Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigadier Canford admired the lightning reflexes , the way she adjusted to a not-very-easy pony in seconds and showed up the others as she ruthlessly shoved them out of the way and cat-and-mouse-whipped the ball away just as they were about to hit it . |
| 2 | The scanning expert said : ‘ The easiest way to do that would be to enhance the quality of the original recording then just play it down an ordinary phone to a mobile phone in an area where the signal was strong . |
| 3 | Finally , we turn to a critical issue in any honest exploration of our attitudes towards old people , namely the value which our society ascribes to them . |
| 4 | H antigen was expressed to a varying degree in all biopsy specimens but was weaker in the distal colon . |
| 5 | The Tories , to their credit , submitted themselves to a democratic election in a part of the territory which they govern — and they were routed . |
| 6 | I chatted to a Dublin-bound nurse in the seat beside me , and looked out as lakes , rivers and deeply-furrowed potato patches flashed by . |
| 7 | And , as we have all too clearly seen , they utterly dominate our democratic process , reducing it to a cynical exercise in mass manipulation . |
| 8 | Our friendly bar with its extensive range of beers , real ales and cocktails , combined with the latest music , dancing and entertainment , adds up to a memorable evening in a convivial atmosphere . |
| 9 | She came to a skidding stop in front of Guido and Ronni , her lovely bright-eyed face breaking into a huge smile . |
| 10 | MICHAEL STICH exploded a warning shot over his Wimbledon rivals yesterday as he stormed to a crushing victory in the Stella Artois Championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 11 | Hogg said the SRU had ruled out taking such a game to a non-rugby ground in either district as costs could prove prohibitive . |
| 12 | The long-term trend towards greater equality of income and wealth has been reversed under the Conservative governments of 1979 onwards and it is argued that this ‘ strategy of inequality ’ ( Child Poverty Action Group ) , which is seen as a direct consequence of the drive towards popular capitalism , has led to a major increase in poverty in the UK and to the possible emergence of an underclass , who lack any stake in popular capitalism and who are caught in the dependency culture . |
| 13 | A favourable monsoon season and a record harvest in 1988-89 of 172,000,000 tonnes of food grain were not enough to prevent the need to continue to import rice and wheat in order to maintain distribution and to provide food for the country 's growing population ; however , the improvement in the agricultural sector did contribute to a major increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , of 9 per cent in real terms in 1988-89 , helped by increases in industrial and manufacturing production . |
| 14 | Joanne specialises in town and country planning and is currently involved in work relating to a major development in the town centre . |
| 15 | It er could lead the way open to a major breakthrough in in crime prevention really . |
| 16 | It must have been difficult for the teachers to organize things even before the arrival of the evacuees , who had problems of their own , of course , adjusting to a major change in lifestyle . |
| 17 | The deregulation of long-distance coach services has led to a major expansion in reliable and cheap services . |
| 18 | The CNAA had become not just the ‘ safety net ’ validating body envisaged by the Robbins Committee and others , but also a major factor in the implementation of the new binary policy and the promotion of colleges , not to ‘ university status ’ by inclusion in the existing pattern of universities , but to a major element in a binary approach to what constituted ‘ higher education ’ . |
| 19 | The ill-fated advertisements were to form a preliminary campaign , costing £100,000 , as a prelude to a major campaign in the coming financial year . |
| 20 | In the run-up to a major meeting in March , at which the ban on trade in ivory will come under pressure again , Martin Wright surveys ways in which WWF is protecting elephants on the ground in Africa . |
| 21 | Furthermore , the very economic success of Western European countries and Japan amounted to a major shift in the international balance of economic power in which the position of the USA was transformed from one of hegemony into one of primus inter pares . |
| 22 | In 1914 he was still only fifty-five and could look forward to a major job in the next Unionist government . |
| 23 | The research of Rowe and Lambert ( 1973 ) undoubtedly led to a major reform in child care policy and practice by documenting through its research findings the plight of children in care , of whom more than 50 per cent were accommodated in residential settings . |
| 24 | Roosevelt 's New Deal programme was an exercise in regulatory government and led to a major growth in regulation by administrative agencies . |
| 25 | The present impregnable appearance of the castle is due to a major restoration in the early years of this century , but there have been fortified buildings on this site since the days of the Viking invaders . |
| 26 | SNOOKER champion John Parrott , Rugby League star Jonathan Davies and comedian Ken Dodd will be dropping in to a major conference in Liverpool next week . |
| 27 | Researchers in the Institute have already applied their expertise to a major study in preparation for the Single European Market in 1992 . |
| 28 | She had gone to a convalescent home in Bournemouth . |
| 29 | The parish is aligned from the tumulus known as Willy Howe in the east to a prehistoric earthwork in the south-west , and bounded by the Gypsey Race valley in the north and a Roman road ( the High Street ) in the south . |
| 30 | Second , if we accept that such adjectives , unlike predicate qualifiers , are genuinely equivalent to a modified clause in conjunction with the noun phrase which they follow , then it is entirely predictable that this construction will demand , as the preceding main verb , one which customarily supports a predication expressed in an explicit subordinate clause ; this will not , however , be demanded of the verb preceding a predicate qualifier . |