Example sentences of "[adv] to [art] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much to the artists ' chagrin . |
| 2 | The results of this first phase were , much to the researchers ' surprise , that productivity increased no matter how much the lighting was varied . |
| 3 | Much to the scientists ' surprise , summer conditions left visible annual strata . |
| 4 | The particularly rapid growth of Norman Broadbent owes much to the partners ' skill and luck in their sense of timing in the formation of the company ; it is unlikely that this could now be repeated quite so successfully . |
| 5 | A reference to British Steel was something the punters would relate to , much to the dealers ' amusement . |
| 6 | He replied , apparently to the students ' dissatisfaction , that he had himself encountered nothing of the kind and indeed that many of those who had started off the war with him and seen it through to the end had become major military commanders . |
| 7 | So he kicks you out and settles down to a nine-months ' bender . |
| 8 | Suppose you take me down to the Brownies ' Bridge sometime — perhaps tomorrow , as you are on holiday from school — and I 'll tell you about my Brownies . ’ |
| 9 | Jenny 's daddy did n't know how to thank her enough , either , when he came up — especially when he and Miss Clinton went down to the Brownies ' Bridge and saw the swollen river and realised how very brave Jenny had been to cross it . |
| 10 | With Nurse 's letter folded in his hand , he ran all the way down to the infants ' school on the corner before stopping to catch his breath . |
| 11 | At the back of the hall a flight of stairs led down to the servants ' kitchen . |
| 12 | Then Mellor carted his wife and young sons down to the Halls ' home in Upper Beeding , Sussex , for a stage-managed ‘ happy families ’ photo-call . |
| 13 | The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench . |
| 14 | When compared with the standard reference values accordinly to the patients ' age group , the individual serum total cholesterol values for men and women were seen to have a propensity to fall within or below the lower end of the normal range . |
| 15 | Juliet went slowly along to the nurses ' station , where the trolley of files was kept . |
| 16 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 17 | Sir Willie 's success is due only to the dealers ' greed . |
| 18 | The LCP are recorded more closely ( note entirely to the violins ' advantage in the busier moments of the outer movements ) , and although this lends a welcome clarity , I find the results almost totally devoid of charm . |
| 19 | He said at Dumfries Sheriff Court that he and his friend had gone to the upstairs lavatory in the dormitory building about half-an-hour after going to bed when they had been called over to the girls ' room . |
| 20 | We were told , because of the shortage of paper , we were told only to use secondhand papers er paper that had already been used for letters or memos when writing to the Clerks ' Department and erm we erm used to get the grubbiest paper that we could and then you had to condense it and type it erm without too much space and erm that went over to the Clerks ' Department , then erm when it got over th oh sorry you had to trim off the edges erm so that there was no spare paper left around the memo so that er you know there was just this little bit of paper with the |
| 21 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 22 | They were placed in the tribune of St Longinus , close to the moderators ' table , both for the conciliar proceedings and other events , which gave them an excellent view . |
| 23 | Bodie drove quickly to the Stones ' house , slowing down as he came into the street at the far end . |
| 24 | Jane Postlethwaite went happily up the steps of the club house and off to the ladies ' room . |
| 25 | By Sunday morning , though , they had both their parents ' blessing , and Sebastian went off to the Greens ' house to get more details of the flat from Rosemary . |
| 26 | This was more to the Swedes ' liking , taking 5 of the first 8 places , including the top 3 . |
| 27 | The KH-11s may be able to transmit directly to the allies ' command centre in Saudi Arabia . |
| 28 | The Home Secretary is in my opinion entitled and bound to reach his own tariff decision , after having regard both to the judges ' tariff and to the factors such as public confidence in the administration of justice which Lord Scarman mentioned . |
| 29 | With a white , set face , she left the office and went straight to the ladies ' powder-room , breaking down in private and crying silent , bitter tears . |
| 30 | There was a wide space beside the staircase , the stairs rose up to the boys ' bedroom wall , then turned left to join the landing . |