Example sentences of "a [noun] to [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wherever the truth may lie , it is a body-blow to the hopes of political ‘ detente ’ between black and white . |
| 2 | It captures the fundamental agreement that has given a unity to the perspectives of leading constitutional authorities , but it does not reveal the disputes that have existed within liberal-democratic constitutional theory . |
| 3 | Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems . |
| 4 | Latimer pleaded for time to prepare a defence to the charges against him , but William of Wykeham insisted that he should answer them immediately . |
| 5 | These changes are a response to the wishes of subscribers , as expressed in readership surveys , and of the editorial staff , as expressed in repeated cries of woe . |
| 6 | Although it is partly a response to the claims of transnationalism and hence of recent birth , Neo-Realism belongs firmly to the Realist tradition , as its name suggests . |
| 7 | Is Labour still reflecting the ideals of the past rather than organizing a response to the problems of the future ? |
| 8 | Instead , ‘ science ’ can be understood as a response to the conditions of existence ( material and ideological ) that resists the givenness of those conditions . |
| 9 | ‘ Up in the bloody rafters , ’ said Stone grimly ; he shivered , perhaps a response to the thoughts of having to go back up into the roof space , into the cold , cramped quarters . |
| 10 | And if the form changed , it was as a response to the exigencies of content . |
| 11 | For example , government provision of housing may be seen as a response to the inadequacies of the market as a provider of houses , but it has also transformed the character of that market . |
| 12 | Local authorities began to acquire properties as a response to the inadequacies of the 1932 Act and even before the LCC announced its green belt scheme in January 1935 some authorities , notably Middlesex and Surrey had commenced acquisition on a large scale ( Thomas , 1970 ) . |
| 13 | In part it was a response to the needs of childless white couples for whom white infants were no longer available for adoption . |
| 14 | I think that the new settlement erm should be as close to York erm city as can be achieved , the erm question of the detailed location er I think is a matter for erm discussion on the basis of the other planning policy guidance erm criteria which I have n't explored terms of the locational criteria , what I was seeking to do in my comments was erm to counter a point which has been made er by the C P R E which refers to new settlements as an engine of growth , now that 's not the purpose of this new settlement , it is a response to the needs of meeting Greater York , and I do n't see any reason why that 's less likely to be achieved if it 's South South West of York , than anywhere else around the circumference of York . |
| 15 | As time has gone on this emphasis has diminished partly as a response to the pressures of the marketplace . |
| 16 | Attractive as this new programme was as a response to the requirements of " relevance " , and the need to fight off incursions by scientific and technological education , it remained none the less vulnerable on a number of counts . |
| 17 | If players have the freedom to act in their best interests as a response to the signals of the market place , it is simply not possible to determine the outcome of the game by reference to certain ideals of social justice . |
| 18 | This was a blow to the defenders of orthodoxy , who had to stand by while refugee children from Jewish urban areas were shunted off to largely Christian rural areas . |
| 19 | This was a concession to the Magyars at the expense of other peoples within the borders of the Dual Monarchy ; Germans , Slovaks , Serbs , Croats , Ruthenes , Rumanians , Poles and Czechs were among the most numerous . |
| 20 | He developed many of these dramatic sketches , which embodied tricks and illusions : two of the most famous were ‘ Elixir Vitae ’ , which involved the illusion of decapitation , and ‘ A Spirit Case or Mrs Daffodil Downing 's Light and Dark Seance ’ which conjured up a ghost to the sounds of a violin suspended in the air . |
| 21 | In a preface to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , published in this year , he described the landscape of his childhood and speculated about the boy who remained within the adult and successful figure of Mark Twain — the boy who was called " Huck " and whom Eliot saw as a symbol of freedom like the Mississippi itself ; it was impossible for that boy r that river " to have a beginning or end — a career " . |
| 22 | He also mentions a preface to the Masses of Sidonius . |
| 23 | His great-grandfather , Gregory of Langres , had been a correspondent of Avitus of Vienne , and the bishop of Tours himself wrote a preface to the Masses of Sidonius . |
| 24 | Like Bulmer ( 1982 ) , we believe that social researchers have a responsibility to the subjects of their research , but this is doubled in our case because of the additional obligation on us to protect their personal security in whatever small way , as researchers , we can . |
| 25 | Accordingly , while congratulating the Association on its endeavours , may I make a plea to the members of its Committee to restrain themselves from the political tactic of eyewash and puff and to conduct themselves , so far as the Law Society are concerned , in a straightforward , honest and co-operative manner ? |
| 26 | Coloured lining looks attractive from the outside and can also be displayed in the room during daytime as a contrast to the curtains by draping the curtains back in tie bands and turning the leading edges into the room . |
| 27 | This intense cultivation of varied crops , so sharp a contrast to the monocultures of the centre , was dependent on irrigation . |
| 28 | Corbett grabbed a groom who was trying to lead a horse to the stables at the far end of the bailey but the fool could not understand him and Corbett simply drew a blank look , followed by a shrug and muttered curses . |
| 29 | JESUS CHRIST ! ’ when he should n't feasibly be capable of breathing — a testament to the levels of punishment Sugar inflict upon themselves , at the very least . |
| 30 | If any condition is expressed as being a condition to the obligations of one party only , that party would be able unilaterally to waive the condition . |