Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] to [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the three authorities which were controlled by the Conservatives before the 1990 elections , there was an average swing to Labour of just 1% . |
| 2 | Bootle MP Joe Benton sent an urgent message to Board of Trade president Michael Heseltine in a last ditch plea for help . |
| 3 | He had a shifty air — as well as an obvious aversion to work of any kind — and I did n't really take to him . |
| 4 | Furthermore , if Chemical did hand back the plane to Boeing , it would be at an effective cost to Virgin of a further $10m — the amount by which the plane 's value had increased in the time Virgin had owned it . |
| 5 | The adoption of these methods within connectionist research will make an important contribution to development of a unified theory of generalisation . |
| 6 | Thus the concept of the product life cycle makes an important contribution to forecasting of sales and planning of products . |
| 7 | The α-tocopherol:total cholesterol ratio in serum was significantly decreased and the activity of glutathione peroxidase , an important enzyme to scavenger of lipid peroxides , was inhibited by the administration of indomethacin . |
| 8 | The antifeminist teaching of Repertoire de Science ( " the Body of Knowledge " ) in the Miroir de Mariage is similarly designed to turn the male character Franc Vouloir from contemplation of an earthly marriage to contemplation of a spiritual and divine one . |