Example sentences of "[coord] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will consider the conditions under which government policies have been conducive or a constraint to NGO activity . |
| 2 | So , avoid Koi with a pronounced ‘ hump ’ at the shoulder , or a tendency to rotundity . |
| 3 | The latest suspension will start a week on Saturday and Ball will be unavailable for Sunderland 's home game against Wolves and the sixth round of the FA Cup or a trip to Leicester . |
| 4 | Like Aurangzeb , Roshanara grew bitter and vengeful , a Regan or a Goneril to Jahanara 's Cordelia . |
| 5 | It is customary to offer a drink or a snack to guests and , in some circumstances , it is impolite for them to refuse . |
| 6 | The usual scramble for the bathroom in the morning , cycling through the sunny streets to the shop , serving cakes and pies and bread all day , then cycling home and the rush to prepare for a dance or a visit to Sarah . |
| 7 | • When you feel tired in the evening , do not go to bed yet — find something interesting to do : an evening stroll , for example or a visit to friends . |
| 8 | Except in relation to advertisements to which the deemed consent procedure applies , a local authority can serve a discontinuance order when it is satisfied that removal is necessary ‘ to remedy a substantial injury to the amenity of the locality or a danger to members of the public ’ . |
| 9 | For the school librarian and teacher , word processing programs on microcomputers allow the creation of documents which can be used once only e.g. a current new acquisitions list or a notice to pupils , but also documents which can be saved and used again . |
| 10 | Linguistics can not supply a key to the specific qualities of literature as such , or a guide to interpretation ; all it can do is provide the means for describing a text on the basis of a general linguistic theory , and therefore relate the text to the language as a whole in which it is written . |
| 11 | He understood perfectly well , but was waiting for them to make up their minds whether they wanted money or a claim to Asia Minor . |
| 12 | The defendant must then show title or a right to possession consistent with the plaintiff 's ownership . |
| 13 | There are still few Salvadoreans who advocate the view that a woman 's reproductive rights ( or a right to self-determination based on a knowledge of her own sexuality ) are fundamental to the development of a greater sense of autonomy and , in the long run , a wider political participation . |
| 14 | And if you 've got those skills apply to them job , I 'm not suggesting you do n't , but remember the first part of a , a tele , er a telephone or a face to face sales negotiation is , th th two of these and one of these . |
| 15 | That sort of killing was done by lighted petrol thrown through a window , or a kicking to death in a dark street . |
| 16 | ‘ The industry has caused the perception of Unix fragmentation itself , yet it takes only days or a week to port between an IBM and HP machine ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who erects or installs any article for use at work in any premises where that article is to be used by persons at work to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that nothing about the way in which it is erected or installed makes it unsafe or a risk to health when properly used . ’ |
| 18 | A person who erects or installs such plant must ensure that the installation is not unsafe or a risk to health . |
| 19 | Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not , however , constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguise to restriction on trade between member states . |
| 20 | ‘ It is worth emphasising that a return to first principles of traffic safety for children does not give support for the abolition of shared space ’ approaches in favour of either ‘ Radburn'-style pedestrian-vehicle segregation … nor a return to Roads In Urban Areas ’ styles of design with relatively wide , fast roads in residential areas ’ |
| 21 | But so do many of the opposition groups here , entertaining a touching if economically illiterate faith in a third way which would involve neither reunification nor a return to capitalism . |
| 22 | One could not teach a chimpanzee to grow bananas nor a dolphin to farm fish , for these are quite alien to its mind set and require the foresight , the ability to see and plan ahead , which only man possesses . |
| 23 | We had cycled on the road from Bodø to Fauske and on the Sulitjelma ; pushed the bikes over to Sorjusjaure ; ridden and swum our way to Staloluokta within the Padjelanta National Park ; and then thrashed our way on the faster tracks through Arasluokuoktastugorna , Låddejåkkåstugana and Kisurisstugan to Akkastugorna and a ferry to Ritjemokk , before cycling by road to Vietas ; and gone by plane to Sitastugan at the north-west end of Sitasjaure . |
| 24 | You may act as a role model and a mentor to others . |
| 25 | The Redpath brothers had a field day , sharing five of the six tries and a contribution to Melrose now and in the future could hold the vital key to unlock even more championship trophies . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , a little humility does not ill become the social scientist , and a contribution to theory , no matter how small , which derives from careful enquiry , is more worthy of the accolade ‘ scholarship ’ than is the sweeping generalization based upon nothing more than armchair speculation . |
| 27 | Using the last example of a bond with a dirty price of 96.50 , coupon payments of 8.75 per annum and a year to maturity , we get the following yields to maturity : |
| 28 | The government responded by ordering cuts in the prices of essential goods , including food and petrol , and a 5% to 10% ‘ solidarity tax ’ on private-sector workers , designed to equalise the misery . |
| 29 | The Government has already announced two private toll road proposals in England — the Birmingham northern relief road and a Birmingham to Manchester road , parallel to the M6 . |
| 30 | Mr Stych opened two bottles and handed a glass and a bottle to Hank . |