Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether , Edward I presented on average twenty-six candidates a year to church livings , more in the years after 1290 . |
| 2 | Any interruption might stop the flow , and if it gave the Colonel pause for thought , and the brain behind the little piggy eyes a chance to work , it might result in an enraged charge . |
| 3 | At the same time , however , these so-called urban social movements represented in Castells 's eyes a threat to the state and its spending . |
| 4 | Town Halls a Gateway to Democracy ? |
| 5 | Erm Giles is a longstanding member of this union , colleagues , and er , many colleagues may not realize it , but was formerly the res the national research officer of the union for many years before he , he entered parliament and of course , from time to time , enters into the script of things and many colleagues will know that er one of the great biographers of the trade union movement is of course , Constructive Militant you know , a must for all G M B new stewards and new convenors and branch secretaries a must to be read . |
| 6 | The introduction of Japanese-style working practices at Crewe is said to have brought the break-even point down from sales of about 2,700 cars a year to about 2,000 . |
| 7 | This seems to me retrogressive , and in some respects a return to the kind of thing I heard in my younger days in Oxford : ‘ One can not hope to understand A , unless one also knows about B , C , D , etc . ’ |
| 8 | According to Gregory the division of 561 was in many respects a return to that of 511 ; Charibert I received Paris , Guntram Orléans , Sigibert I Rheims and Chilperic I Soissons . |
| 9 | The company 's touring unit now gives around 300 performances a year to more than 37,000 people . |
| 10 | These new towns proposed all over the country have been called ‘ a solution in search of a problem ’ by the CPRE — in other words a solution to a non-existent problem , as enough land has already been put aside for people to be housed . |
| 11 | THREE huge dockside cranes an eyesore to many people are being demolished . |
| 12 | When the political and economic imagination is confronted by the economic success of an example which is in many respects an alternative to those Pacific cases , typified here by reference to Sweden , the implicit choices really do become quite evident . |
| 13 | There was only one form of public transport , the carrier 's horse and cart that went once or mice a week to the town , and even then with little room or encouragement for passengers . |
| 14 | On all copies of the Work rendered into bilingual editions , or adapted specially to suit the educational requirements and syllabus of particular countries a royalty to be negotiated and based on the Publisher 's net receipts |
| 15 | Since that case was decided , the nature of constitutional guarantees has subtly changed in the constitution of the United Kingdom , which has since become a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights , Article 11 of which guarantees to citizens of the signatory countries a right to freedom of assembly . |
| 16 | It will offer more than 200 economy seats in each of three jumbos a day to New York and Boston , from Gatwick and Heathrow . |
| 17 | The shots on show at the Isabelle Bongard in celebration of the ‘ Mois de la Photo ’ are remarkable for their elusive light effects a testimony to Mercardier 's patience . |
| 18 | On the second point , that of allowing youngsters a chance to ‘ have a look ’ at the pro game , I suspect it will have little effect . |
| 19 | He said there was no mechanism in local government to consider the environmental effects of an extra 120 HGV movements a day to and from the quarry following British Steel 's commercial decision . |
| 20 | They are supplying about 150 pounds of fresh morels a week to customers around the country . |
| 21 | Once in Siberia he realized that estimates made on paper in Moscow for the dispatch of 250 wagons a day to the Volga were completely unrealistic . |
| 22 | We have now commissioned a plant to supply 10,000 tonnes a year to them … ’ |
| 23 | Then the government must offer the French-speaking Quebeckers an alternative to their demands for political sovereignty , which have grown in volume ( if not in clarity ) during the past winter . |
| 24 | The re-emergence of the Soviet Union from its self-imposed isolation offers British companies an alternative to the saturated consumer markets and cartelised suppliers of western Europe . |
| 25 | Pale Saints are these days a trip to jollity farm ; this EP is a delightful set of different things . |
| 26 | top management need to devote a minimum of four full days a year to preparing data personally and having face to face meetings with one or more levels of employees to communicate crucial messages . |
| 27 | The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to . |
| 28 | A daytime shuttle bus operates 6 days a week to the village . |
| 29 | All prospective CAB voluntary advice workers will be told that they may be required to make a commitment of one to two days a week to a bureau as well as six sessions a year of in-service training after their basic training . |
| 30 | OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK TO PARTIES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY . |