Example sentences of "[adj] to a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 2 | A woman 's work is slightly different to a man 's work . |
| 3 | But is a set of .009s from one manufacturer really all that different to a set of.009s from another ? |
| 4 | Oralists believe that every deaf child of normal intelligence can learn lipreading and speech , and that signing and fingerspelling are harmful to a child 's learning process . |
| 5 | His work will include much personal advisory work with students , which is similar to a lecturer 's tutorial responsibilities . |
| 6 | In many ways the VDU command is similar to a PRINT CHR$ ( num ) command , but it involves less typing and a number of characters may be easily sent . |
| 7 | Broadly speaking , a man 's experience of grief when he loses his life-partner is similar to a woman 's ; but there are one or two important differences worth bearing in mind if you are caring for an elderly parent who has become a widower . |
| 8 | Unfortunately the space beneath a car is much more accessible to a cat 's small body and the damage is easily done . |
| 9 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 10 | The mastery of a musical instrument , the ability to interpret notes , a feeling for rhythm , the disciplining of the body through formal physical education and informal dance are all central to a child 's needs in the transition from babyhood through adolescence to maturity . |
| 11 | While the notion of ‘ deliberately causing harm ’ may be central to a culture 's concept of aggression , actual instances of ‘ aggressive conduct ’ are always open to interpretation and reinterpretation . |
| 12 | In particular , they will often have an unsatisfactory marital relationship , a factor central to a woman 's vulnerability to depression . |
| 13 | fee based on the value ( calculated at 1 s. in the pound up to 100 and 6 d. thereafter ) on goods distrained by a broker , payable to a sheriff 's officer for his services in court . |
| 14 | Unfortunately this also means that non-tax-payers lose out to an extent as they would prefer a higher gross interest rate that is subject to a person 's rate of income tax . |
| 15 | Similar to ( age-related ) personal allowance , the married couple 's age-related increases are subject to a couple 's income so it is possible that they might get less than the full addition — or maybe nothing extra at all . |
| 16 | The balance of this site we 'll be doing , as I say , twenty five shared ownership properties and that 's subject to a bid er , in for the next financial year er which again is obviously subject to , to your support , but as I said , it will be our first priority . |
| 17 | It is something akin to a child 's musing choice to disobey a parent , ‘ Shall I or sha n't I ? ’ |
| 18 | But that is what it has become in many churches where it is surrounded by a po-faced atmosphere akin to a dentist 's waiting room . |
| 19 | Certainly , these early learning years are crucial to a child 's educational development . |
| 20 | Similarly , Pfeffer has identified ‘ dependence ’ as crucial to a group 's power , when the importance of a unit 's tasks are greater than any other 's : ‘ Power derives from having something that someone else wants or needs , and being in control of the performance or resource so that there are few alternative sources , or no alternative sources , for obtaining what is desired ’ ( Pfeffer 1981 , p. 99 ) . |
| 21 | It cost £2.10 … ( this being equal to a tradesman 's pay for a 49-hour week ) . |
| 22 | This traveller 's account from 1783 considered that outside , " the company is generally low " , but with fares equal to a fortnight 's wages for even a skilled craftsman , that must be considered a relative judgement on status . |
| 23 | But it would be a mistake for women to consider themselves reasonably ‘ safe ’ , because after the menopause a woman loses the protective effect of her hormones and her chances of suffering from heart disease are almost equal to a man 's . |
| 24 | It is nearly always female and her voice is usually heard wailing near the family 's ancestral home just prior to a person 's death . |
| 25 | The senior , Flying Officer Jimmy Coutts , was married to a farmer 's daughter and they were expecting an addition to the family at any moment . |
| 26 | Where else would a man reach serenity , other than folded to a woman 's bosom . |
| 27 | Although these games are only part of the phoney war the results are still important to a country 's prestige and confidence and Brazil would love to add England to their victims when they visit Wembley at the end of March . |
| 28 | Are you really so unaccustomed to a man 's kisses ? ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes such attitudes are secondary to a patient 's current mood state ; in other cases they are long-standing and firmly established . |
| 30 | But , then , men were always blind to a woman 's wiles . |