Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to the [noun] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 2 | ‘ In approaching the wife 's defence I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the judge has overlooked two critical points of distinction between her case and that of the husband . |
| 3 | This alone testifies to the passions that the war aroused among non-Spanish contemporaries , for many of whom its significance went well beyond Spain itself . |
| 4 | Pulverized bark or even wood shavings can be used as it is so exposed to the air that denitrification is avoided . |
| 5 | In March and April 1982 well-meaning planning experts back in Whitehall had obviously jumped to the conclusion that in the wet , cold , boggy desolation of East Falkland , dehydrated Arctic rations would be the ideal fare . |
| 6 | Minute one six O r below refers to the suggestion that some or all of the uncommitted savings might be used to finance the purchase of equipment to facilitate the early introduction of a speed enforcement camera trial site . |
| 7 | This came as no surprise : the lunar-like data outlined above , the small size of Mercury and the corresponding likelihood of little geological activity , the absence of a significant atmosphere , the abundance of craters on Mars , all led to the expectation that Mercury would have craters . |
| 8 | The money supply is of no intrinsic significance : it only matters to the extent that it may be manipulated in such a way as to achieve other intermediate objectives of macroeconomic policy such as interest rate or exchange rate stability . |
| 9 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 10 | In its most basic sense , determinism is only committed to the view that behaviour is the outcome of antecedent causes . |
| 11 | The stereotyped view of a homeless person used to be of a drunkard who has slipped into the gutter as a result of a lifetime 's fecklessness and , more recently , the visible evidence of frankly mentally disordered people on city streets , the phenomenon of ‘ Cardboard City ’ and the increasing numbers of people sleeping rough has merely added to the belief that most homeless people are destitute wrecks or foolish youths . |
| 12 | The King assured Baldwin that he never drank before seven in the evening and settled down to listen to the lecture that he knew was coming . |
| 13 | The British reader has only to listen to the sounds that protest makes in his own streets , to the cruel , brutal voices that bellow over loudhailers about injustice and the disadvantaged . |
| 14 | Traders at securities houses have long argued to the SEC that they need access to information about the current credits of the companies whose debt they are trading . |
| 15 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
| 16 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
| 17 | But that 's you know , basically related to the situation that people were in . |
| 18 | Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it . |
| 19 | In my view , the uniqueness of the current downturn can be almost entirely attributed to the fact that the post boom adjustment in the ratio of house prices to income has not come , as in the past , in the form of real house price declines and rapid nominal income growth , but instead via a sizeable decline in nominal house prices . |
| 20 | The tales of wrist-breaking fights with leviathan carp are legendary , and the ghostly , mist-shrouded waters that provide a backdrop for these real or imaginary scenes only add to the mystique that anglers love . |
| 21 | Autonomy on the part of employees is only tolerated to the extent that it contributes to productivity and profitability . |
| 22 | Although mountaineers will not need reminded , the less experienced need to be constantly alerted to the fact that a hot , sunny car park does not necessarily mean a benign hill-walk . |
| 23 | But it is easy to see that , for example , a young mother who had recently been left by her husband , and gone back to a ( very good ) job , would pile up several different low scores , all linked to the fact that she had just become a single parent . |
| 24 | ‘ Given the many problems with the data sets , ’ he said , ‘ one is not inexorably led to the conclusion that a negative secular solar radius trend has existed since AD 1700 , but the preponderance of current evidence indicates that such is likely to be the case . ’ |
| 25 | It can only lead to the suspicion that there are dangerous men on both sides who believe violence is the only way forward . |
| 26 | Note that the above exceptions only apply to the extent that a patent relates to that thing as such . |
| 27 | The Authors jointly and severally warrant to the Publisher that the Company is entitled to the relevant services of the Authors and is therefore in as position to contract in this way with the Publisher , and that this will continue to be so throughout the period of the Publishing Agreement . |
| 28 | The ‘ social optimality ’ approach can be refined to deal with the problem without necessarily resorting to the conclusion that ‘ self-interest ’ on the part of politicians and bureaucrats is proven . |
| 29 | One sector is designated ‘ prime user ’ of a section of track , for example , and the other sectors only contribute to the extent that they cause additional ‘ avoidable ’ costs . |
| 30 | An addict only stops when he personally comes to the conclusion that his addiction is bringing him more trouble and suffering than pleasure . |