Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In four out of the five authorities studied in depth by the research team , ‘ the provision of a statement appeared in the majority of cases to coincide with a decision to transfer a child to a special school ’ . |
| 2 | Mr. Beloff submitted that there is no basis for the implication of a term to create an exception to the prohibition contained in the injunction to the effect of ‘ otherwise than pursuant to a section 39 notice . ’ |
| 3 | There is nothing more frustrating for a President to issue an order to a Cabinet officer , and then find that , when the order gets out in the field , it is totally mutilated . ’ |
| 4 | From January 1990 the maximum rate of income tax for private individuals and businesses was cut to 35 per cent in a bid to give a boost to the stock exchange and investment ; the new simplified system was also intended to reduce tax evasion . |
| 5 | An emergency meeting has been called for clubs leasing stretches of the Macclesfield Canal in a bid to find a solution to an increasing mink problem . |
| 6 | The group also discussed a plan to make a trip to York to see a needlework exhibition which will feature the Duchess of York 's wedding dress . |
| 7 | In the interests of the maintenance of international peace and security , Article 35 ( 2 ) of the United Nations Charter allows a non-member to bring a dispute to which it is a party to the attention of either organ of the Organisation , provided it accepts in advance the obligations of the pacific settlement of disputes for the purposes of the dispute . |
| 8 | Already making her way around the house , she came to the front and asked a footman to carry a message to Rose Alderley . |
| 9 | And it is not unknown for members of a group to manipulate a drama to further their real-life victimisation of the class ‘ scapegoat ’ — so that it is not a drama experience at all but a vicious first-order experience disguised as drama . |
| 10 | I went I said gas shell drop close to me and that that gave me a bit of a right to go an d to the hospital . |
| 11 | Their parents had travelled thousands of miles , from all parts of the globe , to make a new home in quiet England , safe among the ashes of empire , only to have their children greeted by Mr Malik , a man more exotic than any schoolboy had a right to expect a teacher to be . |
| 12 | Henderson almost made it four in four as Guy Whittal failed by a whisker to get an edge to the next delivery . |
| 13 | This laughter may not be a safety valve reducing tension , but a device to conceal an urge to violence . |
| 14 | Is it reasonable for a woman to invite a man to her bedroom , even to undress and get into bed , and still reserve the right to refuse penetrative sex ? |
| 15 | ( e ) The actor is armed with a weapon , or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead a person to reasonably believe it to be a weapon . |
| 16 | Raising a hand to put an end to these blows the woman gave me a warm smile . |
| 17 | The Prince feels he has a responsibility as a landowner to set an example to others , always to take the humane or the conservationist route above the straight commercial . |
| 18 | It is not clear why such a threat should be regarded as inadequate , nor does Professor Williams indicate the circumstances in which a threat to withhold a benefit to which a woman is entitled should suffice . |
| 19 | For some children it 's a treat to make a visit to hospital less daunting . |
| 20 | Did n't you say yourself that you intended finding a way to put an end to our arrangement ? |
| 21 | The Eretrian alliance arranges for the Council to choose ten men to go to Eretria , and there is a similar provision in a document from the year 367 ( Tod 137 = HD 54 ) : the Council is to choose a herald to make a protest to the Aitolian League ( cp. also Aisch. ii.19 ) . |
| 22 | The example below uses a macro to pass a character to the screen or printer . |
| 23 | He would also be expected to pay a premium to put an end to the chaos . |
| 24 | I was recently asked by a client to recommend an upgrade to his existing small PC . |