Example sentences of "to [det] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a drop of about six feet to the top of the window beneath , and an equal drop to that on the first floor . |
| 2 | The front engine will drive a folding propeller similar to that on the German Stemme S10 powered sailplane ( Pilot , August 1991 ) , while the rear one will drive a constant-speed Hartzell propeller . |
| 3 | The affinities of L703766 for all mutants were very similar to that for the wild-type receptor ( Table 2 ) . |
| 4 | Further , the evidence for the late Merovingian period is not comparable to that for the sixth century . |
| 5 | If a functional group on CP 96345 interacts with His197 , removing that functional group should result in a dissociation constant for the H197A mutant equal to that for the wild type because the His197 specific interaction is no longer present . |
| 6 | The median survival of 7.5 months ( range 2–13 ) for patients with cytomegalovirus and AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis is identical to that for the whole AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis group . |
| 7 | Er I simply draw the attention of the panel to that to the obvious conflict between those two er conclusions . |
| 8 | This domain of Vmw175 has been expressed as a stable , functionally separable domain in bacteria ( 25,21 ) , exists as a dimer in solution ( 21 ) and binds DNA with a specificity similar to that of the intact protein ( 25,21 ) . |
| 9 | The DNA binding domain of the homologous protein of HSV-1 , Vmw175 , has been expressed in isolation and found to have a similar binding specificity to that of the intact protein ( 21,25,31 ) . |
| 10 | The construction is similar to that of the insulating wall : new ceiling joists are fixed across the room , supported by either hanging brackets or wall battens . |
| 11 | The time of year was chosen to be as close as possible to that of the 1979 census to ensure that seasonal mortality effects would not confound results . |
| 12 | If a separate national question were raised , workers would be diverted from the pursuit of their own class interest to that of the petty bourgeoisie , spreading disunity between workers of different national origins . |
| 13 | If Pindar in the Thirteenth Olympian meant anything at all by saying that the Muses breathed sweetly over Corinth , he was not referring to his own day but perhaps to that of the Corinthian Arion who invented the dithyramb . |
| 14 | The ceremony is very similar to that of the Catholic church also being rich in ceremony and ritual . |
| 15 | The role of the Nambudiri in the Kerala of that period was rather similar to that of the Catholic church in the Holy Roman Empire of medieval Europe . |
| 16 | When he was shown up , it was not to the office of the Internal Accountant , but to that of the General Manager . |
| 17 | The language syntax is not always completely identical to that of the 6502 version , but in most cases the Z80 version is more tolerant . |
| 18 | The repulsion would be enough to lift a " weight " equal to that of the entire earth ! " |
| 19 | The emphasis here is again clearly different to that of the AFHQ conclusion on 22 May that " no Jugoslavs … who have come into the hands of Allied troops will be returned to Jugoslavia against their will " . |
| 20 | They made a demand of our waste , without offering any allowance for the same ; and by degrees did we tamely submit , we should be brought under a yoke , which would have some affinity to that of the Egyptian Bondage . |
| 21 | The establishment of this network proved to be a critical factor in African nationalism during this brief period in Kenyan history when the press played a role similar to that of the nationalist press in British West Africa . |
| 22 | Pumping the gas in under pressure produced a beverage almost equal to that of the best mineral springs . |
| 23 | The fact that the police are positioned as at once the backbone of the State and a pariah within civil society in a way that is similar , though not identical , to that of the working class adds a further twist to the tale . |
| 24 | Some microbiologists believe that Agrobacterium 's chromosome is identical to that of the friendly Rhizobium , and that the two microbes differ solely in their plasmid complement . |
| 25 | Beaverbrook and Rothermere had tried , in their own ways and using their own particular methods , to dislodge the ‘ concentric circles ’ by establishing another focus of power — themselves and their newspapers — that would generate a circle of press power of equal strength and significance to that of the political circle . |
| 26 | The polarizing region thus has properties similar to that of the amphibian organizer . |
| 27 | President Kaunda told delegates that Zambia 's experience could not be compared to that of the Soviet Union or of East European countries which had recently opted for political pluralism . |
| 28 | My work was then only possible by a fusion of different feminist women 's critical work , a radically different approach to that of the male conception of individual genius . |
| 29 | With trading in the first quarter similar to that of the second half of last year , the company is continuing to exercise tight control of the business . |
| 30 | This year their net first half contribution was negative which will strongly exaggerate the seasonal bias towards the second half er , conditions will still be far from ideal but with the Gulf factor out of the way and some visible improvement in our overseas markets , particularly North America we think the trading environment will be broadly equivalent to that of the second half of last year . |