Example sentences of "to a [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the moment he therefore confined himself to a tour of the streets , even though popular clamour made it clear what was wanted , for few cried ‘ Vive la République ’ . |
| 2 | If a closed-loop stepping motor system is to position a load in the shortest possible time it must accelerate rapidly to a high speed , but the choice of switching angle is subject to a conflict between the demands of fast acceleration and high speed operation . |
| 3 | On 28 December , partisans made repeated attacks on German transport on the Via Emilia , their main line of communication with the battle front , which led to a threat by the Germans that they would burn the villages along the length of the road . |
| 4 | Thus in their reply in 1897 to a memorial from the men asking for a 50-hour week , the Edinburgh Master Printers " Association ( MPA ) pleaded that competition was too intense for them to agree : " The great bulk of printing now done in Edinburgh is for London publishers . |
| 5 | On the failure to honour this promise , the bank claimed that they were entitled to a lien on the goods by virtue of the agreement in the letter . |
| 6 | Many women have benefited from mifepristone 's availability in France — but even there , not all women want it : according to a spokesman for the makers , about a third in need of abortion opt for a swift operation . |
| 7 | This might throw light on his uncomplimentary nickname too , and on how , as the charter S 933 of 1014 reveals , " the attacks and plunderings of the evil Danes " gave him possession of a Dorset estate of the church of Sherborne , which he eventually sold for a great price in gold and silver to a friend of the monks , who returned it to them . |
| 8 | Now can we move to a discussion on the criteria and I 'll ask Mr to open on that . |
| 9 | But hardly anyone took this seriously , and much of Darwin 's own book was devoted to a discussion of the factors that would have led to mental progress . |
| 10 | Before proceeding to a discussion of the motivations that lie behind the growth of the field in recent years , it would be as well to clarify the role that pragmatics might be seen to play within linguistic theory as a whole . |
| 11 | Having given you food for thought , I 'd like to move on to a discussion of the criteria and can I say right now that I think it would be right and proper to limit our discussion this morning to the criteria . |
| 12 | This leads to a discussion of the characteristics of the agency labour force and of the nature of the occupation and regional labour markets in which they are found . |
| 13 | In this chapter we shall deal with the major advice-giving agencies prior to a discussion of the arrangements under which the private profession and the law centres provide legal advice and assistance . |
| 14 | Wilson presents these in a chapter devoted entirely to a discussion of the practices of each of the 12 laudesi companies . |
| 15 | As we have attempted in our previous books on further education succinctly to summarize the chief characteristics of the polytechnics , we intend therefore to restrict ourselves to a discussion of the ways in which they have developed in the three years since the first edition of this book was written . |
| 16 | Edmunds claimed no contract was signed for the album but the band argued they were still entitled to a share of the earnings . |
| 17 | He 'll want things to go on just as before , while he helps himself to a share of the takings . |
| 18 | And that 's led to a change in the guitars , as well , because any guitar with a tremolo arm is a guitar with a trapdoor , an escape route you can take any time you 're feeling uncomfortable — and they make you lazy with your finger vibrato as well . |
| 19 | Section 5(1) of UCTA 1977 states : 5- ( 1 ) In the case of goods of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption , where loss or damage ( a ) arises from the goods proving defective while in consumer use ; and ( b ) results from the negligence of a person concerned in the manufacture or distribution of the goods , liability for the loss or damage can not be excluded or restricted by reference to any contract term or notice contained in or operating by reference to a guarantee of the goods . |
| 20 | Having said that , he enjoyed the depth of conviction to be heard at a conventicle and slipped away to a service on the muirs above the village as often as he was able to do so . |
| 21 | And police were drafted in to control the traffic which was brought to a standstill by the numbers of people lining the pavement outside the Seacombe church . |
| 22 | Ten years ago , violence between rival organisations came to a head with the deaths of six members of one family in a fire-bomb attack on their house . |
| 23 | Ten years ago , violence between rival organisations came to a head with the deaths of six members of one family in a fire-bomb attack on their house . |
| 24 | The same holds true when it comes to a consideration of the reasons for the individual grants made by the Romans . |
| 25 | This programme is now moving on to a consideration of the functions of government departments themselves , with proposals to privatise large swathes of government activities , leaving a small , central policy-making core in Whitehall . |
| 26 | Gedge conceded the point in a humorous letter to Dave Fielding , admitted that he could lay claim to a proportion of the royalties accrued by the song . |
| 27 | However , Baxter 's influence was a major factor contributing to a split between the Presbyterians and Independents towards the end of the 17th . |
| 28 | This , however , does not mean that there are no further levels of distinction inside the group or that an individual member or a particular family within the gens may not have privileged access to a part of the gens territory . |
| 29 | If any greater certainty could be given then it could be done only by an unacceptable narrowing of the duty to restrict it to a part of the auditors responsibilities and we 're also concerned that to do so could have potentially wide ranging implications for the scope of auditor 's functions more generally . |
| 30 | ‘ A few weeks ago , someone came up to a tagger with the KWS tagging crew , ’ Boyle said . |