Example sentences of "[vb past] in a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE DEATH of Harry Boot on 8 February at the age of 65 removes a distinguished figure from those who contributed in an outstanding way to the successful application of British science to radar during the Second World War . |
| 2 | Many masters of the latter group were scarcely able to sign their names and behaved in a brutal fashion to their crews . |
| 3 | From anger and animosity he turned in a split second to a benevolent caring brother only here to see justice done . |
| 4 | Mrs , I think , suspected the latter and it showed in a permanent coldness to them thereafter . |
| 5 | He claimed in an open letter to BA directors that executives had set up a secret ‘ anti-Virgin Atlantic unit ’ to discredit him and his company . |
| 6 | I set her down on her usual perch and slowly walked in a straight line to the far perch , some ninety feet away . |
| 7 | When the summit began as planned on March 10 , King Hassan protested in an open letter to the Libyan leader , Col. Moamer al Kadhafi . |
| 8 | Hasan lived in an exclusive suburb to the west of the city . |
| 9 | Malcolm Smith , who runs the noted Jencra herd at Stoke on Trent , paid 7,500gn for Jim Goldie 's 17-month-old Epatant son , Goldie 's Globetrotter , while the suitably named Goldie 's Goldmine , another by the same sire , made the same amount when it sold in a private deal to David Dick of Mains of Throsk , Stirling , and Archie McGregor , Allanfauld , Kilsyth , after being turned out of the ring unsold at 7,200gn . |
| 10 | He was saved from sinking even lower by the balm of a journey he made in an open cart to Zweeloo with his landlord , who had to go to the market in Assen . |
| 11 | John Barnsley , director of tax services at Price Waterhouse , argued in a recent letter to the Financial Times that ‘ the tendency of the ACT system to encourage profitable investment in the UK rather than overseas might be seen as helpful , with the UK in recession and 3m unemployed ’ . |
| 12 | It worked in a similar fashion to Papin 's toy except that it had a separate boiler , thus not boiling the water in the cylinder . |
| 13 | However , he stressed in an obvious reference to Kurdish guerrillas and their supporters that " we do not give guarantees to those people " . |
| 14 | Her thick dark hair fell in a waving mass to her shoulders , and she had a short , straight nose , a mouth that was full-lipped to the point of petulance , and almond-shaped brown eyes , currently studying Sabine without friendliness . |
| 15 | It led to the publication in 1936 of The General Theory of Interest , Employment and Money by J.M. Keynes , a Cambridge don , which revolutionised conventional economics and which resulted in a new approach to the conduct of economic policy . |
| 16 | The Danzig Senators argued that the only way forward now lay in an immediate return to the Reich , but they were still afraid that this would provoke an invasion of the city and war with Poland . |
| 17 | In the kitchen , Douglas spoke in a low voice to Domino , and the dog whined . |
| 18 | He spoke in a calm voice to her for he thought that the wind was upsetting her , but she took no notice and came at him again , and again . |
| 19 | She put in an urgent call to the local gendarmerie , wondering as she did so whether Officer Hassan would take charge of the case . |
| 20 | THE HEADLAND SLOPED in a hollow curve to the sea and at its very crest , raised on an inclined plane like the launching ramp of a ship , was the Wheel . |
| 21 | The bile ran in a bitter taste to his mouth . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'll go across and have a chat with that young fallow who came in the other day , ’ Phil said in a conversational tone to no one in particular and rushed out to Sister Cooney 's office . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't involve the police in this , ’ Jessamy said in a low voice to her husband . |
| 24 | George Langley said in a low voice to Alexandra , ‘ You said nothing of this . ’ |
| 25 | Dr William Fore , former WACC President and now Visiting Lecturer in Communication at the School , said in a recent letter to delegates : ‘ The meeting promises to be a landmark , since it is the first time that teachers of communication in seminaries and schools of theology will have come together to consider their distinctive task in theological education . ’ |
| 26 | Earlier , during his visit to Dublin , he said in a controversial reply to journalists that the UK government should negotiate with the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland issue . |
| 27 | ‘ For every Pharisee our system produces , you will find at least three good Samaritans , ’ she said in a direct response to criticism by Dr Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 28 | Finally , if the proposed programme is a follow-up to the citizens charter , will the Minister confirm what the Prime Minister said in a written answer to me , that the citizens charter 's provisions to improve our public services promise not a penny in additional public expenditure ? |
| 29 | ‘ Recent signs of an economic rebound are encouraging , but they do not vindicate a do-nothing approach , ’ the group said in an open letter to President George Bush and Fed chairman Alan Greenspan |
| 30 | Mr Karadzic , who was in New York for the peace talks , said in an open letter to the UN Security Council that the ‘ Serbian side will freeze all military activities around Srebrenica and will react only in self-defence ’ . |