Example sentences of "to [conj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) In virtue of the provisions referred to in the subsection , where a licence is granted to or a provisional grant confirmed in the name of a non-natural person . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , I could not find either a clear description of what these psychotherapies amount to nor a critical account of the scientific trials to which some of them have been subjected . |
| 3 | When things go wrong , they will want more to turn to than a toll-free telephone help-line . |
| 4 | Add to that a packed lunchtime season , and late-night entertainment in the studio on Fridays and Saturdays , and we think you 'll agree that there 's always something for everyone at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round . |
| 5 | What I 'm saying to you is , erm I do n't expect for one minute to have a computer installed in my office , ccessdon'tw alter it to that a particular way , and |
| 6 | I think , I 'll come back to that a little bit when we get on to some consideration of these press releases . |
| 7 | Add to that a low-profile neck , and you 've got a pretty funky little thang . |
| 8 | Naturally , I 'm at that mysterious , precarious stage somewhere close to and a long way from that miraculous first sentence . |
| 9 | ’ So this was an order and so I had to and a young woman opened the door — about eighteen years . |
| 10 | It is also economical in terms of processing since partial interpretations are computed only once , and can be returned to if an alternative interpretation fails further down the line , thus guaranteeing that all possible parses are found . |
| 11 | The priority numbering system will be strictly adhered to unless a specific request is made by the Project Director to the New OED Computer Group or his appointed deputy . |
| 12 | All the indications are that man 's efforts successfully to modify and refine the product of the evolutionary process by the introduction of civilisation , have been almost destroyed by the tangled mass of religious absurdity and rubbish which he has allowed to enter into it , and reduce it to but a tragic travesty of what it should be . |
| 13 | Teachers should enquire as to whether a low vision aid would be appropriate for an individual low vision child in their class . |
| 14 | As to whether a preserved aquarium is required , or merely a preserved fish , the text is unclear . |
| 15 | But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin group will be content to stay a minority player in the long term . |
| 16 | Sir : Your Outlook Column ( 3 October ) ended with the statement : But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin Group will be content to stay a minority player . |
| 17 | A cinema organ is like a big jelly mould , illuminated from within , a most spectacular thing that changed colour according to whether a major key or a minor key was being played . |
| 18 | There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer . |
| 19 | There is some doubt as to whether a latent inhibitor can produce this effect . |
| 20 | The question as to whether a specific hypothesis is confirmed or not confirmed by the data is in principle different from the issue of whether the research findings can be generalized to a wider population . |
| 21 | Subjects gave yes and no responses as to whether a specific item appeared in a memory set of varying size displayed on a computer using a within subjects design . |
| 22 | Weather and seasonal variations affect flows and , in turn , judgments as to whether a particular effluent is polluting . |
| 23 | Application can be made to the local planning authority ( either as part of an application for planning permission or as a separate application ) for a ‘ determination ’ as to whether a proposed operation constitutes development and , if so , as to whether planning permission is required . |
| 24 | If there is any doubt as to whether a proposed course of action is consistent with the EC competition rules , you should , where appropriate with professional advisers , discuss the draft agreement or proposed arrangement with DG IV . |
| 25 | Well , that raises the old question — or might raise it , if there was not an answer to it-of Lampleigh v. Brathwait ( above , p. 200 ) , a subject of great interest to every scientific lawyer , as to whether a past service will support a promise . |
| 26 | The Department of the Environment has become involved in discussions as to whether a local authority was entitled to specify that a contractor for refuse collection must hire council vehicles , or to refuse permission to outside tenderers to use a council depot ( Hughes 1989:20 ) . |
| 27 | This issue involves a question of principle as to whether a local authority can sue for libel and not a decision to be made in respect of each individual action . |
| 28 | ‘ In the Court of Appeal considerable doubt was expressed by that court as to whether an absolute prohibition on the import of a particular description of goods could amount to a quantitative restriction or a measure having equivalent effect , so as to fall within the ambit of Article 30 at all . |
| 29 | On a more general basis , there are matters of judgement as to whether an interim payment should be made . |
| 30 | Disputes as to whether an admitted rule has or has not been violated will always occur and will , in any but the smallest societies , continue interminably , if there is no agency specially empowered to ascertain finally , and authoritatively , the fact of violation … |