Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A creature has a practical grasp of a domain if its behaviour is , within limits , successfully adjusted to the underlying constraints of the domain . |
| 2 | It may be that some of the produce offered to the temple for the gods and goddesses was discreetly diverted to the royal household ; it may also be , as with many later monarchies , that the royal authority depended on the religious establishment for validation . |
| 3 | Perhaps some consideration might be additionally given to the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the interiors of unlisted buildings within conservation areas … ’ |
| 4 | The announcement of the bride 's sister 's engagement would be acceptable , but only if the bride herself knows in advance and gladly agrees to the public announcement being made at her wedding . |
| 5 | When you say , " Do you understand me ? " , you are really asking if you have successfully communicated to the other person what you had in mind . |
| 6 | In many cases this has involved rewording of Learning Outcomes but little change to the basic philosophy of the module . |
| 7 | Earlier Soviet statements in the 1980s only rarely referred to the Soviet interest ‘ in having Afghanistan remain a neutral and non-aligned state and its good neighbour ’ ( my emphasis ) . |
| 8 | An important phase in this was achieved in the diplomatic efforts initiated by the Red Cross Resolution of 1965 which eventually led to the 1977 Geneva Protocols , discussed in the previous section . |
| 9 | Heath-Stubbs , whose own disturbed childhood had been marred by insensitivity to his progressive blindness , instinctively responded to the darker images of Keyes 's own imagination . |
| 10 | Expression of all the xenobiotic metabolising enzymes studied was almost wholly confined to the epithelial cells , whether in normal , adenoma or carcinoma samples , except that cytochrome P450 3A was also identified in mast cells and glutathione S-transferase γ was also present in chronic inflammatory cells . |
| 11 | The journals and correspondence of Verney Lovett Cameron , mostly relating to the unsuccessful attempt to relieve David Livingstone and the subsequent crossing of the African continent from east to west , were deposited by Major H. P. Lovett Cameron . |
| 12 | We have been robust in dealing with planning applications in green belt areas , and we are wholly committed to the five objectives of the green belt . |
| 13 | It remains constant up to a CO coverage of 0.05 monolayers before starting to fall , eventually returning to the clean surface value at a fractional coverage CO =0.35 . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's all right — I was n't at all happy about the arrangements either , ’ Laura agreed , before explaining that when Ross had returned to New York he 'd gone straight to the hospital from the airport , before eventually returning to the empty apartment . |
| 15 | Haemoglobin , a scavenger of NO which is presumably confined to the extracellular space , also blocks the induction of LTP r141–143 , implying that NO ( or another haem-binding molecule , such as CO ) is released into the extracellular compartment . |
| 16 | Paisley accused Craig of proposing UDI and seemed most committed to the complete integration of Ulster with the mainland if the old majority-rule Stormont could not be reintroduced . |
| 17 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 18 | However , the hon. Gentleman rightly refers to the other businesses which Harland and Wolff is now expanding and building up , and I am sure that its success , which I believe is assured under privatisation , offers the best hope for those men in the future . |
| 19 | Or maybe they were merely sticking to the original arrangements for the meal . |
| 20 | In all metric measures and their direct phi-based equivalents only the 25th , 50th and 75th percentiles are used , so that attention is only given to the central half of the grain population present . |
| 21 | So , so , I believe it 's alright to say well people will migrate in the presence of , it 's rational for a person to migrate in the presence of , of high unemployment if high unemployment only refers to the formal sector , but it 's not rational if it implies that it refers to informal and formal . |
| 22 | Was her voice loud enough to carry to the next table ? |
| 23 | The huge oil spills off Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and the burning of oil wells in Kuwait during the Gulf War in early 1991 did less damage to the marine environment than had been feared , according to scientists . |
| 24 | A further risk is that the smaller Fellowships become so , " special and different " that they may lose the wider identification with all sufferers from addictive disease and they may therefore be less exposed to the common humility that is the essential basis for recovery . |
| 25 | The hypothesis that Sabat and Harré advance is that although AD can lead to disruption in memory recall , impairment of linguistic performance , and deficiencies of information processing , it does not result in the loss of ‘ self ’ and only contributes to the possible loss of ‘ selves ’ . |
| 26 | The change of style at the corner of Downing Street , on the other hand , would provide no greater contrast ‘ than occurs at every turn in the Grand Canal at Venice where Gothic and renaissance palaces constantly alternate to the great satisfaction of the artist ’ and would avoid the ‘ stereotyped monotony of a single style ’ . |
| 27 | Antiracists have rightly pointed to the limited nature of multiculturalism 's focus on prejudice and attitudes , and its strategy of prejudice reduction by teaching about ‘ other cultures ’ . |
| 28 | The revelations , which are seriously embarrassing Mr Gandhi 's Congress ( I ) Party , were accompanied by documents apparently leaked to the Indian press by Swedish sources . |
| 29 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 30 | In the late 1960s it only applied to the clearing banks . |