Example sentences of "[noun] to a person [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alcohol is also very high in calories and can contribute a great deal to a person 's weight . |
| 2 | In a separate study of 17,000 Harvard graduates in 1986 it was determined that moderate exercise could add up to two years to a person 's life . |
| 3 | An indirect reference : It is unkind to make allusions to a person 's physical defects . |
| 4 | The study of bumps on the skull as a guide to a person 's character had its heyday as a ‘ science ’ in the 19th century , falling to the level of a fairground act by the early part of this century . |
| 5 | The decision to ‘ open a case ’ marks a critical difference in the construction of and response to a person 's problems , and confers potential gains and losses ; the latter includes the danger of being drawn into increasingly intrusive interventions that may threaten a person 's autonomy . |
| 6 | If news bore little or no relation to a person 's experience , then it might not be remembered . |
| 7 | A threat to a person 's property in his presence might very well provoke the use of force by way of self-protection , which would seem to qualify . |