Example sentences of "[verb] to [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law has not been adhered to in the recent years , as it was in the past and every night when you 're out you usually see more than one cyclist driving without lights , often on the pavement . |
| 2 | When things are cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero — minus 273.16°C — strange things happen . |
| 3 | Thirdly , the semiconducters used as infrared detectors must be cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero , and they can measure the brightness of only one small patch of sky at a time , rather than ‘ photograph ’ a whole region of sky at once . |
| 4 | Infrared telescopes must be cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero to prevent their own heat radiation from swamping the faint signals from space : hence the liquid helium cooling systems which make infrared satellites complex and expensive . |
| 5 | And I even forget to post the free ones . |
| 6 | ‘ Who did Leila speak to at the New Roses party ? ’ |
| 7 | They achieved a masterpiece in the Moorish style in the Plaza de Armas Station , Seville ( 1901 ) , an element of the Iberian past also alluded to in the Moorish elements on the grand Romantic façade of Lisbon 's Rossio Station . |
| 8 | When it came to within a few days of my scheduled departure date , I said to Michael , ‘ I suppose it 's too late now . ’ |
| 9 | At dawn they were well hidden in a cave and the following night they were able to march to within a few miles of the beach where they were to be picked up . |
| 10 | Nevertheless we were very glad to have someone to talk to in the long reaches of the night when we were struggling to keep our eyes open . |
| 11 | ‘ Among those I have talked to over the past years , ’ he said , ‘ I have found none who believed that Libya alone paid for , planned and carried out the crime — exactly none . ’ |
| 12 | Leading to within a few yards of it was a public right-of-way . |
| 13 | I 've got enough just to manage , but things are n't what they should be and it 's not what we were used to in the old days . ’ |
| 14 | Only when she was on the other side of the car could she gain a clear view of Maurice and only then by closing to within a few yards . |
| 15 | It appeared to have a road running to within a few kilometres . |
| 16 | During a match against Parr 's XI Felix was fielding at point for Sampson 's batting and he persisted in approaching to within a few feet of the batsman . |
| 17 | The first is referred to as the efficient markets hypothesis . |
| 18 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 19 | The likes of Gordon Brown , Tony Blair , John Smith and Martin O'Neill have made good impressions , though Neil Kinnock , who got on famously badly with Ronald Reagan but adequately with Mr Bush , is still often referred to by the few Americans who pay any attention to British politics as ‘ the Welsh windbag ’ . |
| 20 | The documents obtained in this way were stored in an archive in Salamanca ( where they remain to this day ) and , after the end of the war , were constantly referred to by the military courts trying suspected Republicans . |
| 21 | Even dowsing is obliquely referred to in the official reports as ‘ probing with metal rods ’ ! |
| 22 | At the end of a full page report , the auditors conclude that ‘ because of the significance of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs , we are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group at 31 December 1991 and of the loss and source and application of funds of the group for the year then ended and whether the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 ’ . |
| 23 | ( 8 ) Any enclosures referred to in the above documents . |
| 24 | The consultants referred to in the earliest issues of The Executive Grapevine include many hyphenated surnames , aristocratic titles and senior military , naval and air force ranks . |
| 25 | I do not feel it necessary to add anything about the numerous authorities referred to in the learned arguments addressed to us , because the decision turns on a question of fact , whether the consideration for the promise is proved as pleaded . |
| 26 | Interestingly , there is also a close correspondence between these two processing modes and the two stages of information analysis referred to in the psychological theories described earlier . |
| 27 | This was called ‘ ganging a sitting ’ in Hawkshead , and it was referred to in the same terms across the country at Dent . |
| 28 | Extracts from a number of the studies referred to in the previous chapters are included ; as are extracts from works not specifically cited in these chapters but which are closely related to topics and issues raised in them . |
| 29 | The criteria of effective control referred to in the Parliamentary answers are clearly not satisfied . |
| 30 | In this book , it will be called ‘ offensive conduct , ’ because although the marginal note speaks of ‘ harassment , alarm and distress , ’ and although it was commonly referred to in the Parliamentary debates as the ‘ disorderly conduct ’ clause , this is not the most accurate description . |