Example sentences of "[noun] to a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 2 | Chrzanowski ruled out inviting Jaruzelski to a Sejm meeting , but told the press that he might be summoned by a special committee , set up as a result of the resolution , to investigate ways of compensating people for wrongs inflicted for political reasons under martial law . |
| 3 | Nicholas Doig , who farms with his father Dennis at Overy Farm , Eccles , Quidenham , Norfolk was one of the first people in the UK to fit a Packman to a crop sprayer . |
| 4 | It mattered little in the end , however , as United treated the fans to a second-half football exhibition . |
| 5 | Pinise Saul 's vocals added a spine-tingling force to a mid-tempo theme , Dave DeFries 's flugalhorn complementing her with brisk fluttering phrases . |
| 6 | Tony Benn and Eric Heffer were voted off several committees that the Labour Party considered important , while Thatcher lent her teddy bear to a Lincolnshire museum 's exhibition . |
| 7 | While the objections to rates are well known , it is difficult to be very confident that a switch to a poll tax will adequately redress these problems . |
| 8 | There was no dramatic switch to a materialist paradigm in science ; materialistic and holistic/vitalistic philosophies both survived the transition to a more experimental approach to the study of life , at least temporarily . |
| 9 | A strategy for the transition period had to be worked out ; a sudden switch to a market system would produce " riots in the streets " and the government 's downfall , he said . |
| 10 | By March 1990 this programme was already being adjudged inadequate in the light of statistics showing dismal economic performance in January-February , and on March 11 the Council of Ministers had instructed Deputy Premier Leonid Abalkin to produce by May 1 draft measures to achieve a more rapid switch to a market economy . |
| 11 | There was uproar in the chamber after Ryzhkov proceeded to outline a redraft of his own programme , warning in an emotional address that a rapid switch to a market economy , as envisaged in the Shatalin plan , would produce widespread social unrest and a popular backlash against any future reform efforts . |
| 12 | Only with the Conservative ministry of Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846 did the great switch to a laissez-faire policy begin on a broader scale . |
| 13 | The distributional effects will be very similar to a straight switch to a property tax . |
| 14 | The leak took place in a " hot cell " , used for treating highly radioactive waste , during a switch to an emergency power system while the main power was shut down during construction work . |
| 15 | Later the same year James Porter presented a document on the Dip.H.E. , on behalf of the Group , to the Council , suggesting , among other things , that a national ‘ transfer agency ’ was needed to deal with the problems of students wishing to move from a DipHE in one institution to a degree course in another . |
| 16 | Laurent Perrier , Harpers & Queen , Shiseido and Harrods cordially invite readers to a Champagne Affair on Tuesday 1 May from 6.15 to 8pm . |
| 17 | You may also be able to get legal insurance as an add-on to a household policy for as little as £12.50 per year , but it may not always cover you for a battle with the boss , so check before you buy |
| 18 | These patients have been referred by their General Practitioner to an Outpatient Clinic at the hospital because of symptoms or problems they have developed . |
| 19 | In Japan our small but beautiful medical information business increased its profits by forty five percent and Ladybird er we had a swing from a loss to a profit margin of ten percent . |
| 20 | Aim for a healthy diet , an increase in exercise , and slow , steady weight loss to a goal weight and goal shape . |
| 21 | In just a year , Barratt 's has turned round from a £106 million loss to an £11,300,000 profit . |
| 22 | A BLOCKBUSTER movie has brought an amazing cash bonanza to a Dublin city centre jobs black spot — thanks to Ulster-style riots ! |
| 23 | On Nov. 17 thousands of Kurds had fled Arbil fearing that orders to evacuate villages south of the city were a prelude to a government offensive . |
| 24 | Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war ? |
| 25 | In the general election of July 1886 he was narrowly beaten by the Tory Sir Gilbert Greenhall , head of the local brewing family — a bitter disappointment to a temperance advocate . |
| 26 | She did look fetching in her fuchsia velour jumpsuit that deepened her speedwell eyes to a pansy purple . |
| 27 | In reply to a Commons question the Defence minister Jonathanj Aitken told him the project would receive ’ very careful scrutiny . ’ |
| 28 | Now the Prime Minister has described the event 's organisation as magnificent in a reply to a Commons question from Garston MP Eddie Loyden . |
| 29 | The Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , in reply to a Commons question , acknowledged that concerns had been expressed about the advisory committee structure originally proposed . |
| 30 | Indeed , the captaincy of that side fell to Albert in mid-season after the retirement of Ted Smith and so he became the first Palace skipper to lead our club to a Football League championship . |