Example sentences of "to [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it was still pretty marginal er but er at least it was opened and erm in eighteen er it carried on until , in eighteen seventy , seventy one , the line was extended back to or a station roughly halfway between the two . |
| 2 | Yeah I would agree with that but I do n't think there is er any excuse for a woman to or a man for that matter to say women deserve rape says M P's wife . |
| 3 | In short , those who propose a deprivation weighting must decide whether this is to be additional to or a substitute for mortality . |
| 4 | Clearly it is of interest to know whether the memories of witnesses to crimes are likely to be altered by the often stressful nature of being a witness to or a victim of a crime . |
| 5 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 6 | Add to that a freebie joystick or light phazer , plus an incredible cash saving , and you 've got an offer that 's hard to refuse . |
| 7 | She had been on the verge of hysteria then ; add to that a day of travelling , with him pushing Chalon as fast as the horse could go carrying a double weight , plus the previous day 's tensions , and it was a wonder she had n't given in to it . |
| 8 | She knew Gwen Evans only slightly ; she had seen her at the funeral , and previous to that a couple of times , but the memory stuck . |
| 9 | Add to that a history as rich and compelling as that of any in the country and the possibilities for excursions with a difference take shape . |
| 10 | But add to that a recession that can cut turnover in half and it 's no wonder that designers are becoming more commercially minded . |
| 11 | Add to that a predilection to falling off buses because you think you see Him on every corner , in every crowd , at every window , and the inevitability of actually seeing Him in the off-licence when you were n't expecting to , and feeling your entire stomach lurch forward involuntarily like waking from a dream of falling . |
| 12 | Add to that a groom in a broom cupboard with the bridesmaid and a case of mistaken identities . |
| 13 | Beside him a three-pronged trident was staked into the low altar , and next to that a jumble of miniature statues danced with their shadows in the firelight . |
| 14 | Add to that a lot of nervousness which led to two false starts , and nobody was too happy , except perhaps Ernie Obeng who just pipped the American Darwin Cook to win . |
| 15 | Add to that a good ‘ who 's who ’ of EC officials and you have the makings of a basic Euro data-base . |
| 16 | Add to that a steamer trunk full of footwear , a stack of rather lavish hatboxes ( occupied ) and enough jewellery to start up a stall at St George 's market , and you get the idea that Pat just might be an out and out fashion fanatic . |
| 17 | Rimsky-Korsakov added an orchestral figure representing flames for the immolation of the Old Believers , and brought back the Preobazhensky March ; Shostakovich added to that a reminiscence of the Dawn music opening the opera ; and Stravinsky used the intended tune plus two more , giving the ending a much more positive and balanced view of the Old Believers as not regressive and obscurantist but charged with dignity and Christian endurance . |
| 18 | A fall in the real wage rate from w 1 to w 2 results in both a rise in the notional demand for labour to and a rise in the notional supply of output to Y 2 . |
| 19 | This will only cause problems with consultation with the members and they 're the most important , the bloody members , but it could lead to and a scramble for jobs . |
| 20 | They can take some getting used to and a bit of furtive fumbling is to be expected on the first few occasions . |
| 21 | The relationship between the size of a dowry and status makes the dowry system easily adaptable to a class society , which means that as the economies of the villages move unevenly towards capitalism the dowry system remains of vital significance both as an essential accompaniment to and a reflection of this change . |
| 22 | If however , you had been mistaken about the location of and and the assignments had been reversed , the effective starting-points would be and and the movement towards equality would involve a loss to and a gain to of , yielding a net gain of 83-10-9 as by construction . |
| 23 | A pretty pass we 've come to if a man ca n't have a friend without being labelled queer . ’ |
| 24 | That the Agenda order is strictly adhered to unless a motion is made to alter the order . |
| 25 | Certainly it was never specifically referred to but a reading of the judgment would , I apprehend , ground an argument that the judge , having found that the appellants were in contempt and knew at all relevant times of the existence of the order against them , was in a position to exercise the discretion that he was given . |
| 26 | To make matters worse , because he always does fail in his attempts to improve the situation , the sufferer convinces himself that he has nothing to look forward to but a lifetime of misery . |
| 27 | Ordnance survey maps and even road atlases will give an approximate guide to whether a shore is rocky , sandy , or shingle . |
| 28 | There was evidently some dilemma in Gould 's mind as to whether a work on the birds of Europe or just the birds of Britain would prove most lucrative . |
| 29 | Since confidence ratings were obtained in addition to Yes/No responses it is possible to plot ROC curves for either subjects or stimuli and hence calculate separate measures of recognition sensitivity ( i.e. the ability of subjects to discriminate targets from distractors ) and response criterion bias ( i.e. the tendency to give particular types of response independently of any knowledge a subject has as to whether a film was a target or distractor ) . |
| 30 | So there is liable to be a very different result according to whether a recall test is carried out within 24 hours , or a week , or three months , of an ad appearing : and ‘ pre-tests ’ , based on showing an ad to consumers before it appears , and finding out what they remember of it within minutes , can be almost totally irrelevant — except as an indication of intelligibility . |