Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burnden Park boss Bruce Rioch is keen to strengthen his squad after winning promotion to the First Division , and Manchester United 's Welsh international figures highly on his wanted list . |
| 2 | A fountain pen is a writing instrument , metonymically ‘ fountain ’ relative to its reservoir , non-dip implicitly in its connotation , constituting a magnetic focus of cascading libido to the last drop , paradigmatically self-dipping in a Reichian sense . |
| 3 | As prone as most journalists to leaving matters to the last minute , Tchaikovsky ‘ regarded this work as very light , insignificant , and so as not to overlook the deadline for each piece , he got his servant [ Alyosha ] to remind him each month of the date of delivery ’ . |
| 4 | The PFA acted by paying the players ' wages and bonuses for winning promotion to the second division . |
| 5 | The Professional Footballers ' Association took emergency action yesterday to intervene and pay the players ' wages and end-of-season bonuses for winning promotion to the Second Division . |
| 6 | The Science Department situated on the 2nd Floor of a three storey block was supplemented with two additional laboratories , including project and practical areas , by undertaking alterations to the 1st floor accommodation . |