Example sentences of "' [noun] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was surprised to learn that my claim could not be backdated , but I wrote those first three weeks ' money off to inexperience . |
2 | From Scardroy , where the public motor road ends , there is another old drovers ' route through to Loch Gowan and Achnasheen , so even without a car some interesting trips could be made taking in the Conon Corbetts by using post bus and train services . |
3 | Cutting auditors ' noses off to spite clients ' faces There are no cogent arguments for radically extending the regulation of auditors ' independence |
4 | Restricting auditors ' responsibilities just to shareholders , it says , inadequately reflects the wider role of audited financial statements and brings into question the need for a statutory audit . |
5 | They needed an advance from the PFA to pay the players ' wages up to June 20 , but the players have not been paid since then . |
6 | Literary fiction has D M Thomas ' Flying in to Love ( Sceptre ) and Beryl Bainbridge with The Birthday Boys ( Penguin ) . |