Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then continue walking at this pace until you feel ready to go on to the 30 day walk back to fitness programme later in this chapter . |
| 2 | Don Shears ( Avon ) moved up to the 55 age group where , seeded number 4 following his unbeaten run in the Dubler Cup , he reached the semi-final to give the ultimate runner-up , Gordon Davis ( USA ) a tough fight after battling through three exhausting rounds . |
| 3 | UNCED itself , however , was launched as a result of a UN General Assembly resolution passed in December 1989 [ see p. 37433 ] , which referred back to the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development chaired by the then Norwegian Prime Minister , Gro Harlem Brundtland [ see pp. 35227-29 ] . |
| 4 | This in turn referred back to the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development , commonly known as the Brundtland Commission after its chair , the then Norwegian Prime Minister , Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland . |
| 5 | Someone carried out to the nine men a tray of bottled beer and the spell broke . |
| 6 | Welcome back to the Three Counties Show at Malvern , where the weather has been kind , and the crowds have been flocking in . |
| 7 | Welcome back to the three counties show ground . |
| 8 | Handed over to the Five Nations committee by its saviour Michael Davies — building contractor and exhibition organiser , the trophy commenced its official life once the content of five bottles of champagne was emptied in it , at the aftermatch function . |
| 9 | Adopted by 237 votes to 24 , the amendment to the Constitution , known as the power-sharing law , stipulated that the federal government would retain competence over foreign policy , defence and economic and fiscal strategy , while broad economic powers would be handed over to the two republics . |
| 10 | It will also examine the response of fans to structural and cultural changes in Scottish soccer , following the Taylor report on safety , and leading up to the 1994 World Cup Finals . |
| 11 | There is a certain irony about the events leading up to the 1954 Convention . |
| 12 | Over the next few years leading up to the 1995 World Cup there 'll be plenty of time to slot in replacements as they are needed — particularly to the front-five where Jason Leonard will probably be the only one available for the next tournament . |
| 13 | Overall , the swing in our panel over the year leading up to the 1987 election was 5 per cent , but among persistent readers of Tory tabloids it was 12 per cent , and among persistent readers of Labour tabloids only 1 per cent . |
| 14 | However , scrutiny of the events leading up to the 9 July announcement suggests that this decision was a result not so much of Soviet ‘ opportunism ’ as of the policies of the Eisenhower administration and the brinkmanship of Fidel Castro . |
| 15 | Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness . |
| 16 | Since , as has been argued here , international forces are a factor in all the structural changes in the UK economy , we shall also focus on the international side of the economy in the years leading up to the 1970s/1980s crossroads . |
| 17 | Going back to the six months one erm where you 've fifteen thousand |
| 18 | But going back to the 1944 triptych , you called it a base for the Crucifixion . |
| 19 | Apparently people are even going back to the fifties contraceptives ! |
| 20 | Then , turning back to the two boys , she added . |
| 21 | Unable to accept again the superstitions he had discarded , nevertheless with time and misfortune he found himself turning back to the three deities who had guided his early life , and helped him through his harsh apprenticeship as a scribe : the reasonable Thoth , ibis-headed , god of the scribes ; Horus , son of Osiris ; and the protector of the hearth , Bes — the little god of his childhood . |
| 22 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 23 | Inside the two women who keep the inn serve through the hatch that opens on to the one room . |
| 24 | Okay we 'll move on to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | Downes almost snarled his reluctant ‘ Yes ’ ; and listened , mouth agape with incredulity , as Morse beckoned over to the two detective-constables from the second police car . |
| 26 | In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust . |
| 27 | The current embrace in Britain of utility clothing and design is best traced back to the Eighties baseball thing — the period when genuine US clothing brands , from workwear to sports names like Russell Athletic , began turning up in shops like London 's Passenger and The Duffer of St George . |
| 28 | This is a process which goes back to the two questions raised on page 66 : |
| 29 | It goes back to the 1969 Magritte exhibition , also curated by Sylvester , to which the Menil lent a number of works . |
| 30 | Next evening , bruised and with minor cuts and a cracked arm , I forced myself to go back to the three bars though , by then , very nervous . |