Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Highly cohesive groups display a strong loyalty to their members and a strong adherence to group norms . |
| 2 | Statistical aggregates suggesting an inexorable logic to Labour 's advance in the 1920s disguise considerable reversals in certain localities and unexpected increases in others ( Savage 1987 Ch 8 ) . |
| 3 | Ideally , strategies using an economics-based approach to air pollution control would provide financial incentives for emission sources to pursue the most cost-effective means for reducing pollution ( Anderson et al. , 1977 ; Magat , 1982 ; Rosencranz , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | Working in groups offers an enjoyable contrast to individual work and is also an effective form of therapeutic intervention , as well as being a cost-efficient use of time . |
| 5 | Women in nightdresses peeping out of roadside houses lent a surreptitious air to the first few miles . |
| 6 | We have already seen that when the courts deem a statutory term to be jurisdictional , whether it be a question of law or fact , they will substitute their view as to the meaning of the term for that of the decision-maker . |
| 7 | Sirloin on Sunday or midweek 's leg or lamb , Tryton Inn Yorkshire Puddings make a delicious accompaniment to all your meat dishes . |
| 8 | There are no plans to restore a flying role to squadrons of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force . |
| 9 | Beeswax candles and brass lanterns bring a glowing warmth to a dark Christmas evening . |
| 10 | On the militarist question , there can be no doubt that the Boy Scouts made a significant contribution to the growth of the war mentality , although the early movement was nearly torn apart by the question of militarism which eventually led to break-away groups such as the Woodcraft Folk . |
| 11 | It has been suggested in this section that pressure groups provide a crucial qualification to the notion of a simple relationship between electors and elected . |
| 12 | Replicas pose a serious threat to some luxury brands . |
| 13 | The discount houses provide an important service to the banks by allowing them to hold extremely liquid assets ( money at call ) which nevertheless earn interest . |
| 14 | We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game . |
| 15 | The proposals involved a major change to the presentation of financial performance both in the p&l account itself and for items passing through reserves . |
| 16 | The group is centred around Professor X , the Overseer ; Brother J , the Grand Verbaliser Funkin-Lesson ; and the Rhythm Provider , Sugar Shaft — upfront , serious brothers bringing a spiritual neo-nationalism to the streets of urban America , using hip hop culture to introduce and develop Blackwatch , a youth organisation working for self-help in the black inner cities . |
| 17 | Much of what we saw related discouragingly to familiar bad habits , a thought that occurred , not for the first time , to George Cohen , who for the benefit of younger readers made a notable contribution to the history of English football when turning out in the 1966 World Cup final . |
| 18 | Crusaders Reserves made a winning start to their B Division Section Two campaign on Saturday . |
| 19 | It should be said also that both the 1954 church as the 1976 halls owned a tremendous amount to the generosity of the Rank Trust . |
| 20 | For this reason monetarists favour a longer-term approach to monetary policy . |
| 21 | The authors provide a rule-of-thumb guide to interpreting these scores . |
| 22 | Having eventually gained planning permission , we have now launched in earnest our appeal for funds to create a suitable memorial to her — a campsite at Harrison 's Rocks near her home in , E. Sussex , where she taught climbing with her husband Terry . |
| 23 | Ethnic prints teamed with traditional country designs lend a casual sumptuousness to the rooms . |
| 24 | Taxes on savings create a strong disincentive to future savings via their double-taxation effect . |
| 25 | But he transforms whatever he touches ; the English words alone would suffice to make the English madrigal different from the Italian , and the numerous monosyllables give a peculiar crispness to such genre-pictures as ‘ Ho ! who comes here all along ? ’ and the canzonet ‘ Arise , get up my dear ’ . |
| 26 | The umpires awarded a thirty-yard penalty to South Sussex . |
| 27 | On the riverbank a small army of frogs croaked a hoarse descant to the incessant , high-pitched whine of unseen cicadas and from somewhere far off a bird screamed intermittently as though in agony . |
| 28 | both urge schools to adopt a whole-school approach to meeting special educational needs . |
| 29 | The slow and somehow primeval erecting of that mat of grey hairs brought a curious chill to Wexford 's blood . |
| 30 | Matching fabrics and specially designed Chlidema rugs formed an exclusive exterior to the stand , one of the most impressive and creative at the show . |