Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is more off-putting to a prospective employee than a delay in reply . |
| 2 | We have , then , two different kinds of language as potential objects for study : one abstracted in order to teach a language or literacy , or to study how the rules of language work , and another which has been used to communicate something and is felt to be coherent ( and may , or may not , happen to correspond to a correct sentence or a series of correct sentences ) . |
| 3 | ‘ In the Court of Appeal considerable doubt was expressed by that court as to whether an absolute prohibition on the import of a particular description of goods could amount to a quantitative restriction or a measure having equivalent effect , so as to fall within the ambit of Article 30 at all . |
| 4 | Alan had seemed impressed when he made the arrangements that the crematorium officials had been helpful and raised no objections to the DIY aspect of our undertaking , though on the whole preferring a coffin to a cardboard carton or a plastic bag . |
| 5 | Conservative Central Office has been inundated with jittery reports from regional Tory organisers , but is banking on driving home the message to a receptive audience that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would effectively open the door of Downing Street to Mr Kinnock . |
| 6 | Certain qualities of events have been linked to a raised probability that a particular psychiatric disorder will develop shortly afterwards . |
| 7 | Consign seeds to a heated propagator or a warm , light windowsill . |
| 8 | Well , the national secretary 's national officers are of course accountable to the C E C , they are accountable to congress , the introduction of section conferences means that they have another , an additional level of accountability , which does n't replace the accountability to the C E C or to Congress , but supplements it and subjects them of course to a closer scrutiny and a closer contact with the major activists in a whole sector of employment . |
| 9 | For isotropic materials the condition reduces to by setting equal to a pure dilation and a pure shear , respectively . |
| 10 | The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer . |
| 11 | After several weeks of sleeping bags and ‘ pretty awful food ’ , Ms Stephens , who lost a stone and half during the expedition , was looking forward to a hearty meal and a good night 's sleep in a proper bed . |
| 12 | We could not accept a treaty that contained either a commitment at the beginning to a federal vocation or a review clause at the end — this is the question I have just answered — which implied or stated that the result of the review must be a movement towards federalism . |
| 13 | If that failed , the next move would probably be to a Federal penitentiary where a fight in the yard or a sudden bout of pneumonia would secure his silence for good . |
| 14 | Executive responsibility — as part of a team the solicitor has the opportunity to participate to a greater degree than an outside solicitor in the commercial decisions resulting from advice . |
| 15 | To a greater extent than a human in a similar gathering each rabbit , as he pursued his own fragment , was sensitive to the trend of the whole . |
| 16 | What was more exhilarating to a poor man than a sudden influx of unearned cash , springing from a seemingly limitless fertile source ? |
| 17 | Lifted up to a new level and a new nearness to our Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 18 | They trace their breakthrough to a new architecture and a new generation generation of chips : the AMD 29050 for floating point and the VLSI POSE chip for rendering . |
| 19 | For those children going straight to foster families , without even the support of the friends they had made on the journey , natural feelings had to be forced down as adjustments to a new environment and a new language were made . |
| 20 | If the convenor is willing to accept this and I 'm aware of the time , if anybody wishes to strongly speak to a new point or a new angle on this matter , I 'd really prefer to call on the convenor to sum up . |
| 21 | The definition of " new tenant or occupier " is discussed in Chief Constable of Tayside v. Angus District Licensing Board , 1980 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 31 where it is held that " new " refers to both tenant and occupier and that at 32 " we are dealing with the removal of the licensee , when he yields up possession to a new tenant or a new occupier/occupant " . |
| 22 | to a slender stem and a palm |
| 23 | If you do not wear an available seat belt , you are liable to a fixed penalty or a fine if the case goes to court . |
| 24 | If intellectualism only leads to a cultivated despair or a hankering after dictatorship , then it is time to give ordinary intelligence a chance . |
| 25 | It is the resulting harm ( death ) which still dominates , as is evident from the fact that many forms of conduct fall within the law of manslaughter if death happens to result , whereas they would not even amount to a serious offence if a consequence less than death had ensued . |
| 26 | To a dirty home and an unhappy wife . |
| 27 | The Nature Conservatory Council , who thankfully own Creag Meagaidh , have a couple of suggestions , including it being a monument to a lost lover or an old protection for a rowan tree . |
| 28 | Cool marble floors lead to a modern bar and a lounge . |
| 29 | The first is in the village 's neat cemetery , where fields run up to a distant hedgerow and a sign by the gate says ‘ Fast Food Service ’ . |
| 30 | Maté showed me up two flights of stairs to a windowless room where a uniformed nurse awaited us . |