Example sentences of "a [noun sg] to [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The indications are , therefore , that Offa 's involvement in Kentish affairs in 764–5 was short-lived , either a response to or an attempt to take advantage of a particular crisis — almost certainly the emergence of so many rival rulers in Kent in the immediately preceding period- and that the advent of Ecgberht terminated it . |
| 2 | If however , you had been mistaken about the location of and and the assignments had been reversed , the effective starting-points would be and and the movement towards equality would involve a loss to and a gain to of , yielding a net gain of 83-10-9 as by construction . |
| 3 | Clearly it is of interest to know whether the memories of witnesses to crimes are likely to be altered by the often stressful nature of being a witness to or a victim of a crime . |
| 4 | Later they could have wedded sentences in constructions such as causal conditionals , being both a spur to and the reflection of our ancestors ' growing conceptual mastery of the world about them . |
| 5 | The conference also suggested that the standard requisitions on title be amended to include a reference to whether a seller 's solicitor was also acting for the lender in the redemption of the mortgage . |
| 6 | They saw a large part of their task as negotiating with and between carers and handicapped people — often painstakingly and over long periods — in order to gain a commitment to and an acceptance of a change in lifestyle . |
| 7 | Yeah I would agree with that but I do n't think there is er any excuse for a woman to or a man for that matter to say women deserve rape says M P's wife . |