Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this is the natural timescale on which to find biologically modulated climatic changes — and it is also the timescale typical of changes from Ice Age to interglacial and back again to Ice Age . |
| 2 | He supported Parliament 's measures against blasphemy and the Adultery Act of 1650 , though he regarded them as inadequate and insufficiently close to scripture . |
| 3 | According to Thomas Edwards [ q.v. ] , a friend despite their differences , he was consumptive and often close to death , and rarely able to preach . |
| 4 | Every year , Pakistanis donate more and more generously to Edhi 's cause . |
| 5 | Panicked , angry and perilously close to tears , Isabel sprang for the door . |
| 6 | The boot and shoe trade , which had become firmly established in the county town of Northampton during the Civil War , spread to Wellingborough before 1760 and soon afterwards to Earls Barton , Higham Ferrers , Irthlingborough , Raunds , Rushden and Wollaston . |
| 7 | But they sent it first and most often to Faramir , who would no doubt have been a better choice . |
| 8 | The disease is closed-minded and not open to persuasion . |
| 9 | Susan Bradley 's voice , at first apologetic then conspiratorial and finally close to tears , squeaked into his ear in a long monologue of complaint and desperation . |
| 10 | Within this continuum , however , other proverbs are planted , sounding much the same as the others but more original and so closer to Tolkien 's own intention . |