Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This explicit relating of theory to practice is a feature which is all too often missing in texts written about language teaching . |
| 2 | Vascular plants of the high Arctic seem by contrast to be remnants of the Tertiary flora that have survived in refugia throughout all the glaciations and recently dispersed southward , though seldom beyond the low Arctic zone . |
| 3 | But a misinterpreted text , an inappropriate prayer , a hurried wedding ceremony ; are these likely to result in damage to the soul ? |
| 4 | Dr Obelkevich in a detailed study of rural Lincolnshire has shown that the " religious realm " of the rural poor reached beyond Christianity to " encompass an abundance of pagan magic and superstition " which was integrated with a Christian doctrine itself not left unchanged as it passed from church to cottage . |
| 5 | It has been recognised for over a century that the internal anal sphincter relaxes in response to rectal distension , a phenomenon called the rectanal inhibitory reflex . |
| 6 | In 1825 he induced the then foreign minister , the comte de Damas , to experiment with an essay competition as a means of choosing the most able young attachés for promotion to secretary of embassy or legation ; and in 1830 the Prince de Polignac , who had succeeded Damas , was persuaded to set up another training course . |