Example sentences of "of a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silverberg became something of a hero to Clift , but analysis did n't help . |
| 2 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
| 3 | Reggie seemed genuinely pleased with the idea of a tribute to Joyce , and from that day forth gave me endless friendship and encouragement . |
| 4 | Inter alia , it was argued before the Court of Appeal that there was no assignment of a share to Casey because there was no consideration for the agreement contained in the letter . |
| 5 | This is a fairly standard tenant 's covenant and basically acceptable , although the following comments are worth noting : Despite the landlord 's common law right to distress , some tenants object to the sight of a reference to bailiffs in leases and prefer it to be deleted . |
| 6 | This court had the advantage , denied to the previous court , of a reference to Government of the United States of America v. Bowe [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 500 . |
| 7 | On the basis of a reference to Sappho in ‘ An Hymn to the Morning ’ Landry develops the concept of Sapphic textuality : |
| 8 | On the other hand , closure of a feature to tourism for conservation purposes is undesirable , because it defeats the purpose of conservation which is its preservation for future generations . |
| 9 | Treasury bills , bills of exchange , bankers acceptances and commercial paper are the most important examples of money market securities that are quoted on a discount basis , i.e. that are sold on the basis of a discount to par . |
| 10 | The refined chassis is complemented by advanced suspension damping system which reacts in one five thousandth of a second to information from six sensors within the car , ensuring the perfect balance of comfort and security whatever the driving conditions . |
| 11 | EXETER 's meeting tomorrow offers the main hope of a resumption to jumps racing as freezing conditions continue to cause havoc around the country . |
| 12 | An alternative means of finding the constant coefficients A i in the partial fraction expansion of equation ( 11.36 ) emerges upon multiplying through that equation by the factor ( ) to give which reveals that Although this relation is not immediately helpful because the factor ( ) is zero when , it must be appreciated that G(s) here is the ratio , , of a numerator to denominator polynomial in s in which where Q(s) is another polynomial in s . |
| 13 | They are often more of a blockage to communication than a channel . |
| 14 | His son , in A.D. 66 , ‘ returned in the state of a king to Jerusalem ’ and ‘ adorned with royal garments ’ , visited the Temple to worship . |
| 15 | While on Wednesday , October 21 has 4472 on the return leg of a London to Sheffield itinerary the half term special ‘ South Yorkshireman . ’ |
| 16 | Many of these patients need close daily supervision because of a tendency to self-neglect and poor compliance with medication ; they are often closely dependent on staff for day-to-day emotional support . |
| 17 | Here 's Darwin saying in a letter to a friend Heaven forfend me from Lamarck nonsense of a tendency to progression and indeed , Darwin 's view was the contrary to this , and here 's another quote from Darwin , after long reflection , I can not avoid the conviction that no innate tendency to development exists . |
| 18 | For example , regarding prostitutes , the most crucially sexualized women of the time , questions were asked concerning the size of their genitalia , and various medical projects were embarked upon to prove that an enlarged clitoris was a sign of a tendency to prostitution ( in the same way that phrenologists were measuring criminals ' heads ) . |
| 19 | Basildon District Council appealed to the Transport Tribunal against the grant of a licence to Rees Haulage on the basis that the proposed operating centre was unsuitable on environmental grounds . |
| 20 | If you spot a place you know , or hear the name of a town that 's familiar , you tell me — no one else , mind — not a breath of a word to Garvey or my father — and I 'll sneak you out … |
| 21 | In the absence of a ticket to San Francisco they felt that London would have to be the next best thing . |
| 22 | ‘ This is more of a warning to clubs that three red cards in as many games will not be tolerated . ’ |
| 23 | THE prospect of a tour to South Africa has fired up the imagination of senior ALL BLACKS said to have been contemplating retirement after the World Cup . |
| 24 | Confirmation of a tour to South Africa and moves towards a Southern Hemisphere Five Nations — it 's all happening Down Under , as GREG CAMPBELL discovered . |
| 25 | A letter to George Fox [ q.v. ] told of a call to Jerusalem , but she was dissuaded and on release went home . |
| 26 | In either case , it is issued and dealt in the primary and secondary markets on the basis of a yield to maturity , which is usually expressed in basis points . |
| 27 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 28 | The fact that many non specialist teachers will have experience of a change to enquiry methods in their own specialist subject area is acknowledged as being of considerable value . |
| 29 | Thereafter , the caretaker was his man , glad of a chance to finger ‘ that man ’ who had moved in with his girlfriend on the eighth floor . |
| 30 | In chapter X of A Preface to Paradise Lost ( London : Oxford University Press , 1942 ) , C. S. Lewis gave a summary list of doctrines of the Fall of Man common to Milton , to St Augustine , and to ‘ the Church as a whole ’ . |