Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women in nightdresses peeping out of roadside houses lent a surreptitious air to the first few miles . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Crusaders Reserves made a winning start to their B Division Section Two campaign on Saturday . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The umpires awarded a thirty-yard penalty to South Sussex . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The slow and somehow primeval erecting of that mat of grey hairs brought a curious chill to Wexford 's blood . |
| 10 | Matching fabrics and specially designed Chlidema rugs formed an exclusive exterior to the stand , one of the most impressive and creative at the show . |
| 11 | There may always have been some in Mercia who did not approve of Offa 's Lichfield policy and the realization that London would be the ideal centre for the southern provinces offered a neat solution to a tangled ecclesiastical and political situation . |
| 12 | THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies . |
| 13 | Opposition parties gave a lukewarm reception to the proposals , which resembled ideas previously put forward in December 1989 and April 1990 . |
| 14 | The articles I read in Zhongguo Qingnian about the brightest graduates turning down good jobs to volunteer for rural middle schools had a hollow ring to them . |
| 15 | All companies showed a strong commitment to language training which varied between 20% and 65% of the company 's training budget . |
| 16 | Fruits and vegetables grown in these gardens formed an important supplement to the rural diet . |
| 17 | The Arts Council found its ability to provide patronage made more selective — perhaps rightly so , though the effects proved a serious blow to many theatres and galleries . |
| 18 | The all-party House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities issued a similar report to Rossi 's . |
| 19 | Their parents had a sensible approach to the matter . |
| 20 | Rovers had a splendid start to the second half , reducing an interval deficit of 4-22 to 14-22 with tries from Trevor Clark and Manning , the result of an astute lofted kick from Sharp . |
| 21 | Scotland 's share of UK exports showed a marginal increase to 9.5% , compared with 9.4% in 1989 . |
| 22 | The ANC proposals envisaged a two-phase transition to a post-apartheid democracy and were supported by the SACP . |
| 23 | Thus the authorities faced a similar problem to the wife whose husband was unwilling or unable to provide : whether to treat the woman as a mother or worker . |
| 24 | The harmony of the Republicans made a sharp contrast to the confusion in the Democratic Party 's ranks . |
| 25 | British Coal chief executive Neil Clarke warned that the new breed of gas-fired power stations offered a bigger threat to the industry 's future than imported coal . |
| 26 | Barzani issued an urgent appeal to France , Saudi Arabia , the UK and the USA to seek immediate intervention by the United Nations . |
| 27 | During the meeting , participants issued a strong call to governments and churches in Africa to take urgent steps to protect and uphold human rights . |
| 28 | Last night TCCB officials gave a cautious welcome to the Kiwi offer , spokesman Ken Lawrence saying : ‘ At the moment we have not even thought of going elsewhere because we have not pulled out of the Indian tour . |
| 29 | But the extra workers imparted a decisive flexibility to accumulation . |
| 30 | The browns had a grey tinge to them and the richness of the burr did not seem to properly come out . |