Example sentences of "add [indef pn] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does the picture add nothing to the text but it also does n't convey as much about the incident as the text . |
| 2 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 3 | By the time Elizabeth arrived Lydia was prepared to welcome her , since any additional flavour must add something to the evening , which was like Betty 's meatless stock into which she kept putting more and more dried herbs and burned onion in an effort to make it taste of something . |
| 4 | The American constitution can not be changed except through a very cumbersome and difficult constitutional procedure which requires the vote of two thirds of the members of both houses of congress and a resolution from three quarters of the leg state legislatures , so it 's not a simple majority , you ca n't just simply say oh let's add something to the constitution , very difficult indeed erm er and there has n't been a significant recent amendment to the constitution . |
| 5 | This rhetorical absenteeism is definitive of deconstructive reading where texts are seen to " undo " themselves , and the intervention of a reading " does not add anything to the text " ( 1979 : 17 ) . |
| 6 | Again , I respect my hon. Friend 's strongly held personal views , but Parliament has expressed its views and I can not add anything to the answer that I gave to the two previous questions . |
| 7 | ‘ We were told that we could not add anything to the pedestrian provision after the initial period . |
| 8 | ‘ The arson charge does not add anything to the prosecution case against Harper , so you need only concentrate on the manslaughter charge against him . ’ |