Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] to the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very few local authorities responded to these recommendations and of those that did a number are in the process of returning to the five to eleven pattern . |
| 2 | The following month , in the same journal , a swift refutation of these tenets came in the shape of a letter from a consultant histopathologist by name of J.V. Clark , who responds to the last point regarding the relations ' not understanding what is being asked when a postmortem is requested , by pointing out that in all probability funeral directors do not explain the procedure of embalming to the next of kin and , more seriously , maintaining that delay would reduce the maximum benefit of an autopsy and also delay the funeral . |
| 3 | With regard to the last of these , the sphere of circulation is that part of the social formation in which exchange takes place , through the buying and selling of all commodities ( including labour power ) . |
| 4 | This is where I performed my gravity-defying experiments with the wind before returning to the cliff-top in the company of a couple of other walkers who , like me , were thoroughly enjoying these extraordinary conditions . |
| 5 | A fine early impression of ‘ The Resurrection ’ after Pieter Brueghel the Elder ( lot 3 , est. £24,000–30,000 ) was keenly contested by Ray Lewis , David Tunick and Helmut Rumbler before selling to the latter for £60,000 ( $90,600 ) . |
| 6 | Jack , 55 , was fined £400 by Teesside Crown Court last month for sailing to the Arctic in breach of DoT detention orders after officials said his 70 year-old vessel was unseaworthy . |
| 7 | As with classroom practice , it can learn much by attending to the best of what is taking place in its schools . |
| 8 | You enjoy yourself by performing to the best of your ability — as soon as you become irresponsible , you 're not performing to that level and , if you 're honest with yourself , you wo n't enjoy it . |
| 9 | Certainly , by engaging to the full in tutorial sessions you can identify the way in which he likes views to be put forward . |