Example sentences of "[noun] to a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He earned an honest penny by teaching the New Testament to a few undergraduates , who needed to be agile to follow his paradoxes and who found themselves hoeing the weeds when they expected to study St Paul 's Epistle to the Galatians . |
| 2 | The suggestion that Thomas 's race was a consideration in his nomination was highly embarrassing for Bush as it coincided with the president 's unrelenting opposition to a civil rights bill passed by Congress which he had pledged to veto on the grounds that it supported minority quotas . |
| 3 | Curbishley already had the English schools time , thanks to a 44.3 secs run in her first track outing at Hull this season , before she was injured in a 400 metres hurdles race at York . |
| 4 | Wales took victory in the men 's match by 72-65 , but Scotland ran out overall winners by 148-115 thanks to a comfortable women 's victory . |
| 5 | Advanced course units would then be taken , with a combination of twelve of them in one subject area leading to an honours degree , twelve in two subjects to a joint honours , and various other ‘ less demanding combinations ’ to ordinary degrees : |
| 6 | and it can not produce an alternative to a defective police case . |
| 7 | They succeed by a greater division of labour , with most volunteers carrying responsibility for generalist advice while referring complex work to a few specialists . |
| 8 | The entire coastal fringe from Chilaw south to a few kilometres into Hambantota district was the most densely populated part of the island . |
| 9 | A general exclusion clause which restricts liability to a monetary figure , or by reference to a liquidated damages formula , could well be reasonable , depending upon the actual figure or formula , which should be judged on the criteria relating to such limitations of liability discussed above . |
| 10 | When she is older I will send the child to a good girls ’ school and see that she is taught English . |
| 11 | For some inexplicable reason , professional firms have previously considered that the.financial management procedures relevant to corporate entities bore little relevance to a professional services partnership . |
| 12 | Although a number of exclusions under the Act exist , there is none which is of general relevance to a UK-based futures dealer , broker , manager or adviser . |
| 13 | ‘ In fact he increased the fee to a thousand dollars . ’ |
| 14 | The most publicised of these was the terrible DC-10 accident to a Turkish Airlines aircraft near Paris . |
| 15 | These have short periods , from a few days to a few weeks . |
| 16 | This process can take anything from a few weeks to a few months . |
| 17 | In the Sheriff Court the adjustment period can range from a few weeks to a few months , depending on the whim of the Sheriff . |
| 18 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 19 | But his happy demeanour is n't likely to last , because not only has he got the move to a new premises in Nantes to handle , along with the updating of the 300 coupe and convertibles he 'll build next year to use Renault 's up-and-coming 24-valve V6 , he 's also got the De la Chapelle Parcours in his hands . |
| 20 | PRINCESS Diana has sent a secret cash gift to a battered wives ' refuge that the Mirror has been campaigning to save . |
| 21 | If your hospitalization is sudden , say , you are struck down with appendicitis at work , ask your work colleagues to telephone the neighbour who keeps your spare key and ask him or her to check that your home is all right , look after your pet or take your pet to a local kennels or vet to be looked after , water your plants , and generally keep an eye on things . |
| 22 | Yidana had reported the results of his investigation to a Special Investigations Board , which concluded that 10 people should be prosecuted for murder , including the head of National Security . |
| 23 | The same writer recommended giving glasshouse room to a few hedgehogs , ideal for keeping down woodlice . |
| 24 | At secondary modern school , which he despised , he recalls an outing to a local metalworks factory . |
| 25 | A party of girls who went on an outing to a local Guides ' camp were surprised to find that the accommodation there was even more primitive than that at Great Engeham . |
| 26 | The department was changed from Social Studies to a full Humanities department teaching ‘ O ’ Level and CSE in History , Geography and Social Studies . |
| 27 | To help engender trust and familiarity , the field-worker 's contact in the station was restricted at the beginning to a few hours a shift once a week , gradually being built up to a full shift , including mights , twice a week . |
| 28 | They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes . |
| 29 | But while the United States , France , the UK and Germany still find themselves in similar league positions to a hundred years ago , there is now a growing challenge from a dozen or more previously dependent nations , especially in Asia . |
| 30 | Now I know there are some fish willing to feed I will cut down my feed rate to a dozen maggots only when I cast in . |