Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | DAY 4 : Time for last minute shopping or perhaps a visit to the Rijksmuseum to see the Night Watch by Rembrandt or the Van Gogh Museum to see a vast array of the master 's work . |
| 2 | Or perhaps a visit to the Fontana di Trevi . ’ |
| 3 | Now that was er er more or less a favour to me . |
| 4 | I am more or less a consultant to them . ’ |
| 5 | Other aromas conjure up pleasant memories of first love perhaps , or possibly a visit to a well-loved grandmother who always smelled of lavender-water . |
| 6 | In some areas the birth of a child might add a shilling or more a week to the wage , leading to some pessimistic projections of runaway demographic increase , notably by followers of Thomas Malthus whose " Essay on Population " of 1798 was the most important ideological underpinning for the views of those who were beginning to urge a much harsher attitude towards the poor as the cost of their relief surged . |
| 7 | To counteract the possibility of discrimination by the EEC should it be able to establish a common external tariff , the other OEEC states would need to accept a lowering of or even an end to their tariffs , providing the Six would waive their common external tariff on goods coming from the rest of the OEEC . |
| 8 | A high atomic density is favoured to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio , but if it introduces frequency shifts , the shifts will either have to be well characterized , to allow an appropriate correction to be made , or else an extrapolation to zero atomic density will be necessary . |
| 9 | A survey by Apted suggested that perhaps a quarter to a third of university libraries have selection policy statements of some kind . |
| 10 | Most Right-to-Lifers believe that only a threat to the life of the mother is sufficient justification and that most women seek abortions for essentially ‘ trivial ’ reasons . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's more than just a nightclub to you . |
| 12 | On his voyage , he has realised that sport is more than just a game to Americans , and that sports stars are the heroes of the nation . |
| 13 | There is very considerable force in the submission that once a refusal to treatment is expressed and held to be valid and binding on the hospital , as I have found , then that consent or that refusal should continue to prevail and dictate the outcome of this case . |
| 14 | He had cast himself as the Devil , and David Poole ( a couple of years older , although also a newcomer to dancing ) as the leading soldier . |
| 15 | With real mortgage rates on extra borrowing normally between 4 and 5 per cent , it is quite plausible that about a quarter to a third of the value of housing equity — estimated at £830billion at end-1987 — could be due to deregulation . |
| 16 | The aggrieved Main , in short , sought either an appointment as tidesman in a particular port , which would carry a regular salary , or failing that even a restoration to his former post of watchman , and naturally he attempted to secure his livelihood through his political friends , the Cunninghams . |
| 17 | But he was , in Alexander Pope 's words , ‘ nor yet a fool to fame ’ . |
| 18 | Consolidation and centralisation have been effected to a much greater degree than here , and so a reaction to their effects may be expected to be stronger . |
| 19 | ‘ And perhaps a welcome to the strangers in our midst ? ’ |
| 20 | The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor . |
| 21 | Christmas Day and Boxing Day used to be a quieter family occasion , with family dinner and perhaps a visit to church . |
| 22 | The importance of withdrawal brings us back to the issue of women 's sexual dependency and the fact that some degree of male cooperation was necessary , if only a willingness to be pushed out of the way . |
| 23 | No morning exercises , and scarcely an ikebana to be seen . |
| 24 | It took them three days to get there via Dover , Calais , a train to Paris , and finally a coach to Monte Carlo . |
| 25 | And then in addition there are the thirty one composite motions that regions have agreed since the pre-congress delegates ' meetings and finally an index to the general motions so that 's very much an explanation for the benefit of first-time delegates to congress . |
| 26 | Today the sixteen-and-a-half horse power Ford Cargo , one of a fleet of several serving the Highlands and Islands , is driven by Bill once a week to Gairloch , fortnightly to Kinlochewe and once a month to Applecross . |
| 27 | It was a remarkable achievement by any standards , but it proved that Waites was well and truly back on the scene and still a competitor to be feared . |
| 28 | These will increase in efficiency , and with strong belief in hard work and more education , and with the organisation and money provided by Japan , and helped by cheaper labour , will be more and more a threat to all Western economies . |
| 29 | In addition to the factors already discussed , the main stimulus to employers ' organisation in a number of countries appears to have been less that of a counter to growing union power , or an attempt to achieve market or labour force regulation , and more a response to what was perceived as a threat to common employer interests arising from increasing state intervention . |
| 30 | With these unrealistic expectations I 'm not sure who stands to lose the most — my daughter believing that you need a man , wealth and preferably a title to be happy , or my son who believes that women are beautiful and passive or wicked and powerful but , either way , he 'd better be handsome . |