Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diego Maradona did most to restore Napoli to the top , creating headed goals ( 18 and 45 min ) for Andrea Carnevale and scoring a virtuoso third ( 84 ) . |
| 2 | Like all Far Easterners , Chan likes his action thick and fast and has since fallen victim to a perversion of the game known as Pai Gau poker — a game of pure chance , played as fast as mah-jong for very large amounts of money . |
| 3 | Hungarian football has since fallen victim to the corruption and match-fixing scandals . |
| 4 | Commissioned as an administrative officer , he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force , based at Larisa in central Greece , and made a point of being around whenever any representatives of civil suppliers appeared at headquarters to make presentations . |
| 5 | They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy . |
| 6 | The single market is , of course , designed to lower and eventually eliminate barriers to the movement of goods , services and people . |
| 7 | Baird rarely adds eggs to the purée as the scallop meat tends to be firm enough without them to absorb a fair amount of cream . |
| 8 | It has been SCOTVEC 's consistent view that centres can not only prepare students/trainees to the level of occupational competence , but can also model the requirements of the workplace . |
| 9 | for proceeding from the premises of a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles to a place from which it is to be transported by train , ship or aircraft or for proceeding to the premises of such a manufacturer , repairer or dealer from a place to which it has been so transported ; |
| 10 | The damages being unpaid , he sought to levy execution upon Hansard and to put the sheriff 's men in to distrain goods to the value of the judgment . |
| 11 | Shortly afterwards he apparently became tutor to a son or sons of Sir Thomas Hoby [ q.v. ] , of Bisham Abbey , Berkshire , whose wife Elizabeth [ q.v. ] commended him to her brother-in-law William Cecil ( later Baron Burghley , q.v. ) , whom Hayes apparently served in unknown capacities for at least twenty years . |
| 12 | More sensitive than their counterparts at the beginning of the decade had been to the technical qualities of Hollywood films , the critics of the time constantly drew attention to the gap between the aspirations and the achievements of British films . |
| 13 | This not only adds power to the punch , but also gives the karateka a second strike in readiness , should it be needed . |
| 14 | They will be on sale with many other tasty offerings in Bartholomew Square , when the Dieppe Street Market makes a much awaited return to the festival . |
| 15 | So says Christ to the church in Philadelphia . |
| 16 | If the debt is unpaid at maturity the bank will in most cases only seek recourse to the exporter if non-payment is due to a contractual dispute . |
| 17 | The thermal paper materials alone cost £2.75 to the trade . |
| 18 | In fact , the text can only give bones to the story . |
| 19 | The fact that his life is totally unrecorded until 866 need not suggest that Ermentrude 's own influence was limited , but shows that a royal marriage did not necessarily bring honours to the bride 's close kinsmen . |
| 20 | The third blank day of National Hunt racing was guaranteed yesterday when this afternoon 's meetings at Cheltenham , Catterick , Folkestone and Leicester all conceded defeat to the frost . |
| 21 | In his article ‘ Polonium : Windscale 's most lethal legacy ’ ( New Scientist 31 March , p 873 ) John Urquhart has rightly drawn attention to the omission from consideration of polonium-210 in the National Radiological Protection Board 's report on the 1957 Windscale reactor fire . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend has rightly drawn attention to the progress that has already been made . |
| 23 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 24 | One can , then , only obtain approximations to the height of the significant features . |
| 25 | They were content to stay in the back-streets of our towns making their own coffins and providing a much needed service to a community which was either unqualified , unwilling or unable to extend to such outrageous luxuries . |
| 26 | Christie 's are hoping that this will provide a much needed fillip to the subject . |
| 27 | They hope that the sale of the tape will bring in some much needed funds to the trust . |
| 28 | In normal or right sexuality , argues Scruton , we not only give recognition to the other 's person in and through our desire tor him or her , we also accord them accountability and care in the process . |
| 29 | A fancy New York dance school it is n't , but for Chela and Urna the spotlit stage at La Fama is an alluring link with the much-emulated , much vilified empire to the north . |
| 30 | A fancy New York dance school it is n't , but for Chela and Urna the spotlit stage at La Fama is an alluring link with the much-emulated , much vilified empire to the north . |