Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It has been of considerable economic advantage to both countries . |
| 2 | Speaking as a man who rather enjoys cover compilations — and remembers with gratitude the ‘ NME 's role in bringing us The Fall 's ‘ A Day In The Life ’ — I have to concede that the normal response to such collections is a powerful yearning to hear the originals again . |
| 3 | Am I alone in feeling worried about the political response to such problems ? |
| 4 | As has been suggested in this chapter , the relative autonomy of the state from the mode of production means that the jump from tendencies in the economy to a political response to those tendencies is problematic . |
| 5 | In the second place , the relative autonomy of the state from the mode of production means that the jump from tendencies in the economy to a political response to those tendencies is problematic . |
| 6 | There was covert opposition to these measures from the older departmental heads , who displayed considerable ingenuity in discovering reasons why staff should not be released . |
| 7 | Strong opposition to such Assemblies was silenced by a very modern excuse — they were doing it for Charity . |
| 8 | The present UK government and the CBI have indicated strong opposition to these proposals , on the grounds that employee involvement is best left to a voluntary approach . |
| 9 | Of course there is strong opposition to some parts of the Bill , to which many of my hon. Friends have drawn the attention of the Minister , but it also has to be said that , perhaps unusually for Government legislation , there is a large part of the Bill on which there is a wide measure of agreement . |
| 10 | On the other hand , so long as the electoral system appears to give due weight to most parties , the fact that individual votes may often have little effect does not deter them from being cast . |
| 11 | He waved to the bartender , knowing that he could n't expect her to make any coherent reply to such compliments . |
| 12 | Back in the stress where I live , I imparted the info to my trusty co-star and pianist , Denis King , expecting his habitual response to such suggestions : ‘ Bollocks ! ’ |
| 13 | Popular resistance to these measures gave the government pause , but efforts to increase revenue continued . |
| 14 | In the particular circumstances which I have outlined above , there was clearly a commercial advantage to both sides from a pragmatic point of view in reaching the agreement of April 9 . |
| 15 | On Sundays , premises in respect of which a six-day licence is in force are only entitled to supply alcoholic liquor to such persons as they are entitled to outwith the permitted hours . |
| 16 | The architectural solution was ultimately to be found and perfected in Italy in the sixteenth century , but the contributions of English and French experience to these discoveries was not negligible . |
| 17 | Hooliganism on the terraces can be seen as an organised resistance to such changes . |
| 18 | The English response to these manoeuvres was to raise a large army for the invasion of Scotland . |
| 19 | And the public response to those routes . |
| 20 | This year 's Free Entry Day will take place on Wednesday 15 May when many National Trust and National Trust for Scotland properties will be offering free admission to all visitors . |
| 21 | We are giving more public support to more students than ever before . |
| 22 | They are locally based , and have been formulated in direct opposition to those policies preferred by the centre . |
| 23 | ‘ The acting fraternity generally seem to have free entry to those circles . ’ |
| 24 | This classified image could be displayed by assigning the colour blue to all pixels labelled ‘ W ’ , the colour dark green to all pixels labelled ‘ P ’ and the colour light green to all pixels labelled ‘ G ’ . |
| 25 | In my judgment , magistrates add an important element of non-political independence to any police authority and they help to improve the effectiveness of that authority . |
| 26 | The theory behind the stock editor approach was that one person ( or group of people ) working full time on the bookstock could achieve a more penetrating and unified approach , and that the stock editor could pay more detailed attention to such matters as checks on withdrawals , coverage of specialist reviews , and the perusal of lists of secondhand books . |
| 27 | That variability is reflected in more recent empirical evidence , especially the study by Firth and his colleagues , which is unusual in giving specific and detailed attention to these relationships . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , there was an insubstantial public reaction to these upsurges in recorded crime , and public opinion was not effectively mobilised around these issues in any significant ‘ law-and-order ’ campaign . |
| 29 | These are the kinds of issues which an analysis of curriculum balance needs to address , and the head will need to be clear that the heart of the matter is the question of the deployment of time in ways which allow adequate attention to all parts of a curriculum . |
| 30 | Yeltsin could do his country a power of good by directing public attention to these issues . |