Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't feel up to a zealous dyke conversion . |
| 2 | Although all fittings and furniture had been removed it was Ritzy accommodation compared to a mobile incident van or the decayed huts and barn-like halls to which they were accustomed . |
| 3 | If the underside of the roof slope is insulated , there must be a gap of 50mm between it and the insulation , and there should also be ventilation openings at the ridge equivalent to a continuous strip 5mm wide running the full length of the ridge . |
| 4 | Thus it emerges that a pulse is equivalent to a continuous frequency spectrum of sinusoidal signals . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the whole review programme was testimony to the school 's commitment to a continuous self-evaluation policy as integral to its decision-making process . |
| 6 | Their leader played no instrument , but sang a set of unfamiliar words to a familiar war-time tune : |
| 7 | In an attempt to control escalating costs , the US Government and insurance companies turned to a prospective payment system , which is a form of prospective reimbursement . |
| 8 | In the absence of controls over referrals by non-budget holding GPs , the provision that under such contracts ‘ payment would be on a case by case basis , without any prior commitment by either party to the volume of cases which might be so dealt with ’ , would appear very similar to a prospective payment system . |
| 9 | In a further attempt to control costs , the US Government and insurance companies turned to a prospective payment system , a form of prospective reimbursement . |
| 10 | The objection of Mrs Thatcher 's government is to a prospective review process which eventually would lower the barrier on EC scrutinised mergers to a turnover of $2billions . |
| 11 | This could lead to a democratic East Germany moving on a ‘ fast track ’ to a privileged form of associate membership of the Community ahead of other reforming East European states by virtues of its very close economic links with West Germany . |
| 12 | A few days ago an elderly gentleman came into a Dublin suburban office with a bouquet of flowers and presented it to a female staff member . |
| 13 | Canada 's disappointment at going so close to a memorable Davis Cup triumph was shared no doubt by Neal Frazer and his Australian team , who had faced the long journey to Cyprus for what was always likely to be a somewhat meaningless match against a no longer credible Yugoslav side , without players from Croatia , even before the injury to Slovodan Zivojinovic , in the first match . |
| 14 | She tracked his middle-aged mistress to a caravan-site love nest only two miles from her bungalow home . |
| 15 | In addition to a post-tea batting humiliation , England were reduced to just nine fit men . |
| 16 | Since her trial a year ago , which led to a six-year jail sentence , Winnie Mandela has been at liberty on bail , pending an appeal . |
| 17 | On Jan. 14 it was announced that the government had reached agreement with the United States for the rescheduling of repayments of debt principal and interest totalling US$47,000,000 , due between June 1 , 1991 , and June 30 , 1992 ; part of this — US$18,700,000 due to the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) — was to be postponed for 10 years , while the rest was to be subject to a six-year grace period . |
| 18 | The trial of the wife of the ANC deputy president which had begun on Feb. 4 before the Rand Supreme Court [ see p. 37992 ] reached its climax on May 14 when Mr Justice Stegmann sentenced Winnie Mandela to a six-year prison term . |
| 19 | The original owner can always recover subject to a six-year limitation period . |
| 20 | To assess whether the failure of Myc or Max alone to transactivate was due to an inability to bind DNA , we tested their function when fused to a heterologous transactivation domain ( VP16 ; Fig. 2 b ) . |
| 21 | Why is Britain the only country in Europe with no right to a minimum holiday entitlement ? |
| 22 | The other is the Brokerage account , which has no minimum deposit or annual fee and allows investors to buy and sell US securities subject to a minimum trade value of $39 . |
| 23 | The report states that those who have lived on state pensions , income support or low pay , are most likely to live in the most energy-inefficient homes which are incapable of being heated to a minimum comfort standard . |
| 24 | Euthanasia technically remained a criminal offence subject to a minimum prison sentence of 12 years under Article 293 of the penal code . |
| 25 | The French want to stop British imports and argue that subjecting Russian catches to a minimum import price would cut the cross-Channel trade as more British fish would sell in the UK . |
| 26 | Negative Richardson number corresponds to a destabilizing density gradient ; both shear and buoyancy give rise to turbulence generation . |
| 27 | Meanwhile the Japanese textile industry will be invited to a major Tencel fashion show in Tokyo in September . |
| 28 | Today the firm 's rehearsing a presentation to a major public company which is conducting a beauty parade . |
| 29 | It is essential to belong to a major exchange organization , because buyers do not wish to be tied to taking their holidays in the same area year after year . |
| 30 | Scottish biologists and a UK government research centre have been accused of giving a green seal of approval to a major logging operation in the South American state of Guyana that could destroy large areas of virgin rainforest . |