Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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1 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
2 | According to most commentators the visit of a Japanese delegation to Vietnam on Jan. 13-18 was a preliminary step towards the resumption of official Japanese aid to Vietnam , suspended after the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978 . |
3 | AWARD-WINNING salesman Nick Hughes showed this topless photo of a Russian hooker to a woman customer — and got fired . |
4 | Since the late 1940s the Queen Mother had been the darling of National Hunt racing : it was largely her enthusiasm for the sport that raised its status from that of a poor relation to the Flat to , by the mid-1950s , a position of near equality — in popularity if not in the prize money available . |
5 | On the question of Danzig there was no possibility of a simple answer to the problem of attachment and government . |
6 | On-the-road campaigning allows the repetition of a simple theme to different live audiences . |
7 | The point of this brier account of mistake is to show that at least one leading textbook of criminal law has distorted its presentation of the data because of a prior commitment to subjectivism . |
8 | The arch of a Roman gate to the colonia . |
9 | ‘ Such concern smacks of a guilty conscience to me ! |
10 | Paragraph four , a limited number of exceptions and paragraph seven , promotion of a restrictive approach to development . |
11 | The rather surprising introduction of a moral dimension to this apparently scientific debate does , however , render it ambiguous — an ambiguity which becomes even more manifest when scientists present their ideas to a wider audience . |
12 | A claim of a moral right to the asset does not fall within s.2(1) ( a ) , but may be not dishonest within the principles to be discussed shortly . |
13 | In spite of a Soviet offer of a mutual end to arms supplies , the USA continued to supply military aid to UNITA . |
14 | However , in place of the simple unc we can drive from ( 15 ) the relation unc In practice , therefore , if convergence seems very slow , we evaluate three successive columns fully , omitting the reduction of a homologous element to unity , and solve the quadratic unc for at least two homologous elements . |
15 | Observers noted the existence of a group within the Jatiya Party reportedly in favour of early legislative elections , with the participation of opposition parties , in order to legitimize the Ershad regime after the alleged rigged elections of March 1988 and to present evidence to foreign aid donors of a committed return to democracy . |
16 | Thus McNair , writing in the post-Charter era , asserted that a State that becomes aware that a treaty concluded between other States will impair its rights can make diplomatic protests and , if it can establish jurisdiction , commence proceedings before the International Court , or take other steps in pursuance of a peaceful settlement to the dispute . |
17 | He gives us a picture of a firm conversion to theism in the summer of 1929 , followed by a period in which he believed in God , but not in the doctrines of Christianity . |
18 | Until that time , the only statutory means by which payments of arrears in excess of the then statutory limit of 12 months could be made was by means of a late appeal to the social security appeal . |
19 | For these reasons , universities across the country must be in a position to extend the benefits of a higher education to all sections of society . |
20 | " No , culture gives us an idea of a higher life to which we aspire . |
21 | I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . " |
22 | BILL BRYSON [ Sweden on Two Herrings a Day , page 67 ] enhances this happier mood with an account of a recent journey to Sweden , retracing the steps he first took as a monoglot student twenty years earlier . |
23 | The findings of a recent mission to Japan to study developments in neural computing and parallel processing were reported at a meeting held at the Café Royal on the 4th December . |
24 | Street Ceremonies arose as a result of a recent trip to Mexico ; I did no painting while there , but relied upon my memory , trying to recall the things that really mattered such as street sounds . |
25 | Now there 's time for Peter to relax and enjoy looking at photographs of a recent trip to France organised by the centre . |
26 | But a friend put some perspective into it when he told me of a recent visit to the Half Moon , a venerable pub venue in Putney : ‘ There were all these posters on the wall of bands from 20 and 25 years ago , and I thought , ‘ Cor , they must be valuable . ’ |
27 | As requested by the Parish Council I enclose a copy of a recent letter to a local landowner which , I think , is self-explanatory . |
28 | I understand that Wyre Borough are forwarding to you a copy of a recent letter to their Environmental Health Officer from Nether Wyresdale Parish Council and I write to reiterate the concern felt by the Parish Council about this site especially the environmental and health hazards involved . |
29 | Statements such as ‘ this is a free country ’ are assertions of a strong commitment to liberal principles of political philosophy which politicians will hesitate to flout . |
30 | This very important subject of the relationship between evolution and right and wrong , and its inevitable effect on the development of a viable meaning to the word ‘ god ’ , will be pursued in a later chapter . |