Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such relationships belong to problem novels , rather than to novels of action , to fiction where a place is not the scene in which action develops but a certain spot where characters place themselves in order to talk . |
| 2 | Mr Reid said the matter came to light after a pupil informed a teacher that he had been offered drugs by the suspended boy . |
| 3 | These came to light when a couple brought the album in for valuation without knowing the artist 's identity . |
| 4 | The case , coinciding with the treatment of the subject of serial killings in a number of recent films , came to light when a man told Milwaukee police on July 22 that he had been threatened by Dahmer but then escaped from his apartment , where police later found numerous dismembered bodies . |
| 5 | In some cases subsidence damage will have come to light when a property is being sold and we may find ourselves under pressure to resolve the claim quickly to allow the sale to proceed . |
| 6 | Why should the fact that D was engaged on causing damage to property at the time ( even damage to D's own property ) make his conduct into an offence punishable with life imprisonment when , if D were engaged on some other activity , it would not be punishable as such and would only amount to manslaughter if a death happened to be caused ? |
| 7 | Assuming that this statement is correct , these testers could prove lethal , and should certainly only be used by competent people with a considerable degree of electrical knowledge ; and they definitely should n't be relied on to check if a circuit is dead . |
| 8 | Returning to work after a career break can pose problems for both women and men . |
| 9 | A relational flagger may be added to flag when a developer is leaving the relational subset , but Beech believes there is no inconsistency between the two basic models . |
| 10 | To say this is not to play with words but to assert there is more to peace than a word with five letters . |
| 11 | Established companies , concentrating on defending what they already have , tend not to counter-attack when a newcomer challenges them . |
| 12 | Trollope thus praises Mr Thorne for continuing to inhabit the great hall at Ullathorne Court ( there is no dining-room ) , with no more concession to modernity than a modem grate , although it is now only the socially acceptable , not the humble , who come to the great front door that opens into it . |
| 13 | She knew she was handling this badly , acting like a fool , making a scene because she could n't face the pretence , could n't face having to stifle her feelings , her crazy and immature hopes — hopes that would always be doomed to failure where a man like Luke Denner was concerned . |
| 14 | The criterion for deciding whether to extend these powers is if ‘ such responsibilities are important to safety as a whole ’ ( Article 91a ) , or the ‘ maintenance of legal and economic unity ’ ( Article 72.2.3 ) . |
| 15 | Firstly , the results may simply be due to chance since a search for clusters is likely to reveal some spatial aggregations of cases even if there is no causal explanation : this is particularly true if the age groups , areas , calendar periods , and diagnostic groups to be studied are not specified in advance . |
| 16 | To take an example , within this scheme it might be said that computing facilities must be subject to constant returns to scale because a consortium of firms large enough to take advantage of the optimally sized computer could buy one and then time-share its facilities . |
| 17 | Assistant Chief Constable David Mellor , aged 52 , who is shortly to take up a post as deputy chief constable of South Wales , had just gone to bed when a device planted below the window of a living room exploded at 1.20am . |
| 18 | They are often more of a blockage to communication than a channel . |
| 19 | After 8 April the aluminium returned to tapwater when a mains burst : sludge was found at the bottom of a glass of water but when it was sent to the authority for analysis it was discarded as ‘ too sludgy ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ She obviously decided there was more to life than a ship 's doctor had to offer . ’ |
| 21 | When chlorine was used as a disinfecting agent , a relatively short exposure to air after a water sample was drawn would render the water acceptable for use . |
| 22 | He carried on for two days but finally , in excruciating pain , had to go to hospital when a splint was put on his damaged limb . |
| 23 | He now discovered that he had been wounded in the elbow , and was taken to hospital where a piece of bullet casing was removed . |
| 24 | In effect , says FoE 's agricultural campaigner Robin Maynard , set-aside is merely causing " rural dereliction " , and is " about as attractive to wildlife as a car park " . |
| 25 | Even on his last visit , two years ago , the Ministry Inspector declared that it would soon be more of a hazard to health than a promoter of it . ’ |
| 26 | The twinkle in his eye was reassuring , but when we tied up at Tobermory and the purser pointed out to sea where a group of small rocks ( or so it seemed ) showed strung out on the horizon like a mother duck with her ducklings after her , I felt a cowardly twinge , and found myself wondering what the ‘ relatively mod cons ’ could be . |
| 27 | Heel of the palm : Fast and less prone to injury than a punch . |
| 28 | Millionaire financier , Sir Jack Lyons has been spared going to prison after a court heard that a jail sentence could kill him ; the judge , Mr Justice Henry said he accepted the businessman was seriously ill . |
| 29 | According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot . |
| 30 | There 's incidental impotence which occurs from time to time when a man fails to get an erection after having had too much to drink , for example ; or through tiredness , worry or anxiety . |