Example sentences of "[unc] answer to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Rail 's answer to leaves on the line : cut down the trees |
| 2 | Depending on who you talk to , she 's either Hollywood 's answer to Joan of Arc or a direct descendant of Lucretia Borgia . |
| 3 | The creation of the Solicitors Complaints Bureau ( SCB ) in September 1986 was The Law Society 's answer to critics of the complaints machinery . |
| 4 | Sound track by Count Basie and Islam 's answer to Pavarotti in the even more enormous shape of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ; voice like a tripped-out angel in a dream even though I have no idea what he 's singing about and always sneakingly suspect it 's something on the lines of ‘ Hey , let's string up Salman Rushdie , yeah-yeah ’ . |
| 5 | The aim was expressed at the launch of a new report reviewing the role and prospects of the small firms sector in the economy , Small Firms in Britain , a publication which in some ways is the government 's answer to pressure for a regular ‘ report on small business ’ , similar to the weighty volume published annually in the United States . |