Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsenal were through to the next round , and it was the turning point in the club 's history . |
| 2 | Again , this all helps with cementing the initial relationship and if the first impression is a good one , the practitioner is off to a flying start , which could help if there are difficulties at a later stage with the transaction . |
| 3 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 4 | Definitions are difficult , but so far as the workstation market can be defined , Dataquest reckons that it gained only 4.2% in 1992 , following a 14.5% gain in 1991 , and suggests that the slowdown in revenue was down to the overall mix of workstations shipped shifting towards lower-priced systems , and to the poor economic climate in Japan , so that the market crept up to $9,000m . |
| 5 | Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness . |
| 6 | Being higher than the policemen on the ground , I could see that most of the action was down to a half-a-dozen women wearing anoraks with the hoods up . |
| 7 | six months was down to the two three pounds under the weight I was when I started . |
| 8 | ‘ Meanwhile , until we know what the Kamalians are up to the more people we have on the job the better . |
| 9 | Swindon Town are through to the third round of the Coca Cola Cup after a nine-two aggregate win over Torquay … and tonight Oxford United will be trying to join them but they 've got to win at Aston Villa … |
| 10 | We 've some good news at last for Swindon Town fans — their team 's through to the third round of the coca cola cup |
| 11 | Sound is up to the usual Pearl standard , and the disc is a long overdue tribute to the ‘ Pride of Manchester ’ who died there less than a decade ago . |
| 12 | But my guess is that the Festival is on to a real winner in the merchandising stakes , having seen bits of the logo featured in imaginative guises on clothing , stationary , mugs , and even Festival cheques . |
| 13 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 14 | That the Pendletons ' party ended up at Reading was down to a fair measure of fluke . |
| 15 | These digital and digitally remastered recordings date from the late ‘ 70s and '80s and information/presentation/quality are up to the usual Chandos high standards , although playing times tend to be short . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point . |
| 17 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
| 18 | It fell to Warrant Officer Dunston to ensure the service was up to an impeccable standard , not an easy task in the boiling heat of the summer of 1989 . |
| 19 | He explained the delay was down to the French court system being ‘ overburdened ’ . |
| 20 | The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter . |
| 21 | In February 1989 inflation was down to a monthly rate of 3.6 per cent compared with 28.8 per cent in December 1988 and 37 per cent in January 1989 , but accelerated sharply over the following months , reaching a monthly rate of 53.55 per cent by December . |
| 22 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 23 | In the Famous Crouse Coronation Foursomes Medal , Mrs. S. Meredith and Mrs. B. Halsey are through to the next round . |
| 24 | I mean I think you and say that you know I mean I think test matches are simply because you know over time , you know people are in to the one day cricket match , be the excitement and everything else and it 's getting increasingly more difficult for television companies to get sponsorship , commercial sponsorship for |
| 25 | Maybe now their sugar levels are up to the right level for chitter-chatter . |
| 26 | By the end of 1923 levels were down to the best pre-1921 records for Saratov . |
| 27 | A TALENTED teenager is through to the national finals of a top competition for electric pianos . |
| 28 | By late August 1982 , with the start of Iraqi attacks on Kharg Island ( which in Iran 's peak production years in the 1970s handled nearly all the country 's export volume ) , the volume was down to a meagre 700,000 b/d from 1.8 million the preceding month . |
| 29 | Henley rowers Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are through to the coxless pairs finals in the Olympics . |
| 30 | Bob is off to a Healing Service . |