Example sentences of "[noun sg] to a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The suggestion that Thomas 's race was a consideration in his nomination was highly embarrassing for Bush as it coincided with the president 's unrelenting opposition to a civil rights bill passed by Congress which he had pledged to veto on the grounds that it supported minority quotas . |
2 | and it can not produce an alternative to a defective police case . |
3 | A general exclusion clause which restricts liability to a monetary figure , or by reference to a liquidated damages formula , could well be reasonable , depending upon the actual figure or formula , which should be judged on the criteria relating to such limitations of liability discussed above . |
4 | When she is older I will send the child to a good girls ’ school and see that she is taught English . |
5 | For some inexplicable reason , professional firms have previously considered that the.financial management procedures relevant to corporate entities bore little relevance to a professional services partnership . |
6 | Although a number of exclusions under the Act exist , there is none which is of general relevance to a UK-based futures dealer , broker , manager or adviser . |
7 | The most publicised of these was the terrible DC-10 accident to a Turkish Airlines aircraft near Paris . |
8 | But his happy demeanour is n't likely to last , because not only has he got the move to a new premises in Nantes to handle , along with the updating of the 300 coupe and convertibles he 'll build next year to use Renault 's up-and-coming 24-valve V6 , he 's also got the De la Chapelle Parcours in his hands . |
9 | PRINCESS Diana has sent a secret cash gift to a battered wives ' refuge that the Mirror has been campaigning to save . |
10 | If your hospitalization is sudden , say , you are struck down with appendicitis at work , ask your work colleagues to telephone the neighbour who keeps your spare key and ask him or her to check that your home is all right , look after your pet or take your pet to a local kennels or vet to be looked after , water your plants , and generally keep an eye on things . |
11 | Yidana had reported the results of his investigation to a Special Investigations Board , which concluded that 10 people should be prosecuted for murder , including the head of National Security . |
12 | At secondary modern school , which he despised , he recalls an outing to a local metalworks factory . |
13 | A party of girls who went on an outing to a local Guides ' camp were surprised to find that the accommodation there was even more primitive than that at Great Engeham . |
14 | In fact , their own chairman , John Dunster , presented a paper to a United Nations session on atomic power in 1958 in which he revealed that some polonium had been released . |
15 | I want the maximum degree of unity , but I also want a treaty to be constructed that carries no inexorable commitment to a united states of Europe . |
16 | I repeated the story to a delighted Waits . |
17 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
18 | Raby to a young offenders institution for nine . |
19 | Sparc International has announced the completion of the Sparc Architecture version 9 specification ( UX No 390 ) , which extends the Sparc RISC address space to a full 64-bits while promising upwards binary compatibility with current versions — the first major change to the Sparc architecture since 1987 . |
20 | You can make a simple , stable frequency-shift-keying ( FSK ) generator by adding an exclusive- OR gate to a standard cmos oscillator . |
21 | Here is an example of a letter to a large clothes store : |
22 | In May you can visit its arts festival , and in September , it plays host to a famous antiques fair . |
23 | And do n't forget that a week of American music is still in full swing at Belfast 's Rotterdam Bar , while Queen 's is playing host to a major roots festival this weekend . |
24 | Once that status is recognized , she is on her way to a public relations career . |
25 | At 1600 hours WO2 Wilkinson gave some treatment to a fellow PTI Who had injured his back in the gymnasium trying to show off ! |
26 | It may Lie that the sale of cigarettes for the same purpose to a working men 's club is a consumer sale . |
27 | One visit to a nursing careers fair will convince you of this . |
28 | A famous name won the name game and brought a touch of celebrity class to a major careers convention . |
29 | The Financial Times reported on Feb. 5 that arsonists had set fire to a British Airways office in East Jerusalem . |
30 | Their advice should probably have been to go down the High Street to a large newsagents and buy one or more magazines devoted to the PC and read up on the subject . |