Example sentences of "[adv] to more " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other end of the scale GM 's long-expressed desire to achieve significant sales of its US cars in Europe has finally settled down to more realistic levels . |
| 2 | Such backing must come from national government — the issues are too big for the responsibility of generating finance to be handed down to more local levels . |
| 3 | Now you 've narrowed the choice down to more manageable proportions , it 's time for the specialist retailer and test fitting . |
| 4 | For instance , we may be setting Dryden 's Song for Saint Cecilia 's Day and wish to abbreviate the following verse by cutting out less important material : We could reduce this to the following , which retains the important parts of the above , keeps the message exactly the same , but brings it down to more manageable proportions from a musical standpoint : |
| 5 | When you get down to more detailed planning it is useful to know that in a standard European kitchen , base units are 600 mm ( 24 in ) deep ; wall units 300 mm ( 12 in ) deep ; most appliances are 600 mm ( 24 in ) wide ; Units come in widths of 300 , 500 , 600 , 1000 or 1200 mm ( 12 , 20 , 24 , 39 , or 48 in ) , counter tops are 900 mm ( 36in ) high , the bases of wall-hung cabinets 405 mm ( 16 in ) above that . |
| 6 | In reviewing their general economic policies and prospects , the finance ministers noted that economic growth had slowed down to more sustainable levels in several countries ; overall growth prospects remained good , with strong investment providing a major stimulus to their economies ; inflation remained contained but still required vigilance , and external imbalances had been reduced , albeit unevenly . |
| 7 | Coming now from , down to more specific ways of winning new work , due diligence was an initiative which we wanted to er tackle but not only in this office across the country and across the northern region . |
| 8 | And so to more modern times . |
| 9 | Tables 2.4 and 2.5 show this process of the ‘ spreading ’ of deindustrialization , from the inner areas of some of the great cities , outwards to more rural areas . |
| 10 | But perhaps to more sympathetic eyes they were more touching than risible , and no more grotesque than many other lovers in whose relationship one loves overwhelmingly , and the other lets himself be loved , for whatever reason — convenience , self-importance , pity . |
| 11 | If you have teenagers at home , planning a meal can be tricky ; you may think you have them pinned down , but one phone call and they are up and away to more exciting prospects . |
| 12 | Walks vary from a gentle stroll to the neighbouring resort of Thumersbach , from where you can return by boat , through to more challenging rambles using the cable car further up the mountains . |
| 13 | The list begins with the simplest measures , and works through to more difficult ones . |
| 14 | He rightly argues that the best way to find out what part of the brain does is to start out with very general questions about the sorts of thing it might do and then work through to more specific questions . |
| 15 | these strands have persisted through to more recent studies of policy-making . |
| 16 | A small patch of vines also exists right at the top of the village where the ground rises steeply to more than 220 metres . |
| 17 | But these turned usually to more distinguished companies , those with a classical repertoire . |
| 18 | from its low point of 106cm in the fourteenth century , it had climbed rapidly to more than 120cm in the seventeenth and was well on its way to the twentieth-century average of about 137cm at the withers . |
| 19 | He felt the minute he left she and Brenda packed up themselves and the children and took off to more exotic surroundings . |
| 20 | Two- and three-year-olds , who did not yet know less , were not as consistent , and their responses to less and tiv — and possibly to more as well — suggested that , in the absence of lexical knowledge , they were probably relying on a non-linguistic strategy of choosing the greater amount ( Trehub and Abramovitch , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | The government 's environmental agency claims there is no evidence that the canal will affect Lake Utonai , home to more than 100 species of waterfowl . |
| 22 | That memorable ‘ handful of dust ’ belongs to the religion of ‘ ashes to ashes , dust to dust ’ in this burial of the dead , but also to more primitive rites . |
| 23 | It 's believed that stress can actually depress the immune system , leaving us pretty to every cold and bout of flu , and also to more serious complaints . |
| 24 | Each stage in this series of attempts to consolidate the validity of the observation statement , ‘ Here is a piece of chalk ’ , involves an appeal not only to further observation statements but also to more theoretical generalizations . |
| 25 | This project is concerned to explore these issues in greater depth as a contribution not only to reading the Archive but also to more general understanding of the everyday uses and meanings of literacy . |
| 26 | This adds up to more good marks than most cars get . |
| 27 | Loopy Lil had n't a steady enough hand for spillikins and she could n't count up to more than three for the dominoes but she seemed happy to watch and smile . |
| 28 | And on the M5 that goes up to more than 50 mpg , which I find very impressive . |
| 29 | Here in Learning through Drama we have a group of three people whose years of teaching combined did not add up to more than twenty . |
| 30 | Providing the length of your fish ( excluding tail ) do not add up to more than 36 inches , your aquarium is not overcrowded . |