Example sentences of "[det] of a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the births was that of a daughter to Mr & Mrs M G Le Roi ( Liverpool ) on 9 September 67 . |
| 2 | However , there are some misgivings about development which tends to boost land and house prices without providing significant job opportunities for ‘ ordinary ’ people or , apparently , acting as much of a catalyst to growth in the rest of the local economy . |
| 3 | The industry seems to think that Novell is now as much of a threat to Sun as the Open Software Foundation was . |
| 4 | One of this year 's debutantes , Primrose was pretty but still far too much of a schoolgirl to interest Aubrey . |
| 5 | Even on his last visit , two years ago , the Ministry Inspector declared that it would soon be more of a hazard to health than a promoter of it . ’ |
| 6 | They are often more of a blockage to communication than a channel . |
| 7 | The Soviet Union was more of a menace to Japan but Yoshida did not believe an early Soviet attack was likely . |
| 8 | ‘ This is more of a warning to clubs that three red cards in as many games will not be tolerated . ’ |
| 9 | The table they sat at was wrought iron , with a bright brass guard-rail running round the top of it , more of a danger to glasses than anything else . |
| 10 | Since an empty house is more of a challenge to burglars and squatters than one where there is lots of activity , you ca n't expect a rebate on your house and contents insurance — in fact your insurance company may even charge an extra premium if you are away for more than30 days . |
| 11 | Because of this , suffering is less of a threat to happiness , while it spells death to the pleasure-seeking life . |
| 12 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 13 | Conservationists argue that they are far less of a threat to stocks of fish such as salmon than water diversion schemes and bad logging practices . |
| 14 | Full-time employment may be less of a deterrent to childbearing if mothers can pay for personal child care . |
| 15 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
| 16 | Yet Labour had not fought the election solely on a negative programme of hostility to Protection but on its socialist programme ; and the electors had given even less of a mandate to socialism than to Protection . |
| 17 | And , as we were seeing heart-breakingly today , nature itself is enough of a challenge to birds . |
| 18 | Make the most of a holiday to Australia , Switzerland or the Italian lakes by taking a twin centre holiday — see twice as much and enjoy the contrast between totally different resorts . |
| 19 | Last Tuesday , when the start of this match coincided with the end of a major international event ( won by Garry Kasparov ) in The Netherlands , one national paper devoted most of a page to chess coverage . |