing ’ or a ‘ dirty trick ’ and hence is a course which the court will not allow one of its own officers , such as a trustee in bankruptcy , to take . |
| 3 | Obediently the noise level dropped to a whispered exchange , and Larsen ran his eye over the sea of faces packing the long corridor on either side , trying to pick out his daughter Karen . |
| 4 | The architect Clough Williams-Ellis of Port Meirion fame published his influential England and the octopus in 1928 — ‘ an angry book , written by an angry young man ’ as the author confessed in a Preface added to a 1975 edition . |
| 5 | The term given to a chemical wash that reproduces the effects of age . |
| 6 | It might be ( and indeed I think it would be ) an improvement in our law , if a release or acquittance of the whole debt , on payment of any sum which the creditor might be content to receive by way of accord and satisfaction ( though less than the whole ) , were held to be , generally , binding , though not under seal ; nor should I be unwilling to see equal force given to a prospective agreement , like the present , in writing though not under seal ; but I think it impossible , without refinements which practically alter the sense of the word , to treat such a release or acquittance as supported by any new consideration proceeding from the debtor . |
| 7 | THE pound plunged to a new low of 2.51 against the mark yesterday . |
| 8 | The one exception was at Dartford where the Payroll/Personnel Administration Department reported to a central Payroll Manager . |
| 9 | Dividends can be used to influence the class of shareholder attracted to a particular firm . |
| 10 | Democracy is not always taken to signify only a form of government , or of choosing a government : it may be a term applied to a whole society . |
| 11 | → DI stands for ‘ direct inject ’ , a term applied to an electronic unit which provides a method of hooking up a variety of instruments and amplifiers to a mixing desk . |
| 12 | The car jerked to a sharp stop . |
| 13 | We also want to see more money spent on the Government 's home energy efficiency scheme , with all houses in poor physical condition upgraded to a minimum standard . ’ |
| 14 | the misleading price indication related to a recommended price , which did not apply to the price at which the item was available from the defendant , and which the defendant could reasonably believe was generally being charged , and which was false only because a supplier was not following the recommendation . |
| 15 | One recommendation made to a large number of departments , however , was for changes in teaching methods , notably the introduction of more oral work . |
| 16 | Initiative 119 to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in Washington was also unexpectedly defeated , a result attributed to a well-financed campaign by Christian fundamentalists . |
| 17 | Prince Charles had intended to wait for Cumberland to attack , but after his troops had endured this merciless fire for 20 minutes or more one commander warned Lord George Murray that his men ‘ were turned so impatient that they were like to break their ranks ’ and the pretender agreed to an immediate attack . |
| 18 | A seventeenth-century Antwerp cabinet in ebony with ivory and horn marquetry went for FFr 350,000 ( £35,700 ; $64,300 ) ; a small and unusual seventeenth-century bureau with beautiful coloured wood inlay sold to a Belgian collector for FFr320,000 ( £32,650 ; $58,800 ) . |
| 19 | Owners are told to start with a children 's toilet seat taped to an ordinary cat litter box . |
| 20 | It seems unsound , then , to dismiss the rule as a convenient summary of the theory underlying several specific torts which had existed long before 1868 , or even as the old cattle-trespass rule raised to a high power . |
| 21 | Data obtained from each experiment approximated to a normal distribution and were analysed with Student 's t test for paired data . |
| 22 | Though classically it was the light of day which showed a painter the deepest flaws in his handiwork , Gentle worked best at night ; the instincts of a lover brought to a simpler art . |
| 23 | Government critics predicted that violence would now escalate , arguing that Fujimori had played into the hands of Sendero , which had long wished to provoke a military coup in the hope of establishing itself as the sole democratic force opposed to a repressive government . |
| 24 | But she stayed where she was , not moving , and the wind dimmed to a steady moan , and the sense of anticipation increased . |
| 25 | Bear left to a wooded gate after 200 yds . |
| 26 | Two weeks ago , the search switched to a remote clearing in Coppull , near Chorley in Lancashire . |
| 27 | Two weeks ago , the search switched to a remote clearing in Coppull , near Chorley in Lancashire . |
| 28 | During that time the passengers had been made to dismount and the car subjected to an exhaustive search . |
| 29 | According to the study , a " cat " in good condition fitted to a typical vehicle will cut emissions of carbon monoxide , hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen by 90 per cent in each case . |
| 30 | His mouth hardened to an implacable line . |