Example sentences of "and a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had cycled on the road from Bodø to Fauske and on the Sulitjelma ; pushed the bikes over to Sorjusjaure ; ridden and swum our way to Staloluokta within the Padjelanta National Park ; and then thrashed our way on the faster tracks through Arasluokuoktastugorna , Låddejåkkåstugana and Kisurisstugan to Akkastugorna and a ferry to Ritjemokk , before cycling by road to Vietas ; and gone by plane to Sitastugan at the north-west end of Sitasjaure . |
| 2 | His monument erected in the Parish Church of East Grinstead was removed to Sevenoaks in 1710 , when the Church roof fell in and a window to his memory was placed in the Parish Church of Sevenoaks in 1954 . |
| 3 | You may act as a role model and a mentor to others . |
| 4 | It has fine balusters and a door to the first floor room behind . |
| 5 | Do n't forget to include a window , entrance and exit points and a door to the rear storage area . |
| 6 | Aung San was moody , given to long silences and sudden outbursts , eloquent in rhetoric , impetuous , erratic : and a hero to the people . |
| 7 | Marks had grown greyer , more hairy , more stringy in the years-since their last meeting but he was the same man , shrewd , cynical , and a cop to the bone . |
| 8 | The top chasers have a habit of being able to give weight and a beating to their more humble rivals and although Barnbrook Again appears to have been given a stiff task in conceding 8lb to Rusch de Farges , his two runs already this season should give him the advantage . |
| 9 | In the Champion Hurdle , which he won at 50-1 and in the Sandeman Hurdle at Liverpool , where at 10-1 he gave weight and a beating to some of the best hurdlers in training , Beech Road established himself as an outstanding champion , and although he did not win the Charles Heidsieck Champagne Bula Hurdle on Saturday , he confirmed his position at the top of the tree . |
| 10 | However , due to poor intelligence and a tip-off to the IRA , most victims were civil rights agitators , not IRA supporters ( White , 1989 ) . |
| 11 | She handed two packets and a wafer to the boy , who had finished wiping the mattresses down and had leant them up against the wall to dry . |
| 12 | Thomas Pennant was here the following year and his account of his visit with John Lightfoot , the botanist , which appears in " A Tour in Scotland and a Voyage to the Hebrides in 1772 " ( Chester 1774 ) is very important and is much used by later writers . |
| 13 | Thomas Pennant was here the following year and his account of his visit with John Lightfoot , the botanist , which appears in " A Tour in Scotland and a Voyage to the Hebrides in 1772 " ( Chester 1774 ) is very important and is much used by later writers . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , a little humility does not ill become the social scientist , and a contribution to theory , no matter how small , which derives from careful enquiry , is more worthy of the accolade ‘ scholarship ’ than is the sweeping generalization based upon nothing more than armchair speculation . |
| 15 | In making a payment of interest to the lender and a contribution to a life assurance company , the debt remains constant and the borrower is offered the prospect of a maturing policy that will not only repay the mortgage but also provide a lump sum . |
| 16 | The total cost per person , for three months in the field and a contribution to the large peak fee , will be about £10,000 . |
| 17 | This investigation is therefore intended to be both a serious historical research project based on a dozen or more geographically dispersed archives and a contribution to the wider understanding of a society at the centre of much attention but little insight . |
| 18 | Ivan Dugue , a lawyer and spokesman for the group , stated that the surrender was unilateral and a contribution to the peace process taking place in the country . |
| 19 | The Redpath brothers had a field day , sharing five of the six tries and a contribution to Melrose now and in the future could hold the vital key to unlock even more championship trophies . |
| 20 | Using the last example of a bond with a dirty price of 96.50 , coupon payments of 8.75 per annum and a year to maturity , we get the following yields to maturity : |
| 21 | This has widened to incorporate guest speakers , and a request to the nurse education manager to present a session on PREP has resulted in nursing home staff being invited to scheduled seminars in the nurse education centre . |
| 22 | The government responded by ordering cuts in the prices of essential goods , including food and petrol , and a 5% to 10% ‘ solidarity tax ’ on private-sector workers , designed to equalise the misery . |
| 23 | It is an interpretation of and a parallel to the singing of seven Chinese poems about the ever transient phases in the life of Man . |
| 24 | A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides . |
| 25 | He was highly intelligent , observant and questioning , a joy to the first-class teacher and a pest to the second-rate , who as usual formed the majority . |
| 26 | It needs fabric fullness of two and a quarter to two and a half times the track length , depending on the thickness of the fabric . |
| 27 | The amount of fabric fullness required is variable and although a minimum of twice the length of the curtain fixture is satisfactory , two and a quarter to two and a half times fullness is preferable to achieve a well-balanced , attractive pleating arrangement . |
| 28 | There 's a little tiny bit to tinker with , but it 's not if we were to , we , we 're canvassing at pressed about altering the length of the lunchtime break to break it down from an hour and a half and an hour and a quarter to an hour and a quarter to an hour which is being we would save some money on not paying our |
| 29 | There 's a little tiny bit to tinker with , but it 's not if we were to , we , we 're canvassing at pressed about altering the length of the lunchtime break to break it down from an hour and a half and an hour and a quarter to an hour and a quarter to an hour which is being we would save some money on not paying our |
| 30 | By early in 1944 he had already won the D.S.O. in Libya , and a bar to it in Sicily . |