Example sentences of "[vb -s] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was necessary in case there were different adherent bacteria on the mucosal surface in disease and controls , and for these experiments faecal fluid was aspirated at colonoscopy and added in 100 µl aliquots to a specimen in the culture system . |
| 2 | To demonstrate , he starts some 30 feet away from the actor , Ronald Nitschke , and moves in , hissing obscenities which rise in volume as he transfers to an invented , rasping , jabberwocky German . |
| 3 | Subtly rounded corners give it that added touch of class , while the slimmer and lighter size adds to a smoother profile in your pocket . |
| 4 | It makes you a lot more confident , ’ she adds to an accompaniment of vigorous nods and affirmative uh-huhs . |
| 5 | Used as an additional resource , a different dimension which adds to an otherwise laborious process , programs can be very effective . |
| 6 | The art of ‘ growing people ’ lies to a great degree in this stretching process . |
| 7 | To be more specific , justification for the Reed Elsevier merger lies to a significant extent in the enlarged scope that the merged group has for acquisitions . |
| 8 | In the case of an order made by a county court ( judge or registrar ) or by a registrar of the High Court , the appeal lies to a single judge of the High Court and an appeal from a decision of that judge on such appeal lies , with leave of that judge or the Court of Appeal , to the Court of Appeal ( s 375(2) and r 7.48(2) ) . |
| 9 | Their generating capacity , however , still lies to a significant extent in coal-fired generation . |
| 10 | In London , where orders for transfer are made by district judges of the Principal Registry , appeal lies to a judge of the Family Division . |
| 11 | An appeal from a decision of a district judge in the county lies to a judge in the same court . |
| 12 | They were little loves to a dog , but whether they were , as billed , the cream of British dogdom , well , all owners would like to think their dogs were . |
| 13 | whether it 's nineteen ninety , ninety five which is relatively small , it widens to a potential sixteen point five million , fourteen point five million minimum , in ninety five , ninety six and to twenty seven point two million in ninety six , ninety seven . |
| 14 | The one thing that I do want to talk about here , however , in some detail because it 's important , is how Freud thinks that this matters to an analysis of modern feelings and attitude to incest . |
| 15 | The actions of both the Zionists and the Argentinians were , however instigated , straightforward take-overs of already occupied territory and no amount of alleged ‘ divine ’ involvement will alter the fact that , until all mankind adheres to a single set of rules on sovereignty , territory will belong only to those strong enough to hold it . |
| 16 | Within that horizon , its doctrines may of course be affirmed and presented as true ; but the wider and more ample perspective of the study of religion in general can not permit such restrictions — though it may be engaged in by one who also , as a personal matter , adheres to a particular faith . |
| 17 | If the presence of the trespasser is known to or reasonably to be anticipated by the occupier , then the occupier has a duty to the trespasser , but it is a lower and less onerous duty than the one which the occupier owes to a lawful visitor . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) In determining the value of an action under paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) : ( a ) the sum which the plaintiff or applicant reasonably expects to recover shall be reduced by the amount of any debt which he admits that he owes to a defendant in that action and which arises from the circumstances which give rise to the action ; ( b ) no account shall be taken of a possible finding of contributory negligence , except to the extent , if any , that such negligence is admitted ; ( c ) where the plaintiff seeks an award of provisional damages as described in s 32A(2) ( a ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , no account shall be taken of the possibility of a future application for further damages ; ( d ) the value shall be taken to include sums which , by virtue of s 22 of the Social Security Act 1989 , are required to be paid to the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | Thins to a dew and steams off — |
| 20 | And human touch The touch that quivers to a new identity . |
| 21 | Britain has spent the last 100 years fighting against the facts of German power : indeed our modern national identity has to a great extent been forged in the fires of the great conflict with Germany while our sense of our moral worth rests in part on our role in the defeat of Nazism . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that the progress achieved to date has to a significant extent been the result of your backing . ’ |
| 23 | Cross-border banking is essentially wholesale banking and has to a large extent been dependent on euro-currency deposit growth . |
| 24 | The unorganised relationship of one enterprise with another , through buying and selling , has to a considerable extent been replaced by an organised relationship through the ‘ controlled holding ’ of shares , ‘ participation ’ and ‘ financing ’ , which find personal expression in the ‘ Dirigenten ’ of the banks , industry , the enterprises and trusts . |
| 25 | The second type : considerably fewer relics of serfdom , the landowner has to a considerable extent already become a capitalist , the peasants are better off and the peasant market has a greater capacity , etc . |
| 26 | There has to a meaningful comparison between the CAA 's charging policy and those of its EC counterparts as we move into an integrated European system . |
| 27 | Listen , Rober' , if there is anything we can do — I think we are now the nearest thing your friend Nader has to a family here in Paris . ’ |
| 28 | The growing central controls on the curriculum , and other aspects of state schooling , has to a considerable extent been grounded on a concern with the quality of teaching , and the associated view that improving the quality of education is dependent on improving the quality of teaching . |
| 29 | In fact , Caernarfon is the nearest building Wales has to a royal palace having been owned continuously by the Crown ever since Edward I established it in 1283 . |
| 30 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |