Example sentences of "[adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is a major problem with the model for real textual data : all references are between nodes mapped statically to a number of data pages with no scope for dynamic variation of unit size in the source and target objects . |
| 2 | Bush objected fiercely to a decision by the House of Representatives on Aug. 2 , 1989 , to halve the funding available for mobilizing the missiles on the rail network . |
| 3 | In part this was due to an acute awareness of his own awkwardness as a speaker ; the stuttering circumlocutions , the ers and ahs , leading inexorably to a pained silence , or the word that always hung there like a tail , ‘ Anyway … ’ . |
| 4 | At the same time , the fresh unrest heightened fears that the turmoil in Kashmir would lead inexorably to a serious clash between Indian and Pakistani troops facing each other across the Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) . |
| 5 | He was aware that a captain with a record such as his has a big advantage , since any troops will respond better to a leader they know has been through the fire himself , and so he knew just what he could ask of his bowlers . |
| 6 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 7 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 8 | Most people respond better to a positive co-operative position than to a confrontational stance . |
| 9 | He knew that Goodenache would respond better to a woman . |
| 10 | The wide and leisurely Nile , constant for over 600 miles , had contracted suddenly to a dark gorge . |
| 11 | And Lenin , who had talked only at party meetings , before audiences of Marxist students , who had hardly appeared in public in 1905 , now spoke to them with a voice of authority that was to pick up all their undirected energy , to command their uncertain confidence , and to swell suddenly to a world-wide resonance . |
| 12 | As though to underline her thoughts , and reverting suddenly to a much earlier observation , he said : ‘ Do all the women in your time wear next to nothing ? ’ |
| 13 | It was as though she herself were under a spell , transmuted suddenly to a higher pitch , animated and volatile — as the alchemists were altered by their work . |
| 14 | The saucer drops between the towers , flies low over strangely deserted streets and comes suddenly to a grinding halt . |
| 15 | All these contributed much to a sense of fellowship and corporate social identity as well as providing opportunities for personal development and individual enrichment . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , she still owes much to a male mentor who , in a previous job , told her : ‘ You can do it . |
| 17 | The development of fully-fledged headhunting firms owes much to a growing conflict of interest between different sectors of their business experienced by the management consultants and accountants who operated headhunting departments . |
| 18 | In the short term , the development of the British executive search industry owes much to a mixture of both demand and supply factors . |
| 19 | The vogue for this owed much to a bastard Darwinism ; Latin nations were less taken in by it than were Slavs and Teutons . |
| 20 | She considers the idea , implicit in much feminist theory , of an authentic self which is said to be socially conditioned by patriarchal power , and argues that this idea owes much to a tradition in Western philosophy which dates back to the Aristotelian distinction between actions that are voluntary and actions which are coerced , a tradition that can be traced through Descartes to the present time . |
| 21 | £82 may not be much to a Cabinet Minister , but it is a fortune to many of our clients . |
| 22 | They pick a path through the crowded gloom inside to a low table in a corner at the far end . |
| 23 | She stepped inside to a chequered marble floor , swept clean and neat , with flowers on the table . |
| 24 | Of course it has been altered and modernised inside to a great extent , but outside it remains as it was , a Louis-Phillippe property and therefore beautifully proportioned . ’ |
| 25 | With marked reluctance , the elderly woman led them inside to a small sitting-room , which overlooked the garden at the rear of the house . |
| 26 | Always be prepared to listen patiently to a guest 's chatter no matter how boring , but develop a technique of being able to detach , oneself politely from a conversation without giving offence , especially if there is work to be done or other people waiting for attention . |
| 27 | In narratives as diverse as Jane Eyre and Great Expectations , we are aware , when reading , of a certain inevitability of outcome : the writer has us by the hand — in his or her hand , almost — and we know we will be led , not necessarily to a happy conclusion but that the narrative will be resolved at a place that feels safe and right , that leaves us satisfied . |
| 28 | These last two are obviously each related to the nervous system and to the brain but not necessarily to a particular part of the brain and taken together they overlap in such obscure ways that they are best regarded as sub-systems in different domains , one can talk in terms of one or the other but not both simultaneously . |
| 29 | To a typesetter , the closure in 1960 of the last Liberal daily , the News Chronicle , might simply mean he must take his typesetting skills elsewhere , and not necessarily to a newspaper . |
| 30 | Parents should be held to some degree , not necessarily to a tune of a thousand pound , but they should be made in some way , to be responsible for their |