Example sentences of "[noun] to [pron] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pay tribute to him for first raising the subject of league tables for schools ' performances in the Bill that he introduced earlier in the year . |
| 2 | Paying tribute to him before last night 's show , Mr Barraclough said the best thing about working with Les Dawson was the laughter . |
| 3 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 4 | It is perhaps arguable , though , that we should recognize structures based on assignment of equation where the two intensional elements are properties ; thus a sentence such as small is beautiful might be represented as : ( 36 ) small is beautiful On the other hand , it may be that the human mind only represents such an equational assignment to itself by first making an entity-concept out of the ideas on each side . |
| 5 | Cliftonville are now a team to be respected by other Irish League outfits and good luck to them in next week 's Irish Cup semi-final . |
| 6 | Mr Reenan , of Abingdon , Oxon , confessed : ‘ I can not deny there was a greed aspect to it at first but I regret it now . |