Example sentences of "to name [coord] a " in BNC.
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1 | In many countries , regional and national newspapers report on these prisoner cases — the Slovenian Catholic weekly Druzina , the French national daily Le Monde , and the Pakistani daily The Muslim , to name but a few . |
2 | Yet another is Lorca 's love of the city , a curious contradiction of his anti-industrialism , which only comes out explicitly in Leonard 's devotion to Montreal , though he soon became snared by New York , London , Paris , Athens and Los Angeles , to name but a few of his favourite cities . |
3 | Between 1959 and 1969 poetry production was to triple , thanks to the industrious imagination of such as Phyllis Webb , Eli Mandel , Daryl Hine and not least that battery-hen of poets , Irving Layton , to name but a few . |
4 | Altering the look of a step can involve changing the time signature or tempo to which it is danced , the direction it takes or a change of épaulement , its quality and expressiveness , to name but a few . |
5 | This is a fantastic place for birdwatchers — puffin , falcon , raven , gannet , guillemot and cormorants , to name but a few , make their homes along the coastline and on its islands for part of the year . |
6 | The Allied Bomber Campaign , the Dambusters Raid , the liberation of Rome , the Battle of the Bulge and of course D-Day to name but a few . |
7 | The part-time element of a battalion is made up from all sections of the community : farmers , solicitors , factory workers , office managers , garage mechanics and the unemployed , to name but a few , alI united by the common desire to see their country rid of terrorism . |
8 | Generally we meet in Forum , stand outside and sort out our plan for the evening , and then stroll down the street to cactus , the old western style bar , Doors or Hamam 's , to name but a few . |
9 | The visitor will find hibiscus , bougainvillea , angel 's trumpet , thunbergia , abutilon , plumbago and datura , to name but a few . |
10 | These include birds of prey flying demonstrations , morris dancing , archery tournaments and car rallies , to name but a few . |
11 | Meanwhile , the collective clout of famous names like Pamela 's , Rula 's and Twiggy 's , heading a list which also features Victoria Wood , Kiri te Kanawa , Ben Kingsley , Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach , Linda McCartney , Shakira and Michael Caine — to name but a handful — means that the women ( and the men ) in the street who supports Parents for Safe Food 's Campaign at last stands a chance of being heard in the food forum . |
12 | I have found , with growing experience , that many of the great authors ( Elliott , Stapledon , Scott-Watson , Howard , Balfour , Fraser , and Voisin , to name but a few ) yield more and more wisdom at the second and third reading . |
13 | A whole series of laws bears the personal imprint of the Prime Minister — the abolition of the Greater London Council , the poll tax , identity cards for football supporters , to name but a few . |
14 | That term did n't last long , though , and ‘ Plate Tectonics ’ really came into being when scientists all over the world , such as Isacks , Oliver , Sykes , Le Pichon and Morgan ( to name but a few ) , began to apply the new way of thinking to specific parts of the globe . |
15 | It can help in cases of insomnia , high blood pressure , tension and heart conditions — to name but a few . |
16 | But we have relationships of many different sorts — with our children , our parents , our boss and our friends to name but a few . |
17 | A handful of Little Bo Peeps were joined by Little Miss Muffet , Wee Willie Winkie , Noddy and Puff the Magic Dragon , to name but a few . |
18 | However , numerous other factors contribute to the situation : the falling real value of teacher salaries , poor working conditions for teachers , the breakdown of teacher upgrading activities , the fall in state expenditure on materials , delays and calamities in the distribution of available materials , and a rigid formal system of time-tabling and examinations , to name but a few . |
19 | The accountants , auditors , solicitors and personnel officers to name but a few , contribute to the running of schools . |
20 | There were the witches of Windsor , Northamptonshire , Bideford , Newbury , Burton , St. Osyth , Bilson and Faversham , to name but a few . |
21 | Jewellers , knitters , patchwork quilters , confectioners — to name but a few — offering their original handcrafted wares at surprisingly affordable prices . |
22 | Next on the agenda will come Australia , Italy , Spain , Eire , Taiwan , Yemen and Chile , to name but a few . |
23 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
24 | But during this time the pond started buzzing with activity as it filled with frogs , tadpoles , newts and pond skaters to name but a few . |
25 | Well , how about this for a scenario : twenty years of solid touring and recording for major names ; a niche in the elite ‘ who 's who ’ of session guitarists on both sides of the Atlantic ; featured on television three times a week backing major artists live on a very hip chat show ; going straight into production for another live prime-time show on Saturday nights ; and work with Tom Jones , Al Jarreau , Stevie Wonder , Mica Paris , Cindi Lauper , Bob Geldof and Curtis Stigers , to name but a few . |
26 | Some words become shortened : ( tele ) phone , ( re ) frig(erator) , ( in ) flu(enza) and ( omni ) bus , to name but a few . |
27 | In view of the wide effects that defects in this metabolic system can have on the body , they may well be suited to study of the polychrests — that is , the remedies with a wide sphere of action such as Natrum muriaticum , silica , sepia , lycopodium , sulphur , phosphorus or lachesis to name but a few . |
28 | I worked part-time as a waitress and office cleaner ; I delivered plastic flower arrangements to pubs ; I sharpened knives in a cutlery factory ; worked lunch-times in a chip shop ; delivered leaflets ; demonstrated kitchen gadgets , to name but a few . |
29 | Instead your journalists ( Mat Coward , Sarah Baxter , Jolyon Jenkins to name but a few ) have taken to injecting large amounts of humour into their copy . |
30 | Mr Llambias is not the only independent adviser on mergers — others include Norman Foulger Associates , RMA , Professional Practice Services , M&A Professional Services , SWAT Ltd , Jobtel Ltd , Michael Page Finance and Fraser Dawson , to name but a few — but on the merger scene his is a name to conjure with . |