Example sentences of "to [det] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In response to these difficulties a different form of work organisation , deriving from the single-place tradition , was developed . |
2 | In response to these needs a calendrical system of considerable complexity was devised . |
3 | To these ends a Coordinating Team , an Inservice Panel , and a school library/ resources committee were established as key bodies in making the project possible . |
4 | In addition to these requirements a responsible person may be required to keep the supervisor informed of his address if it differs from the child 's ( para 3(3) ) . |
5 | ( According to these advertisements a large proportion of the population wears white from head to toe , especially for the more messy activities . |
6 | The men do what is to all intents a twenty-four-hour shift seven days a week . |
7 | ‘ The fact remains ’ , she wrote , ‘ that differences in status exist , and as long as they exist it is practically impossible , since the lives of children can not be separated from those of their parents , to secure to all children a uniform standard of living ’ ( Rathbone , 1949 , p. 233 ) . |
8 | The effect of the maxim is to add to most utterances a pragmatic inference to the effect that the statement presented is the strongest , or most informative , that can be made in the situation ; in many cases the implicatures can be glossed by adding only to the propositional content of the sentence , e.g. " Nigel has only fourteen children " , " the flag is only white " , " Harry only got a fine " . |