Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Rousseau , non-participatory institutions posed a threat to freedom — ; ‘ man is born free and he is everywhere in chains ’ . |
| 2 | How drug addicts unlocked a key to Parkinson 's Disease |
| 3 | In 1279 the purely clerical assemblies of both provinces made a grant to the king towards the cost of the Welsh wars , but again only after there had been discussion in diocesan assemblies . |
| 4 | The postwar expansion in the book market allowed for a wider distribution ( with paper covers , at lower prices ) and books became a commodity to which the newly developed sales techniques and marketing methods could be applied . |
| 5 | That evening the family ate supper together , but although her brothers made an effort to be cheerful and her mother talked enthusiastically about the wedding arrangements , the clear knowledge that the only daughter was to be taken away caused sighs and long faces among family and servants . |
| 6 | In March parents and relatives of Italy 's 17,000 missionaries made a pilgrimage to Rome . |
| 7 | The first hint that things were not really changing for the better came in 1945 when , according to Damiani , two Palestinian Jews paid a visit to his father . |
| 8 | ‘ The manufacturers owed a duty to anyone who should handle the machine to take reasonable steps to see that it was safe . |
| 9 | There can be little doubt that his tactics constituted an invitation to the French to catch and challenge him . |
| 10 | Such considerations prompted a move to the YEP 's sister paper , the morning Yorkshire Post ( YP ) , to further his development . |
| 11 | She turned her head suddenly , and his lips blazed a path to her ear . |
| 12 | i spotted this in the last number of ‘ Peacock News ’ and what 's more : one of the norwegain fans sent a fax to wilko mentioning Leeds-fan Pedersen. this is taken from a copy of the fax printed in PN : |
| 13 | Typology and evolutionary sequences gave a rationale to his obsessive collecting of weapons , locks and keys , antiquities , primitive art and ethnographic objects , which filled two museums . |
| 14 | Now we are told by Mr Pascall that the original plans for teaching English in schools left a lot to be desired . |
| 15 | In fact everything about him was shiny ; his hair , face , clothes , briefcase , shoes , fingernails , even his ears had a shine to them . |
| 16 | Many clients had a tendency to just store their money away and not do anything with it and sit in clothes that did n't belong to them . |
| 17 | The Depression and the decline of the Distressed Areas made a return to such unrest very unlikely . |
| 18 | Those circumstances posed a threat to peace in Europe and Neville Chamberlain , being anxious to avoid war at all costs , arranged to meet Hitler on 15th . |
| 19 | The orphanage 's overriding function was not only to care for the destitute but also to protect society from dangerous children as there was a fear that roaming , unsupervised youngsters posed a threat to social order . |
| 20 | Although top-scoring Gordon Dalziel got his 27th goal of the season , Raith Rovers dropped a point to Meadowbank . |
| 21 | These visits to New Southgate were , of course , reciprocated as the grandchildren paid a visit to Granny in Freegrove Road ; stopping off at Beale 's on Holloway Road for chocolate fingers on the way — a great treat — they would go to the side entrance of no. 17 and ring the bell . |
| 22 | For example , bubonic plague had largely disappeared either because rats developed an immunity to the bacillus or due to a change in the flea transmitters . |
| 23 | The four countries signed a convention to this effect in Moscow on 11 February . |
| 24 | Visits included a trip to a chemical factory in former East Germany . |
| 25 | Aranyos waved a hand to the south . |
| 26 | In reply to an enquiry by the Commission , the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers ' Associations sent a questionnaire to its member associations , in order to gauge the involvement of former cathedral choristers in the life of the Church . |
| 27 | In Benin in February a national constitutional conference of notables brought an end to the regime of General Mathieu Kérékou and laid plans for a general election next year . |
| 28 | Research on the role of stress in psychiatric disorder has grown markedly since the Second World War when the numbers of psychiatric casualties brought an awareness to the general public of the prevalence of mental illness . |
| 29 | If only more pubs had a commitment to ale and hearty eating |
| 30 | Suddenly , parents had an alternative to Baron 's Court when they sought help and sponsorship for would-be players . |