Example sentences of "a [noun] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adopted by 125 votes to 10 ( the United States and other Western nations ) with 21 abstentions , Resolution 44/81 of Dec. 8 condemned the use of mercenaries to destabilize governments in Southern Africa , Central America and other developing states , or to fight against " national liberation movements … struggling for … self-determination " , judging such a practice a threat to world peace and security and at odds with international law . |
| 2 | You might decide to offer Work Experience to pupils to give them a taste of working life while they are still at school , or you might offer a teacher a secondment to industry . |
| 3 | ‘ When the Institution was founded in 1824 it cost a guinea a year to be a Governor . |
| 4 | On the death of a person a charge to inheritance tax could arise by reference to the value of his estate immediately before his death . |
| 5 | Once , 25 or 30 years ago , they were working class East-Enders who could n't run a business but found in driving a cab a way to be free . |
| 6 | Well are you saying then that there is a sexist a approach to hiring people by the Oxford City and County ? |
| 7 | Emma sketched her husband ON BOARD THE HEATHER BELL while on a summer a trip to Ryde and round the Isle of Wight . |
| 8 | Failing an admission a question to the defendant such as ‘ Where did you intend to go when you got into your car ? ’ or ‘ What were you trying to do ? ’ etc. may help to prove that he had an intention to drive as discussed at point ( B ) 2 ante . |
| 9 | The time ranged from half an hour a day to 13 hours a day , depending on whether devolution was viewed as a separate activity concerned only with finance or whether it was seen as being curriculum driven and/or inseparable from all the activities performed by a head in a working day . |
| 10 | Some classes gave as little as half an hour a week to science and , on average , it took only 5 per cent of the timetable . |