Example sentences of "[noun sg] to a [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My argument here with Dennett is that if he intends interpretations ( a ) or ( b ) ( a textual quotation here would be beside the point , since these distinctions are not made in his paper in that form ) , then those are inferior explications of consciousness to a process one in terms of level : ( b ) because it lacks the ‘ unity ’ requirement , and ( a ) because , although it could meet all the necessary conditions set out earlier , it seems in some way arbitrary , just as did Minsky 's supreme organizing module . |
| 2 | It is the ribbon that runs through the pages of Vogue , the glossy surface of the images in direct opposition to a work such as Kahlo 's The Suicide of Dorothy Hale ( 1939 ) ( Fig. 9 ) . |
| 3 | The parka in reverse from rose pink to a grass green print over a siren gown , by Ungaro. 5 . |
| 4 | But selling in bulk to a middle-man such as an investment bank , which then sells on the properties , probably means settling for a low price , reckons Bill Rhodes , a vice-chairman of Citicorp . |
| 5 | But you can bet a pound to a penny that some of the biggest showbusiness names are among their customers . |
| 6 | It 's a bit of bad luck for you , getting entangled with a group of bastards , and if it 's any comfort to you , I 'll lay a pound to a penny that you 'll go free if there 's a trial . ’ |
| 7 | This took the form of a recommendation to a university willing to take on an inspector , who often had none of the usual qualifications . |
| 8 | In the far South-west , Cornish mining took on female labour to a degree unusual in the southern part of the country . |
| 9 | Two earlier suspended sentences for similar offences also came into force , extending Honsik 's prison term to a potential three years . |
| 10 | This was a difficult doctrine to establish , particularly since it was pointed out that my own activities were not remunerated in any such way ; but nevertheless I found an impossible inconsistency in remaining an adviser to a profession that outraged this important principle . |
| 11 | The job involves installing new dockside container crane tracks , a 180 metre by 40 metre berth — constructed using precast concrete blocks of up to 40 tonnes in weight — and a 470 metres sea wall across the entrance to a bay adjacent to the existing port . |
| 12 | The Watergate hearings in Congress and the publication of the White House tapes also made possible an exposure of the inner workings of an administration to a degree inconceivable in Britain , where the shroud of secrecy that envelops matters of state is never lifted more than fractionally , even in moments of high crisis . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) Sexual Assaults Involving Bodily Harm , Weapons or Third Parties 246.2 Every one who , in committing a sexual assault , ( a ) carries , uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof , ( b ) threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant , ( c ) causes bodily harm to the complainant , or ( d ) is a party to the offence with any other person , is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years . |
| 14 | Next on the ladder is an offence which carries a maximum of 14 years and is perpetrated where the defendant , in committing a sexual assault , carries , uses or threatens to use a real or imitation weapon or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant or is a party to the offence with any other person . |
| 15 | The surface integral converts by Gauss 's theorem to a volume integral , as before , so that But and we know from the equation of motion ( 2.18 ) that . |
| 16 | Only one or two return to a river other than the one in which they first swam . |
| 17 | It is no good speaking to a group in a large room with the same amount of voice that you would use for an intimate cosy chat to a friend close by your side . |
| 18 | Shares allotted under the Scheme will rank ( subject to dividend and other entitlements arising by reference to a date prior to the date of exercise ) pari passu in all respects with the other shares then in issue . |
| 19 | A broad awareness of the details of initial teacher education will not be of great assistance to a school other than to bring into some kind of focus an activity which used to appear to be both distant and unrelated . |
| 20 | Cable has brought the study of English verse prosody to a state comparable to syntactic studies post-Aspects . |
| 21 | At Liberal Democrat HQ in London , the 3,768 majority for Mr Foster over Mr Patten brought howls of delight to a party faithful . |
| 22 | Lay blind out flat with lining uppermost , and mark the position of the lath channel by measuring up from the hemline to a distance equal to the depth of the bottom pelmet . |
| 23 | CFTR was detected by western blotting after transfer to a Hybond C-super membrane ( Amersham ) using the well characterized anti-CFTR antisera 181 . |
| 24 | One colleague , Jackie Tillman , got wind one day of a piece of the drama in which North and Owen were engaged ; she heard that Owen , standing in the rain outside the White House , had handed $2,000–3,000 in cash to a Meskito Indian leader passing by in a car . |
| 25 | For example , the introduction of mechanized milking parlours has reduced milking to a process akin to assembly-line production ; on the other hand the life of a shepherd has been only marginally touched by technological change . |
| 26 | We 're gon na have a little look at the video in a minute , but before we do that I 'd like to erm draw you attention to a situation This is a real one which erm was an accident that took place . |
| 27 | For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task . |
| 28 | The objective of this report is to assess whether an experience with 25 patients justifies further development of the apparatus , and a move to a phase III trial . |
| 29 | Also on July 3 the RBI raised the bank rate by 1 percentage point to a record 11 per cent in what the Financial Times of July 4 described as an attempt to " slow money supply growth and cool the economy " . |
| 30 | The duration of copyright may be extended across the European Community to a uniform seventy years from the year of death of the artist or author . |