Example sentences of "with a [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A week after the affairs of the Dove Trust had been transferred to Littlejohn and Partners ( Bermuda ) , Adam surprised Elinor with a trip to Saracen for the weekend . |
| 2 | Each vertex can be regarded as a triangular pyramid with a base to edge ratio of π . |
| 3 | Future projects include further explorations in collage and a trip later this year with a friend to South America with a view to producing some articles and a book for publication — ‘ with an unusual edge ’ , adds Dawson mysteriously . |
| 4 | Future projects include further explorations in collage and a trip later this year with a friend to South America with a view to producing some articles and a book for publication — ‘ with an unusual edge ’ , adds Dawson mysteriously . |
| 5 | Darlington council 's town twinning officer , Michelle Le Neveu , approached a dairy wholesaler asking if milkmen would be willing to help out with a door to door collection . |
| 6 | Six months later , in September , I followed this up with a circular to health authorities requiring them to put their services out to tender . |
| 7 | The strictness of the defence has unfortunate consequences for some controversial publications : distributors are prone to equate political radicalism with a propensity to libel , and are thus provided with a ready-made legal excuse for a decision not to stock them . |
| 8 | The bond is currently priced at 98–16 per 100 nominal with a yield to maturity of 12.50 per cent . |
| 9 | The long-gilt contract trades an imaginary or notional 20-year gilt with a yield to maturity ( YTM ) of 9 per cent . |
| 10 | Furthermore , suppose tendency to want to smoke and tendency to lung cancer are linked by inheritance ; a smoking craving might cause some to leave the Mormon faith , but these are also the people with a tendency to lung cancer so that those left behind show a low incidence . |
| 11 | Behind the screen Wycliffe looked down at the dead man : middle or late forties , probably above average height , bony , but with a tendency to corpulence sedentary : the disease of modern man . |
| 12 | But last Thursday he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 13 | Last Thursday , however , he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre-left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 14 | It is a well-documented fact that cancer , for example , is more prevalent in those with a predisposition to depression and a tendency to bottle-up their emotions just to please others . |
| 15 | The possibility of introducing anti-oncogenes into those with a predisposition to colon cancer is undoubtedly one of the most exciting prospects . |
| 16 | The panel that he envisaged would be made up of their representatives and would provide them with a forum to air concerns . |
| 17 | In the middle of the night , the ruling party 's congress wound up its work with a resolution to hand back to the state all superfluous assets . |
| 18 | Rotorway say it can be flown in Britain with a Permit to Fly . |
| 19 | If we accept therefore that man is created with a desire to work , subject to a charge to control and harness the earth , it follows that the process of wealth creation is something intrinsic to a Christian view of the world . |
| 20 | Messages should be sent separately , direct to the central office group/sector/person addressed with a copy to Head of Area Staff . |
| 21 | Their desire to preserve order ( that is , obey instructions from a government in Madrid dominated by Murat ) and their shilly-shallying when confronted with a demand to arm and lead a national revolution against the French , were swamped by popular risings . |
| 22 | By 1983 , the EPA had already either approved or proposed to approve 150 bubbles , with a saving to industry of $500 million . |
| 23 | The one-day-old normal baby is a potential person with a right to life that very few would deny it . |
| 24 | Media offences with a right to trial by jury |
| 25 | Time limits would be set for appeals , with a right to representation and eligibility for legal aid to get advise in bringing a case . |
| 26 | As such , it is not at odds with the ‘ litmus-test ’ of self-advocacy , seeming to support a view of people as potentially autonomous and with a right to self-determination within a less restrictive social milieu . |
| 27 | Chamfer the cut edges of pipe to allow easy fitting of the coupling — a few gentle taps with a hammer to chip away the edge is enough . |
| 28 | Not only did these men share the hardships of combat , their very survival imbued many with a pre-disposition to paternalism . |
| 29 | From here it dog-legs left , through sentinel bunkers to a small green , almost flat but with a list to port that will throw away any ball slightly wayward . |
| 30 | I had no such reservations with A Talent to Abuse . |