Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This prediction failure is , in turn , the result of a series of unanticipated actions by the monetary authorities , that is , unanticipated departures from the policy rule which had governed the conduct of monetary policy down to period . |
| 2 | The provision of free education up to University level is something that is taken for granted . |
| 3 | His sexual script employed the language of moral outrage both to fuel growing demands for law reform and to present a lurid , titillating account of the prostitution trade . |
| 4 | He notes , for instance , that linguists have attempted to apply some of the terminology of natural science inappropriately to language , often through such metaphors as ‘ cohesion ’ , ‘ balance ’ etc. , which fix and reify what is in fact a more flexible and dynamic phenomenon . |
| 5 | The urgent challenge now is to educate worldwide , to bring the relevance of gene-pool conservation down to earth , and to harness the energy of economic forces and team them up with long-term conservation . |
| 6 | I have very unpleasant recollections of sitting for him , for it was of utmost importance not to move but to fix him right in the eye and listen to him complain , saying as he always did that he was getting nowhere . |