Example sentences of "[noun] to a [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glasgow seemed better equipped to handle the additional 20 minutes and snatched victory thanks to an own goal by Donald McIntyre ( Forfar ) and Stephen Ross 's late third . |
| 2 | It is recognised however , that a change in teaching methods to a more enquiry mode of teaching has implications for both resources and In-Service training in Catholic Schools . |
| 3 | He has two grown-up children , Dean and Roberta , by his first marriage to a former model , Tina , which broke up in a blaze of publicity after he left her for Stephanie . |
| 4 | Some weeks ago we sent a draft of a similar digest to a few Age Concern groups in order that we gain an appreciation of such a service and whether we should develop it further . |
| 5 | While certain proteins cause these effects to a less extent than others , it is generally considered that uncontrolled adsorption of protein on surfaces in large amounts is undesirable if the surface is to be biocompatible . |
| 6 | I must confess that I find this deeply attractive , and I want to draw attention to a few Bible passages where I think this idea is being worked out . |
| 7 | When you 're not out walking around this lovely area of the Borders try seeing it from the back of a horse — the Westertoun Riding Centre will take you out on anything from an hourly ride to a half day trek through the Lammermuir Hills . |
| 8 | A volunteer normally offers to spend two or three hours per week as a companion to a former patient and may go out with the person or help him with specific tasks . |
| 9 | THE Belfast Telegraph today obtained a copy of a letter from US President Bill Clinton to a former Congressman who arrives in Ireland tomorrow to campaign for a peace envoy to be sent to the province . |
| 10 | He thought briefly about Surere again , and wondered with something akin to panic whether he would reappear ; then , angered with himself at this disloyalty to a former colleague and certainly a fellow-sufferer under the new regime , he dismissed the matter and concentrated instead on what he would say to Taheb . |
| 11 | Instead he moved slowly towards a system which allocated by ranking children by school record , then ranking schools rather than subjecting pupils to a once-and-for-all examination , eventually towards non-selective education altogether . |
| 12 | Perhaps this happens to us ail as we age : our past lives detach themselves and stand to one side hesitantly , hardly believing the corporeal links to a former self . |