Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At the first pruning , take each stem down to a suitable bud , so that ideally it is reduced to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10 cm ) in length .
2 A BP oil tanker was blocking the narrow lane down to the Old Forge , towering over the thatched cottage to which it was attached by its pipe-line as though with an umbilical cord .
3 One by one , he put the drowsy birds on to the top perch .
4 There could be no quicker way than this to appreciate how different things are climatically on the two sides of the mountains , because not only do you exchange cold cloud for sunshine but also the lush greenery of the high valleys to the north for the grass less , stony and , in summer , almost waterless river valley which leads on the Spanish side down to the small town of Bielsa ( a little trippery , inevitably , but a place of some character ) .
5 From the Roman Forum , once the city 's most important political and social centre , to the Colosseum , perhaps the city 's best known monument , to the soaring Baroque dome of St-Peter 's and the Vatican city with its superb collection of paintings and sculptures , to the Trevi Fountains and the Spanish steps through to the twentieth century Victor-Emmanuel monument built to commemorate the unity of Italy — the list is endless and no amount of reading about the Eternal City can substitute a visit there as Rome speaks for herself .
6 The College maintains close and constant links with the other seven Welsh colleges which run courses in agricultural education and students who obtain a National Certificate in Agriculture at one of them can transfer to the Welsh Agricultural College on to an Ordinary National Diploma course .
7 I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree .
8 According to On Location ( January 1985 ) , a trade paper , they achieved 130 seconds of film at a resolution of 3000 x 1620 pixels ( that is , nearly five million ‘ bits ’ of picture information ) in mapping flat still-picture data on to a simulated sphere and programmed in movements from a map of wind-currents on Jupiter .
9 The project , which is to create an unprecedented space for the products of Scottish artists up to the present day , needs all the friends it can get , as it has still to be sold to government and any private benefactors .
10 They 're only paying from the top branch up to the last branch on the tree .
11 He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period .
12 Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi .
13 SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site .
14 This time Endill drew him a map and pointed out the quickest route back to the main corridor .
15 But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below .
16 ‘ This is our little guest cottage , ’ she announced as they mounted some steps on to a wide , spacious veranda which ran the length of the property .
17 Moreover , MacDonald was in principle in favour of an election , but unable to secure agreement upon a formula which could reconcile protectionists and free traders up to the very last moment .
18 To reach the sea below guests can take the lift , footpath and flight of 177 steps down to a small private beach .
19 I use a 300gsm Arches rough cotton watercolour paper , and brushes ranging from a no3 for detailed work through to a one inch for broad colour washes .
20 Despite a lingering tendency to see the Chinese cult of the dead as a simple and direct projection on to the mystical plane of the strict code of filial piety controlling the behaviour of sons towards their fathers , recent studies by Sinological anthropologists are increasingly adopting a wider cosmological perspective which places the dead , where they naturally belong , among the other spirits and forces of traditional Chinese religion .
21 The scientific observer conceives of himself as a rational mind looking out through a plate-glass window on to an inaccessible " nature " .
22 They appointed their own French administrators down to the lowest levels , leaving the Annamese powerless and humiliated in their own land .
23 We sat down and Harvey speared fried chicken on to the three plates .
24 It is not possible to accept the belief that ‘ God pervades everything that is to be found in this universe down to the tiniest atom ’ , and not at the same time accept the idea of universal brotherhood and the essential unity and equality of all earthly creatures .
25 Could I also say that erm again going back to Strathclyde that there is a , a social , there is a subsidy for those services erm where there is a social need up to a certain point and that is governed by the finance available , but its not as though , this is just the commercial network , in fact , er I think its erm something in the order of ninety two per cent of services in Strathclyde are commercially operated and it is Strathclyde region that fills the gaps .
26 In so far as they secured a satisfactory response then they succeeded in lifting their own fiscal crisis up to the central level of the state .
27 Although the Germans had used a warning radar since before 1939 , the Bruneval station included a new Würzburg set with its 20-foot ( 6m ) dish aerial able to range guns and direct planes on to a single aircraft .
28 Its proposals are workable and provide a framework for services which can be applied at all levels from the government at the top right down to the professional worker in direct contact with the recipient of services .
29 ‘ Oh , Ross … ’ she sighed helplessly as he lowered her damp body on to the cool sheets .
30 ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse .
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