Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first one-man show was at The Artists Gallery 1941 and he showed with Peggy Guggenheim 's Art of this Century in 1944 which led on to a one man-show at the Guggenheim in 1947 . |
| 2 | WASIM AKRAM grabbed six wickets to send Surrey crashing to a 96-run defeat at The Oval to set Lancashire up for their Benson and Hedges Cup semi-final at Leicestershire today . |
| 3 | Doubters among the party 's membership will argue that the combined Brown and Tsongas vote against Mr Clinton confirms their fears that questions about his character will lead to a crushing defeat at the hands of President Bush . |
| 4 | The intersegmental membrane does not permit diffusion , so that a high concentration at the front end of one segment is maintained close to a low concentration at the back of the segment in front . |
| 5 | Yet it devoted more space to a rival attraction at the London School of Economics that same evening , Britain 's first teach-in ; the subject , the Vietnam War . |
| 6 | He sent them to a famous anthropologist at the university , who gave them to the library . |
| 7 | Ireland had crashed to a 145-90 defeat at the hands of the English losing out on all six rinks , and looked to have little chance when they took on the Scots , who had beaten defending champions Wales 130-100 in their opener . |
| 8 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 9 | Rubens ' The Entombment sold to a private bidder at the London sales for £1,045,000 . |
| 10 | He carried her to a private room at the hotel , where she could rest until she felt well enough to ride home . |
| 11 | Seeing the merit of paying in the highest monthly premium ( £35 ) , they can each look forward to a tax-free payment at the age of 65 — £37,500 for Alec and £37,800 for his wife — which will help bring the retirement home of their dreams well within their reach . |
| 12 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |
| 13 | The path is 600 yards long and connects to a tar-surfaced lane at the north end . |
| 14 | Philpott led them to a pale-blue door at the end of the passage . |
| 15 | One day both parents accompanied me to a fund-raising luncheon at the Savoy , an afternoon rehearsal , tea at the house of an old friend in Twickenham by the river , the recording of a TV show in which I appeared in front of a live audience , and supper in a lovely restaurant with the cast . |
| 16 | STEFAN EDBERG 's Wimbledon preparations were shunted off the rails last night as he crashed to a humiliating defeat at the hands of world No 83 Jamie Morgan in the Stella Artois championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 17 | He spoke to a packed meeting at the Oxford Union , but the event had all the hallmarks of an American-style political convention . |
| 18 | He shrugged then turned his attention to a new customer at the other end of the counter . |
| 19 | New houses are to be built on the site of the former Cameron maternity hospital and its facilities have been transferred to a new unit at the town 's general hospital . |
| 20 | Business tenants within the scope of the 1954 Act are entitled ( save in certain circumstances ) to a new tenancy at the end of the old one . |
| 21 | Results of end-of-year tests in mathematics , English , science and the first foreign language are used to reallocate some pupils to a new stream at the beginning of the new school year . |
| 22 | Maybe so , though it is still nice to see that principles still count for something , particularly when it comes to refusing to buy something you already own or turning that hand-out of shares over to a deserving charity at the expense of an easy-come , easy-go profit . |
| 23 | The back has deep , '50s-style chest-contouring , and the whole body is finished in a delicately-sprayed sunburst that darkens from a deep yellow at the centre to a medium orange at the edges . |
| 24 | Seventeen thousand people flocked to a remote field at the weekend — not to rave but to relive their youth . |
| 25 | Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell . |
| 26 | North West North West match angling almost came to a total halt at the weekend with virtually all major matches called off . |
| 27 | She clutched his arm at one point , bringing him to a halt in the middle of the pavement , heedless of the passers-by as she pointed to a tall column at the end of the street . |
| 28 | within one big area i i if you can and I think shutting things , I think putting trellising up to , not trellising but that sort of thing , to a certain extent at the minute we do n't need and I think I 'll have to come a time er too when it 's open as well to get |
| 29 | Even to a Western European at the time , it would have been comprehensible . |
| 30 | This done , the Yard 's largest , most successful and only bearded detective retired to a tiny room at the Blagrave Arms . |