Example sentences of "a [noun sg] to some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poem is a response to some book Leapor has been reading . |
| 2 | So whilst you might think it 's a nice idea to make a change to some procedure or work instruction or whatever you want to call it , there may be the odd occasion on which it 's not actually possible to bring in a change because we 're faced with still er meeting the requirements in the base er I S O Nine Thousand document . |
| 3 | I agreed with him , even if Posh Porky had won a scholarship to some place called St Paul 's , which in any case was miles away in Hammersmith . |
| 4 | Culley had n't pictured Mathers in the role — throwing a football to some kid with braces on his teeth , wearing a Snoopy apron at the barbecue , sleeping easily alongside the same woman each night . |
| 5 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 6 | On the semantic level , thirdly , it has been observed that even though infinitives have no endings for person or number , they do have " a reference to some subject … ; though their grammatical dependence connects them frequently with some other term " ( Brown 1884 : 337 ) . |
| 7 | The presence of generalized person in the infinitive also explains how this verb form can be " without person or number " and yet have " a reference to some subject " ( Brown 1884 : 336 – 7 ) : the fact that the infinitive does contain a support gives rise to the impression that the event is referred to a " potential subject " , that is , to what would have been the subject had the verb been finite . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's all a farce to some extent . |
| 9 | ‘ Besides , he 's a right to some help . |
| 10 | Alida has a right to some freedom , she herself is … |
| 11 | The most important common feature among them was that they did not have absolute rights over the land which they farmed , but that they were in some way dependent on a lord , who had a right to some part of their labour or their profits from the land . |
| 12 | Individuals have a right to some independence , and areas of choice in their style of living whatever the degree of their eventual infirmity . |
| 13 | Councillors feel that the fact that they have been elected gives them a right to some independence . |
| 14 | He was applying a match to some kind of heater , and from a small counter in the far corner there was a distinct smell of coffee pervading the atmosphere . |
| 15 | Following the election result , it seems almost inevitable that Labour will adopt a commitment to some form of proportional representation ( writes Backchat 's ‘ things that seem almost inevitable following the election result ’ correspondent ) , although , ironically , it seems considerably less inevitable now than it did a few weeks ago . |
| 16 | Others are in search of justice , ‘ with a petition to some Minister ’ . |
| 17 | either a path to some state C which is substantially better than N |
| 18 | But every piece of research carried out is a contribution to some area of knowledge and the contribution made need not necessarily be challenging the views of the founding fathers of a discipline . |
| 19 | All the same , he was in no doubt that Matthew Glynn had handed over the contents of the cardboard box to Swayne with a view to some sort of deal . |
| 20 | Firstly then is purposive thought which a man uses when he tries to find a solution to some problem . |
| 21 | Most streets are essentially a collection of frontages , and the street scene has an existence to some extent independent of the buildings behind it , enjoyed by numerous people who never enter the buildings . |
| 22 | She had interrupted his breakfast and accepted an invitation to some toast . |