Example sentences of "to [pron] [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more than in the 1930s , the TUC were imprisoned within constraints imposed on it by a capitalist wage-structure : the TUC argued strongly for adequate pensions ( denying , for example , that an old person needed less to eat ) ; but if this was to be implemented without encouraging further wage-cuts to elderly workers , then it appeared to them inevitable that a retirement condition must be introduced . |
| 2 | Forgive me but it seems to me strange that a lady such as you … how shall I say … should stay in a pensione . |
| 3 | ‘ It seems to me evident that a family will provide support for each other , ’ she told a conference of 300 experts . |
| 4 | Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured . |
| 5 | Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured . |
| 6 | ( ii ) If the wife becomes entitled to the whole house and requests that the matrimonial home be conveyed or transferred to herself and her " new husband " ( to whom she is not married ) , is the wife making a gift for inheritance tax purposes to the " new husband " ? ( iii ) The Inland Revenue capital gains tax concession mentioned in Chapter 2 may not be available ( on a strict interpretation of its wording ) to the former husband if he conveys or transfers his interest in his former principal private residence to someone other than his spouse or ex-spouse. ( iv ) A conveyance to someone other than a party to the marriage will not attract the stamp duty relief of s83 of the Finance Act 1985 , ( see p22 ) but if it is a voluntary disposition , exemption L of The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) ( Chapter 2 ) will apply . |
| 7 | So generous is this bequest by birds to their young that a chick needs no additional food from which to build the flesh and bones and feathers of its infant body , and it still has enough energy left over to break its way out of the shell . |
| 8 | In answer there was a splashing to their left and a second whoop of laughter . |
| 9 | The plan can be attractive to anybody other than a parent making a gift to a child . |
| 10 | The plan can be attractive to anybody other than a parent making a gift to a child . |
| 11 | The plan can be attractive to anybody other than a parent making a gift to a child . |