Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a major change to the firm has taken place ( eg the departure of one partner out of only a few or several partners at one time , merger or takeover , or the closure of an entire department ) there is a professional obligation to notify clients as soon as reasonably practicable . |
| 2 | All these behaviours are part of a vicious circle where a maladaptive response to stress produces more stress . |
| 3 | Tuathal , it seemed , had come north from the Forth estuary , where a new church to St Serf was being raised beside the traditional shrine of St Kentigern . |
| 4 | Also , the methods practised in today 's abattoirs , where a conveyor-belt approach to the slaughter of animals is carried out at maximum speed , is often to the detriment of hygiene procedures . |
| 5 | It occurs when a writer applies a name or a descriptive term to an object to which it is not literally applicable ; when a word is carried over from its normal use to a new use . |
| 6 | We describe as weird , uncanny or spectacular , the resemblance of , say , a leaf insect to a leaf or a praying mantis to a cluster of pink flowers . |
| 7 | How could people turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the horrors that they suffered ? |
| 8 | These changes are so recent that it is difficult to know if we are beginning a series of cyclical changes or a once-for-all transition to a new , low fertility regime . |
| 9 | This is adequate if one is simply trying to calculate who is receiving certain benefits , such as old-age pensions , from official sources , but if we are seeking a realistic conception of who is and who is not a dependant or a net contributor to the economy in a broader sense such definitions are not helpful ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 13 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ What we needed was a cutback or a deep ball to the back post . |
| 11 | There are examples all the time , of a , I 'm not going to use football as an example or a team as an example in football , and if you suddenly get a new member to the hockey team or a new member to the football team , or whatever and the whole team is transformed just by this one extra person , this one person joining in . |
| 12 | Menorrhagia is the major non-gastrointestinal cause of blood loss while dietary deficiency may be the sole cause or a contributing factor to the anaemia . |
| 13 | A full-time way of life or a spare-time balance to another occupation ? |
| 14 | No calculated glances , no abrupt addresses , no stratagems , just the easy politeness , he thought , of the worldly gentleman and not even a sly request for a hot stone or a late candle to his room . |
| 15 | Someone with a vested interest in training or a personal commitment to it |
| 16 | Applications for premature retirement erm they 're dealt with slightly differently in the sense that once an application 's actually approved , you will be issued with this with this form or a similar form to this one . |
| 17 | Instead , the vendor will normally seek undertakings from the purchaser only to operate the business in the same or a similar manner to the way it was operated before the sale . |
| 18 | DNA typing showed the same or a similar strain to be present in at least two family members in three of the four family groups . |
| 19 | However , if it is a moral decision rather than mechanical conformism or a prudent surrender to social pressures , the case remains fundamentally as before , but with an added layer ; he now takes account , not only of the effects on his parents but of the damage to the community as a whole of any successful disobedience . |
| 20 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 21 | Parenting was described as ‘ poor ’ if there was a marked lack of warmth or a low sensitivity to the child 's needs and difficulties in at least two of the three areas of disciplinary control ( consistency , effectiveness , style ) , and as ‘ good ’ if none of these difficulties occurred . |
| 22 | Is it the specific disorder , a particular personality trait associated with the disorder , or a general vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ? |
| 23 | You do n't need to be statistician or a graphic artist to be able to use TableCurve — the professional-standard curve fitting program designed for scientists and engineers . |
| 24 | He carefully avoids a Kantian reduction to a knowing subject founded on self-reflection or a Hegelian reduction to a universal subject constituted as the absolute spirit of history . |
| 25 | The study of evolution is the study of history , not of the working out of some mathematical programme of progress towards complexity or a Teilhardian urge to evolutionary perfection . |
| 26 | So I do n't think anyone here as an elected member , needs to defend their positions if they wish to move from a political or a bureaucratic policy to something which is more pluralist and much more representative of the kind of policies that this council should be discussing not only now but also in the future . |
| 27 | Cells from the hind brain or medulla ( the rat PC 12 line ) have been associated with habituation , or a decreased response to repeated stimulation . |
| 28 | because it is immoral in a secular way , perhaps as a socially destabilising activity or a crude self-surrender to animal lust ? , |
| 29 | I used to go to his characters for help as a Catholic might go to a priest or a sick man to his doctor . |
| 30 | Deep anxiety may cause obsessive behaviour , fanaticism or a strict adherence to religion for the wrong reasons . |