Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , if one reads between the lines , or simply attends with care to domestic allusions , signs of incipient change are numerous . |
| 2 | If people are exposed to the variety of opinions that normally exist in relation to any major issue , the likelihood of their being easily manipulated by unscrupulous opinion-makers is greatly reduced . |
| 3 | Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ? |
| 4 | It is clear that an element of contrast is intended , with a meaning something like " in writing Othello , Shakespeare becomes an exception , and so stands in contrast to other writers ' . |
| 5 | A general fining of the material and better sorting from east to west is the result . |
| 6 | In the indictment Bunyan was accused , among other things , of ‘ devilishly and perniciously abstaining from coming to Church to hear Divine Service ’ . |
| 7 | Lisabeth and Fenella were being moved out of the way and generally harried from pillar to post . |
| 8 | Compensation of £8,500 for structural damage , and further sums for damage to personal property , were paid by the Metropolitan Police . |
| 9 | It was felt by many that jobbers were too small and hence under-capitalised in relation to the above risks , and that an injection of capital was needed . |
| 10 | Johnny Brown guided the lad at Gala U14 and U16 levels and now continues as coach to the senior club . |
| 11 | HCIMA will provide and regularly update from time to time information on the match between the content of the professional certificate programme and other equivalent/relevant courses , indicating areas where bridging studies are likely to be needed . |
| 12 | She continued to visit her former foster parents and even went on holiday to Spain with them . |
| 13 | They are class-blind , in that the programme may reach only a minority , and separates this elite from the bulk of girls who are defined as failures and frequently pushed into opposition to the school 's programme . |
| 14 | Previously , the Church had been usually defined as a ‘ society ’ ( even a juridically ‘ perfect society ’ ) , a term taken to imply the primary need for authority , and frequently used in relation to the state . |
| 15 | Suppose the suspect had taken the taxi to get rid of Carella , got out at the hospital to confuse matters further , walked around the comer to the terminus and then continued by bus to his original destination ? |
| 16 | The flask arrived at Felixstowe and then travelled by road to Dounreay . |
| 17 | He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead . |
| 18 | Lucy gave it a moment , tugged the gown free from underneath , and then moved in silence to the doorway . |
| 19 | Instead we need to learn to commit our minds to God and listen to his voice and then speak in obedience to him . |
| 20 | They tell such horror stories as GE putting up sales teams from competing suppliers in the same hotel and then moving from room to room asking each supplier to think about reducing its bid for the contract . |
| 21 | He was ordained deacon in 1863 and priest in 1864 , served for two years as his father 's curate in Langley Burrell , Wiltshire , and then went as curate to Clyro , Radnorshire . |
| 22 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
| 23 | The Bosnians were taken to the old terminal , on a little used part of the airport , and then transferred by coach to centres in Surrey , West London and a new centre in Dewsbury , Yorkshire , which took 60 from the latest flight . |
| 24 | This has creamy buds which open yellow and then pass through orange to blood red . |
| 25 | His career sounded very hit and miss ; he 'd switched from one subject to another at university , studying for a PhD but never completing it , and then shifted from job to job , looking for status rather than satisfaction . |
| 26 | Experience suggests that spent fuel will arrive on non purpose-built ships at ports in the south of England and then travel by road to Dounreay . |
| 27 | From Dale Head Tarn it is possible to cut across the top of High Scawdel to Honister Pass and then descend by road to Buttermere , partly across open fell and partly on footpath ( 1 mile ) . |
| 28 | Then coming on to the end of Street next door was a milliners , now that nobody knows what they are today Miss the name was and then coming across Street to the other side was which was a drapers , and next coming down was Smiths the butcher 's shop , and next to that was the grocers , following on down there was the ironmonger , then there was the newspaper , and you come down to the White Hart erm then we come to the White Hart |
| 29 | It is not uncommon for goods to be carried by road from a European destination through several countries to a port , where they were then loaded on board a ship , taken to another continent and again despatched by road to their final destination . |
| 30 | There is no shortage , either , of affecting gestures in Gardiner 's direction which is both warmly communicative and plentifully endowed with insight to the music . |