Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each addressed location in one of my sperms corresponds to a particular addressed location in every other one of my sperms , and in every one of your eggs ( or sperms ) . |
| 2 | In the first place , by 1986 , teachers and other educational staff had seen the purchasing power of their salaries slip to a half or a third of their 1980 value . |
| 3 | The considerable locational advantages possessed by West Ham which gave rise to its extraordinary growth were to become fetters on the ability of its industry to adapt to a transformed economic environment in the twentieth century . |
| 4 | Betty was here out of the kindness of her heart to minister to a wounded human being . |
| 5 | Yet when a scorpion rushed straight at him , he ran out of his hut to cry to a six-year-old child outside ‘ There are hot beasts within ! ’ |
| 6 | This was a big point in a barley-grower 's favour when he took some of his corn to show to a maltster . |
| 7 | His object attained , the remaining nine years of his life brought to a head many problems between himself and the labour movement which had been latent since his first incursion into a very different labour scene in 1887 . |
| 8 | The trial proved an immense strain , and he spent the last months of his life confined to a wheelchair . |
| 9 | Second Lieutenant Kenneth Keith of the Gordon Highlanders looked over the parapet of his trench on Christmas Eve and was astonished to see one of his soldiers talking to a German soldier in No Man 's Land . |
| 10 | The failure of Marx to be clear about the epistemological basis of his critique led to a possibility of misinterpretation : |
| 11 | undermine the argument of your opponent by : challenging h ! s assumptions disputing the facts of the argument attacking the conclusions of his argument pointing to a major inconsistency |
| 12 | Additionally , as with any exhibition , you need to assess carefully the implications of having a large amount of your work restricted to a single display venue for a period of time . |
| 13 | The sound of our wheels changed to a hollow banging of wooden boards as we drove across . |
| 14 | You look round , you can see the results of this misery that they have caused on any housing estate in the country , in the eyes of our youngsters condemned to a life on the dole . |
| 15 | After the wedding a large number of our friends came to a party at our house . |