Example sentences of "to the [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soft , thin mist gave to the foins a mysterious air . |
| 2 | The Bourgeois revolutions of 1905 and 1917 seemed to the optimists a natural development on the Russian road to a Western style constitutional state . |
| 3 | While the courts are chary of ‘ trespassing upon the province of Parliament ’ , because of the doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament , it appears that Parliament is not so willing to accord to the courts a rightful province upon which Parliament should not trespass . |
| 4 | This Wallach attributes to the overall control of government and aid agencies that assigns to the farmers a passive role in land management . |
| 5 | In 1875 Francis Seymour Haden , FRCS , advocated by means of three letters to The Times a disintegrating coffin ‘ … of some lighter permeable material , such as wicker or lattice-work , open at the top , and filled in with any fragrant herbaceous matters that happened to be most readily obtainable . |
| 6 | To add a bit of spice to the proceedings a sketchy transition had been tacked on one end of the ramp and that was the main focus of attention , especially in the grown-ups group . |
| 7 | W. Dyfed Parry dignified the teaching of English , Walter Jones enlivened history ( which should be , but is not always , the brightest of subjects ) , S. S. Michaels brought to the classics a massive learning and a sharp yet generous wit . |
| 8 | They were then asked to listen to the voices a second time and say whether each was " black , white or other " , giving a confidence rating . |