Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | A 0–60mph time of 9.0secs is slightly disappointing but 0–100mph in 22.0secs gives a better clue to its ground-covering potential . |
3 | The existence of such traps provides a convenient introduction to the case underlying negative income tax and similar proposals . |
4 | It has often been the haunt of famous cricketers ( the West Indies team has stayed here ) , and the memorabilia of these visits adds an unusual touch to the decoration of the public rooms . |
5 | The resulting explosions and the unmistakable scramble of stunt men who are literally running for their lives adds a vital touch to the scene . |
6 | Producing furniture that is to be used and enjoyed for decades requires a corresponding attention to detail . |
7 | The need to move employees from areas of low-cost housing to higher priced areas presents a special problem to an organisation . |
8 | Reclamation of tins presents a similar problem to plastics , owing to the diversity of metals used — tin plate , steel , and aluminium . |
9 | The community health movement in western countries presents a similar challenge to the medical dominance we have described . |
10 | Management of childhood cancers follows a different path to that of adult cancers . |
11 | The sum total of all those little movements makes a big difference to daily calorie expenditure and varies a good deal among individuals . |
12 | I would argue that the persuasive force of these statements owes a great deal to their teleological format . |
13 | They are morphologically wild , but the lipid fraction of the sorghum grains shows a closer relationship to domesticated than to wild varieties . |
14 | Effective control of the climate of ideas requires a thoughtful approach to the choice of words . |
15 | Although the current climate of education cut-backs and competition from a large variety of exercise classes presents a considerable challenge to the development of Medau , Pat is sure that the Grant Aid Programme , which she has been appointed to implement , has strengthened the foundations on which the Medau family can build . |
16 | Even now one of the best-known West Country booksellers sends a standard letter to any institution if a book from its library comes into their possession without a dispersal stamp . |
17 | Training in interview skills takes a preventative approach to poor standards of interviewing . |
18 | The creation of a new State by treaty between other states requires a further exception to be accepted to the pacta tertiis rule . |
19 | People do n't usually hit out unless they are upset or angry , so showing you understand their feelings goes a long way to preventing them from expressing that anger towards you . |
20 | The salesperson who learns solutions to common problems and provides useful advice to his customers builds an effective barrier to competitive attacks and strengthens buyer-seller relationships . |
21 | ‘ Where the seller of goods has a voidable title to them , but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller 's defect of title . ’ |
22 | What happened in the relay at the European Championships bears an important relationship to some of the friction , argument and unpleasantness that occurred , mostly between Frank Dick and me , over the following two years , so it is important to record an unbiased , respected outsider 's view of what actually took place . |
23 | so this memento of the artist at the height of his powers makes a welcome return to the catalogue , sounding finer still on CD . |
24 | The van der Waals surface of the β -strands makes a loose fit to the major groove , leaving room for a number of solvent molecules to intrude . |
25 | In addition to the four main occupational levels of awards , City and Guilds offers an employment-based route to senior awards . |
26 | The contempt of urban , middle-class educators for rural peasants was barely concealed : ‘ the psychological attitude of the Iranian villagers creates a great obstacle to rural reconstruction ’ . |
27 | The doctrine of the internality of relations gives an affirmative answer to both these questions . |
28 | The wide disparity that has emerged between house prices in different regions provides a major obstacle to geographical mobility of labour . |
29 | The American journal Science , which in many ways occupies a similar position to Nature , has an acceptance rate of 18% ( Abelson 1 ) . |
30 | The American journal Science , which in many ways occupies a similar position to Nature , has an acceptance rate of 18% ( Abelson ) . |