Example sentences of "[Wh det] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
| 2 | The traditional and most important essence of life was obtaining a good education , which to the black immigrants was the key to success , a way out of the ruck . |
| 3 | He was concerned to explain how they came to accept jobs which to the external observer appeared to offer them only a lifetime of poorly paid , insecure and even dangerous work . |
| 4 | Second , such support as there is , via the National Endowment for the Arts ( currently it is funded at $130m , which to the federal government is peanuts ) , is the more visible for being infinitesimal and therefore vulnerable . |
| 5 | BLACK VELVET Rivera S120 Stack Given that the guitar world seems to have voted with its feet and demonstrated a fondness for valves which to the average electronics engineer defies reason , where else is there left for amp designers to go … ? |
| 6 | Another key element in Russian culture was alcohol , the unscrupulous introduction of which to the unsophisticated natives by traders led in many cases to addiction , loss of the means of livelihood and eventual pauperization . |
| 7 | This blood-sucking abomasal parasite , which to the naked eye is indistinguishable from H. contortus , is common in buffalo and cattle in certain areas of Asia . |
| 8 | He paid no attention whatsoever to the two men seated in the corner . |
| 9 | There is no truth whatsoever to the malicious rumours . ’ |
| 10 | You 've got no input whatsoever to the actual appointment of members of teaching staff . ’ |
| 11 | There were entire countries , reigns , religions , philosophical systems , centuries , species and schools of art contained in its files , which had been of no interest whatsoever to the human race since it emptied its records , museums and libraries into their Al dump bin . |