Example sentences of "adding a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the concept devised — and now enshrined in the local plan — for adding a major wing to the castle just across the moat , effectively doubling the size of the castle . |
| 2 | The final sting in the tail , however , is that adding a decent keyboard to your Spectrum is , while adding to its usefulness , going to raise its price to a level where you 'd have got a decent keyboard included in the cost . |
| 3 | The storm was abating rapidly , the evening sky clearing in the west with the golden rays of the setting sun adding a dying colour to the sullen slate blue water . |
| 4 | Certainly the Lycra and neoprene-clad Spider People sporting Udo 's creations are adding a new twist to the tired Lycra-top genre . |
| 5 | By choosing one of the colours and holding down the shift key , you can then create your own colour , but rather than adding a new colour to the palette this replaces the original . |
| 6 | Adding a new outpost to the empire |
| 7 | Nearly out of fuel , it landed on a previously uncharted islet , inadvertently adding a new outpost to the Philippine republic . |
| 8 | We found that cytokinins , a class of plant hormones , could induce the formation of numerous haustoria on ‘ free ’ dodder vines in the absence of a host , adding a new dimension to the problem of haustoria development . |
| 9 | If a certain opening up of the political life could reinvigorate the economy , that would be sufficient justification for adding a new dimension to ‘ socialism with Chinese characteristics ’ . |
| 10 | If the ISAM method is in use , the effect of adding a new record to a block of records is to cause the block to be re-built , incorporating the new record and pushing the last record of the last block on the track off into overflow . |
| 11 | If tomorrow someone discovered that Atlantis actually existed , he would not be adding a new property to the island state talked about in Plato 's Timaeus , but dispelling the suspicion that Plato , or someone else before him , invented the legend . |
| 12 | Adding a new studio to the network costs about $1 million . |
| 13 | This meant adding a civil commitment to his existing military one and augmenting his staff from selected members of the civilian staff at Scotland Yard . |
| 14 | Adding a decorative touch to the plain brick wall , they also give the room quite a Continental feel . |
| 15 | A little after the end of the war when people were beginning to relax and reminisce about blackouts and air-raids , yesterday 's terror and agony only adding a little zest to the stones . |
| 16 | True to the word , she had been adding a full bottle to her small garden pond on a weekly basis , for the past month . |
| 17 | This acute retention of urine constitutes one of medicine 's most uncomfortable emergencies , with its habit of coming on at the end of and evening 's drinking ( usually beer ) adding a bloated urgency to the situation . |
| 18 | In developed and developing countries alike indigenous paraprofessionals seem to be more effective than professionals in working with certain clients and communities or at the very least they are seen as adding a valuable dimension to social service provision . |
| 19 | The vocals sway between Nick Cave , Marc Almond and the drunken psycho outside the chip shop on a Friday night , adding a human edge to the pock-marked texture of the songs . |
| 20 | If he wanted to , he could be a real show-off : ‘ My Own Private Catastrophe ’ is pure restraint , feedback and harmonics adding a peculiar tension to the track , whereas the apocalyptic ‘ Sever ’ has him seeming to invent a new ‘ Semtex ’ effects pedal . |
| 21 | It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns . |
| 22 | The weaker version of left idealism — that working-class crime is an irrelevance , dramatised by the capitalist media for diversionary purposes — has had an important resurgence in the 1980s with reference to black urban crime , thus adding a racial component to the original class issue ( see Tierney , 1988 , for both an analysis and an evocation of the sense of déjà vu ) . |
| 23 | However , the idea of adding an extra contaminant to the air in order to reduce smog has little appeal . |
| 24 | Ms Thomas advocates adding an extra step to the selection procedure . |
| 25 | There was also a trend towards adding an earnings-related supplement to previously flat-rate unemployment benefits ( for example , the United Kingdom ) or moving to entirely earnings-related payments ( Germany ) . |
| 26 | With the neon lights of Georgetown at hand , Penang , the so-called ‘ Pearl of the Orient , ’ offers the perfect combination of relaxation in the sun and frenetic nightlife , with a few Chinese temples adding an irresistible garnish to this delightful island . |