Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the costs are not paid then , except where a defence to costs has been filed , the plaintiff may enter judgment in default for them . |
| 2 | In support of this argument he cited I.T.C. Film Distributors Ltd. v. Video Exchange Ltd. [ 1982 ] Ch. 431 , 441 where Warner J. held that where a party to litigation had obtained documents in contempt of court , the court should not countenance the contempt by admitting the evidence . |
| 3 | That suffocating life of bombazine , of predictability , where a visit to Scarborough was a great event . |
| 4 | At least where a right to trial by jury exists , the courts are reluctant ( in cases where national security is not involved ) to allow the Attorney-General to side-step it by approaching the High Court for an injunction to stop the publication or for a declaration that the publication is unlawful : The Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a booklet entitled " A Guide to Self-Deliverance " which discussed the pros and cons of committing suicide and described in detail a number of efficacious methods for so doing . |
| 5 | It will consider the conditions under which government policies have been conducive or a constraint to NGO activity . |
| 6 | So , avoid Koi with a pronounced ‘ hump ’ at the shoulder , or a tendency to rotundity . |
| 7 | The latest suspension will start a week on Saturday and Ball will be unavailable for Sunderland 's home game against Wolves and the sixth round of the FA Cup or a trip to Leicester . |
| 8 | Like Aurangzeb , Roshanara grew bitter and vengeful , a Regan or a Goneril to Jahanara 's Cordelia . |
| 9 | It is customary to offer a drink or a snack to guests and , in some circumstances , it is impolite for them to refuse . |
| 10 | The usual scramble for the bathroom in the morning , cycling through the sunny streets to the shop , serving cakes and pies and bread all day , then cycling home and the rush to prepare for a dance or a visit to Sarah . |
| 11 | • When you feel tired in the evening , do not go to bed yet — find something interesting to do : an evening stroll , for example or a visit to friends . |
| 12 | Except in relation to advertisements to which the deemed consent procedure applies , a local authority can serve a discontinuance order when it is satisfied that removal is necessary ‘ to remedy a substantial injury to the amenity of the locality or a danger to members of the public ’ . |
| 13 | For the school librarian and teacher , word processing programs on microcomputers allow the creation of documents which can be used once only e.g. a current new acquisitions list or a notice to pupils , but also documents which can be saved and used again . |
| 14 | Linguistics can not supply a key to the specific qualities of literature as such , or a guide to interpretation ; all it can do is provide the means for describing a text on the basis of a general linguistic theory , and therefore relate the text to the language as a whole in which it is written . |
| 15 | He understood perfectly well , but was waiting for them to make up their minds whether they wanted money or a claim to Asia Minor . |
| 16 | The defendant must then show title or a right to possession consistent with the plaintiff 's ownership . |
| 17 | There are still few Salvadoreans who advocate the view that a woman 's reproductive rights ( or a right to self-determination based on a knowledge of her own sexuality ) are fundamental to the development of a greater sense of autonomy and , in the long run , a wider political participation . |
| 18 | And if you 've got those skills apply to them job , I 'm not suggesting you do n't , but remember the first part of a , a tele , er a telephone or a face to face sales negotiation is , th th two of these and one of these . |
| 19 | That sort of killing was done by lighted petrol thrown through a window , or a kicking to death in a dark street . |
| 20 | ‘ The industry has caused the perception of Unix fragmentation itself , yet it takes only days or a week to port between an IBM and HP machine ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who erects or installs any article for use at work in any premises where that article is to be used by persons at work to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that nothing about the way in which it is erected or installed makes it unsafe or a risk to health when properly used . ’ |
| 22 | A person who erects or installs such plant must ensure that the installation is not unsafe or a risk to health . |
| 23 | Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not , however , constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguise to restriction on trade between member states . |
| 24 | ‘ It is worth emphasising that a return to first principles of traffic safety for children does not give support for the abolition of shared space ’ approaches in favour of either ‘ Radburn'-style pedestrian-vehicle segregation … nor a return to Roads In Urban Areas ’ styles of design with relatively wide , fast roads in residential areas ’ |
| 25 | But so do many of the opposition groups here , entertaining a touching if economically illiterate faith in a third way which would involve neither reunification nor a return to capitalism . |
| 26 | One could not teach a chimpanzee to grow bananas nor a dolphin to farm fish , for these are quite alien to its mind set and require the foresight , the ability to see and plan ahead , which only man possesses . |
| 27 | Although a change to lumen negativity would be expected with active anion secretion our results are in accordance with those of Sachar , who found marked accumulation of water and electrolytes in the intestine of patients with cholera without alteration of the transmural potential difference in the small bowel . |
| 28 | The other reason we claim so often to be arguing about a matter of principle is that there is so little substance in many arguments that a reference to principle is necessary in order to sustain the argument . |
| 29 | He had calculated that a call to arms at such a short notice would bring out the fighting qualities in his ailing general — and it worked . |
| 30 | And at that stage , when I entered into the agreement , I believed that a marriage to Janice could have worked . ’ |