Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | The sale of commercial aircraft provided a powerful boost to overseas sales , but , even excluding this volatile component , the increase was broadly-based . |
| 32 | The party system of the Soviet Union provided a striking contrast to both Great Britain and the United States . |
| 33 | It provided a subtle bridge to the promised land of successful survival : not overtly trumpeting the triumphant rebirth of conspicuous consumption , but nevertheless easing in an almost unconscious separation from raging youth . |
| 34 | This provided a tremendous boost to the development of London 's euro-dollar market . |
| 35 | Mandamus was therefore refused because the visitor 's determination provided a complete answer to the complaint of breach of natural justice by the provost and fellows . |
| 36 | Dick Whittaker , deputy secretary of the JMB , said that there were now calculators available which , for example , offered computerised foreign language dictionaries and others which provided a complete guide to fossil groups in palaeontology . |
| 37 | The sale to the public of 50 per cent of British Telecom ( BT ) in December 1984 was , at the time , the largest privatisation issue and it provided a major spur to the whole programme . |
| 38 | Cheap energy provided a major stimulus to economic development in Western Europe and Japan . |
| 39 | This study will examine the extent to which this capital-goods sector provided a major stimulus to invention and innovation in the century after 1780 . |
| 40 | The OPEC petro-dollar surplus provided a major boost to the euro-dollar market 's growth in the 1970s . |
| 41 | This clearly provided a major incentive to the other two districts to achieve the development of new services . |
| 42 | The prompt action by South Pacific countries to deal with the drift-net plague provided a marked contrast to the situation in the North Pacific high seas , where the US had been dragging its heels as the Asian drift-net fleets continued to pillage the salmon , tuna , and squid resources , and kill tens of thousands of marine mammals and hundreds of thousands of sea birds , many of them in Alaskan fisheries waters . |
| 43 | But it was Aldridge 's flying header at the edge of the six yard box on 14 minutes which provided a conclusive finish to a classic down-the-line move between Keane and the overlapping Irwin . |
| 44 | It provided a fitting accompaniment to the voice of the headmaster . |
| 45 | Bang up-to-date tractors were seen alongside diminutive pre-war vehicles , and the latest in creature comforts in the modern cabs provided a startling contrast to the metal seat and open-to-the-elements driving position of a 1930 machine . |
| 46 | Jazzy wave styled for height by Anthony Skito provided a soft frame to the face |
| 47 | In that universal approach , which provided a thought-provoking challenge to the established temperate models , King ( 1962 , pp. 162–3 , 643 ) introduced his model as : |
| 48 | None of the Six believed that the OEEC provided a meaningful alternative to the proposals discussed at Messina . |
| 49 | Even though at best only partial success was attained in ‘ imposing ’ this image on the still unbroken socialist/communist and catholic subcultures , where there were strong ideological counters to acceptance of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ , and on sections of the upper classes whose status-conscious élitism provided a continuing barrier to the appeal of populist leadership images , there can be no doubt that the penetration of the propagated ‘ Hitler myth ’ was deep , especially , but by no means only , among the German middle classes . |
| 50 | Coming on the heels of last week 's selling — some would call it over-selling — the endorsement provided a welcome boost to trading at the start of the new three-week account . |
| 51 | And after a sparkling three days of racing , the Gold Cup itself provided a dramatic climax to the week . |
| 52 | These schools now provided a free alternative to expensive private education — so that the number of middle-class children in them rose . |
| 53 | One obvious explanation is that deconstruction provided a convenient successor to the New Criticism in mass higher education , providing a form of detailed close analysis of texts which does not require much in the way of contextual cultural literacy . |
| 54 | The story of the conversion of Thames Tunnel Mills at Rotherhithe on the south bank of the River Thames in central London provided a clear contrast to the foregoing accounts of the renovation of traditional water-powered , corn-grinding mills in Surrey and Sussex . |
| 55 | Vincente Minnelli , a director of the old school and greatly renowned and respected for such classics as The Band Wagon and An American in Paris , was looking for a touch of modernism to attract a young audience to a rather old-fashioned film called On a Clear Day You Can See Forever . |
| 56 | Tomorrow Eubank expects to attract a reasonable crowd to Manchester to watch him floor another no-hoper , Juan Carlos Giminez of Paraguay , as he doggedly attempts to squeeze the last pound from his slight talent . |
| 57 | The Sainsbury plans have received wholehearted support from borough councillors anxious to attract a prestigious development to the Grange Road site . |
| 58 | Sainsbury 's plans received wholehearted support from borough councillors anxious to attract a prestigious development to the Grange Road site . |
| 59 | COUNCILLORS keen to attract a major supermarket to Darlington have agreed to ‘ nudge ’ a Government minister to remind him to visit the town . |
| 60 | The only viable alternative is to ‘ mimagree ’ otherwise , to mime agreement in such a way as to contest subtly the authority of the language used rather than launching a direct challenge to male discursive authority . |