Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctrine of consideration provides that a promise will bind the promisor only if it is given as the price for another 's promise or as the price for an action which involves a detriment to the promisee . |
| 2 | If we look at Figure 4.6 , which represents a trip to the supermarket , it suggests that by the time the person leaves home they are already a little anxious about the trip perhaps as a result of their previous difficulties with this task . |
| 3 | Customs have estimated that the system introduced on 1 January 1993 will abolish the need for about 10m Customs declarations , which represents a saving to British business of approximately £175m each year . |
| 4 | Such focuses on a use of discursive metaphor which represents an alternative to the coercive model manifest in Out . |
| 5 | A new plant which produces an alternative to R12 — the chlorofluorocarbon used in refrigerators and air conditioners — has been opened at Runcorn , Cheshire . |
| 6 | They often require the buyer to sign a delivery note which contains a statement to the effect that signature signifies that the goods have been delivered in compliance with the contract , and in good condition , a nd that therefore the buyer accepts them . |
| 7 | The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a new Statement , No 110 , Reporting by Defined Benefit Pension Plans of Investment Contracts , which contains an amendment to an earlier Statement , No 35 . |
| 8 | At this level the first of the two chords is often chord V of a minor key , rather than chord I. The dénouement of Tancrè de contains three examples , each of which accompanies an allusion to Clorinda 's fate . |
| 9 | It is a tradition which emphasises a commitment to the working class as a section of society which should be the object of positive discrimination so that they can avail themselves of educational resources and opportunities . |
| 10 | Picture quality is good ; if the format has a weakness , it is in the quality of the sound if recorded to the old ‘ mono ’ system which has a tendency to be slightly hissy . |
| 11 | For example , those with characteristically straight hair which has a tendency to greasiness and lankiness would choose the mild Body Building Shampoo to gently purify the hair without stripping it of essential moisture , and the Body Building Conditioner to replenish thirsty hair strands without weighing them down . |
| 12 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 13 | In The Tale of Genji , which has a claim to be considered the world 's first novel , an emperor weeps for lost love in the opening pages . |
| 14 | This last award was too much even for the Court of Appeal ( which has an aversion to interfering with jury awards ) to countenance . |
| 15 | David Edyvean , who has had installed in his shop the Bestseller EPOS system , which has an interface to Buyline and links to TeleOrdering , BookBank and other CD-ROM databases — explained that despite a personal lack of technical expertise , careful investment in new technology had enabled his shop to establish a competitive edge . |
| 16 | The prosecution was brought under the 1975 Criminal Jurisdiction Act which allows a case to be heard in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | They also have an excitable surface membrane which allows a signal to be sent from one end of the neurone to the other . |
| 18 | An additional power is given by section 8 which allows an application to be made to a magistrate for a warrant to search for evidence of a serious arrestable offence . |
| 19 | The questions raised by conceptual material are discussed by the main characters and illustrated in their actions , but in neither case do they affect the plot structure itself which marks a return to formal strategies of the past : Under the Net to the picaresque tradition , and The Languages of Love to the paradigmatic plot of fall and salvation in which rhetorical devices remain subservient to the basic three-tiered design of Christian allegory . |
| 20 | This term usually refers either specifically to a movement in architecture which emphasizes a return to a popular façade based upon the design of mass commodities ( e.g. Jencks 1977 ; Venturi , Scott Brown and Izenours 1972 ) , or else to the more general movement towards pluralism and primitivism which followed the critique of modernism . |
| 21 | Or try an Accommodation Package as arranged for a visit to Edinburgh during the Festival which includes a visit to the Edinburgh Tattoo . |
| 22 | The day costs £20 which includes a visit to the exhibition , coffee and tea and lectures on various aspects of Allan Ramsay . |
| 23 | An optional half-day tour of the city , which includes a visit to the Coliseum , is available to help you get your bearings . |
| 24 | Enterprise Training has developed its own Quality Assurance Policy which includes a commitment to the ‘ Investors In People ’ programme . |
| 25 | There is a cartoon which depicts a statue to an elder statesman bearing the inscription , ‘ An inspiration to his country , a leader of men , but still a disappointment to his mother ’ . |
| 26 | Similarly , a test which requires a response to a spoken word or sentence should be used only for children who have reasonably good speech perception . |
| 27 | This expectation has rather been confirmed than otherwise by the superimposition in the last two years of an element of graduation in the contribution , the additional yield of which for many years to come will mainly help to finance the standard pension but which creates a right to additions to it which will gradually build up over the next forty years on an actuarial basis . |
| 28 | Mental disorder saps self-confidence and lack of practice at social gatherings leads to self-conscious awkwardness and a tense self-awareness which creates a barrier to relaxed conversation and the formation of friendships . |
| 29 | ( C ) The conference had agreed to introduce regional autonomy in the country which entails an amendment to the constitution … |
| 30 | This is the corresponding algorithm which finds a path to a goal . |