Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State recently visited my hon. Friend 's constituency and delivered a few home truths to the city council about its housing policy failures . |
| 2 | ‘ Where will our exporters be if one day the foreign shipowners find it cheaper only to call in Rotterdam with just a few feeder services to this country ? ’ |
| 3 | Now , benefiting from £1.3 million in investment , it has a speedier service thanks to a modern radio signalling system and , from next month , new rolling stock . |
| 4 | Once more we were spared the fate of drawing a wrong conclusion thanks to a single coin of Valens dated to AD 375 . |
| 5 | They 're still big , still noisy , but getting on in years and with a diminishing role thanks to the peace dividend . |
| 6 | He commented : ‘ The promotion was a tremendous success thanks to the wholehearted manner in which the branches promoted it to the public . ’ |
| 7 | AMERICAN Independence Day at Bytes Restaurant , Honeywell , was a tremendous success thanks to three CCG youth trainees who were challenged by senior members of staff to organise a barbecue . |
| 8 | ( Part of the reason for this undoubtedly lay in the fact that the foraging hominids of whom we are speaking were in part already pre-adapted to upright posture by an evolutionary past different to that of today 's gelada baboon and because they probably already possessed cerebral development going beyond that of a mere monkey thanks to their common ancestry with today 's great apes . ) |
| 9 | To him the camera becomes a tool which allows him to express his thoughts , feelings and moods in direct connection with the world ; it allows his mind and spirit to react to and relate with the everyday world in a visible form thanks to the alchemy of photography . |
| 10 | Thursday could be a tiresome time thanks to the problems and difficulties making your neighbourhood a miserable place . |
| 11 | The net proceeds of the 1990 Wings Appeal provided £618,637 of that overall increase : a remarkable achievement thanks to the generosity of the public and the magnificent ‘ collective ’ efforts of members , friends and associates from RAFA Branches throughout the world . |
| 12 | He strolled home by a comfortable margin thanks to some good body work early on . |
| 13 | To him the camera becomes a tool which allows him to express his thoughts , feelings and moods in direct connection with the world ; it allows his mind and spirit to react to and relate with the everyday world in a visual form thanks to the alchemy of photography . |
| 14 | Mozart had brought fresh impetus to a time-worn formula thanks to his recent exposure to exciting new developments in Paris . |
| 15 | Shell , who succeeded Mike Shanahan last week , got off to a winning start thanks to the safety , Eddie Anderson , who returned an interception 87 yards for the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter . |
| 16 | Qualified candidates are invited to send a full curriculum vitae to Robert Kilpatrick at : Search And Selection Limited Management Consultants Highway House , 17 London End , Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire HP HN |
| 17 | Interest applicants should send a full curriculum vitae to Robert Kilpatrick at : |
| 18 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
| 19 | These were both essentially rabbiting dogs but the terrier really served a dual purpose thanks to a commitment to ground vermin . |
| 20 | THE England ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand could prove to be a mixed blessing thanks to an insufficiently competitive provincial itinerary leading up to the two ‘ tests ’ against a New Zealand XV at the end of the tour . |
| 21 | ‘ It has been a fantastic effort thanks to the wonderful generosity of your readers . |
| 22 | Having recently announced a new health warnings to be placed on packets in fulfilment of the EC Labelling Directive , the Secretary of State for Health , William Waldegrave , has now reportedly agreed with the tobacco industry that the same warnings will also be used on advertising . |
| 23 | I think that if a young person consents to such a placement , then it seems they have the emotional capacity to tackle their behaviour without recourse to such a placement ; such an attitude needs working with , not locking away . |
| 24 | In recent years the lifestyle of the intelligence officer has acquired a glamorous image thanks to the literary world and the screen . |
| 25 | Where such a significant holding amounts to 20% or more of shares in an undertaking the following must also be stated if material : |