Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SuperSparc-II will move to a 0.6-micron technology and Sun will add an enhanced integer unit , new floating point and dual-launch floating point . |
| 2 | The SuperSparc-II will move to a 0.6-micron technology and Sun will add an enhanced integer unit , new floating point and dual-launch floating point . |
| 3 | An alternative school of thought , associated with Thomas Schelling , argues that rational bargainers can be influenced by non-mathematical ‘ cues ’ which distinguish one potential agreement as particularly prominent ( a ‘ focal point ’ ) : this gives rise to a self-fulfilling expectation that agreement will be reached at this point . |
| 4 | Deafened by meningitis at the age of five , he , like John Young , is a Scot , married to a deaf wife and father of a hearing daughter . |
| 5 | Information is as vital to a democratic regime as propaganda is to an authoritarian one ( Blumler , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | Travelling on the stylish British Midland Diamond Service approximately 7.00 a.m. to Amsterdam , why not get the day off to a sparkling start and order Champagne from their complimentary bar . |
| 7 | Since last week 's bumper post bag caused our 50-storey multi-plex office block to cave in under the sheer weight of ever-hopeful readers ' entries , we here at Bizzerk have had to temporarily relocate to a Hawaiian island where cargo boats deliver letters by the sackload for our native postal workers to process . |
| 8 | Since last week 's bumper post bag caused our 50-storey multi-plex office block to cave in under the sheer weight of ever-hopeful readers ' entries , we here at Bizzerk have had to temporarily relocate to a Hawaiian island where cargo boats deliver letters by the sackload for our native postal workers to process . |
| 9 | The lime green leaves of compact shrub Choisya ternata Sundance provide a welcome splash of light to the winter garden ; keep in a sheltered spot , along with an aromatic bay tree , clipped to a classy pyramid or box shape . |
| 10 | We go to a Dutch city where motor traffic is banned from the centre and where more than half of all local journeys are made by bike . |
| 11 | To ensure that the internal auditors have a significant degree of independence within the company the chief internal auditor should report to the chief executive and to a financial reporting and audit committee ( FRAC ) made up entirely of non-executive directors . |
| 12 | Bulimia , according to a recent Drug and Therapeutics bulletin from the Consumers ' Association , is suffered by around two percent of young women in Britain . |
| 13 | We have suggested a position close to the kitchen window and it could of course be converted to a raised bed or pool at a later date . |
| 14 | One purpose underlying Althusser 's work was to rationalize the French Communist Party 's continued adherence to a pro-Moscow line and admiration for the Eastern-bloc system . |
| 15 | Allen , in turn , took Coleridge to Balliol to introduce him to a young radical and poet called Robert Southey , who was then almost twenty years old . |
| 16 | It was the beginning of our curiosity about each other which led ultimately to a mutual understanding and respect upon which our friendship became firmly based . |
| 17 | This is particularly important if a ‘ traditional ’ training has kept them to a limited understanding and repertoire . |
| 18 | Similarly , a test which requires a response to a spoken word or sentence should be used only for children who have reasonably good speech perception . |
| 19 | It is , then , because he is explaining differences and resemblances as he is that Darwin , in 1838 , needs a theory of purely opportunistic adaptive change in changing conditions , a theory making no developmentalist assumption as to a preferred direction that life will take provided it can go on at all . |
| 20 | Such a system does not need to have access to a full-coverage grammar and lexicon . |
| 21 | The library committee , however , is committed to a future agenda where study skills have a high priority , and there is already a considerable legacy of booklets and supportive material in the school to assure a measure of continuity . |
| 22 | This amounts to a concise argument that semantics is not autonomous with respect to pragmatics , and that pragmatics provides part of the necessary input to a semantic theory . |
| 23 | If Reverend Derek Sawyer has his way regular worshippers at his church will soon be paying membership fees … similar to a private club or gym . |
| 24 | The decision was to retire to a private island and bar , give the mike to Mike Rafter and leave the rest to changing-room adrenalin . |
| 25 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 26 | Add to a moist beef or lamb stew about half-an-hour before the end of the cooking time , making sure there is enough liquid in which the dumplings can cook . |
| 27 | The station had a shaky launch in January losing two million viewers in its early weeks and the increases are put down to a revamped style and change of presenters . |
| 28 | On 11 November 1980 , C and G contracted to sell their shares in the company to a fellow shareholder and director of the company , B. Under the terms of the agreement , the taxpayers , B , and the company , executed a deed of novation whereby the company released the taxpayers from liability on their current accounts ( which stood in total at £79,000 ) up to a limit of £68,000 . |
| 29 | These can give a new lease of life to a jaded windowbox or tub . |
| 30 | Thus by referring to such values as ‘ our country 's values ’ , business men appeal to a higher loyalty than obedience to the law and thereby free themselves from its moral constraint . |