Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their tests were cheaper and apparently fairer than local ‘ home-made ’ ones and they conveniently transferred the odium that selection incurred on to a distant , impartial public body . |
| 2 | ‘ Language across the Curriculum ’ sometimes appears as a general title , but there is no evidence that any languages other than English contribute strongly to a serious policy for other subjects in school . |
| 3 | Clearly everyone was in festive mood despite the recession , and bidding got off to a brisk start : |
| 4 | Significant new business in tableware and giftware adds up to a … |
| 5 | I had left my mother and father and husband to go alone to a place which was completely unknown to me in order to live with people who were equally unknown . |
| 6 | Only a trickle of progress reports have so far found their way back to Buckinghamshire 's education department , but they confirm the trend nationally of a poor overall response and turnout confined principally to a hardcore of parents , generally stalwarts of a school parent-teacher association . |
| 7 | Does the agreement by EEC states , albeit belated and as yet incomplete , to a series of apparently liberal Directives on competition and trade add up to a victory for the British view of what the Single Market should be about ? |
| 8 | Defries and Ace crawled up to a hollow , and peered cautiously over the lip . |
| 9 | They represent a continuity of worship and music stretching back to a period well before the Reformation . |
| 10 | It is of course a great advantage if the organization starts , so to speak , with this in place and in our case I believe our scientific heritage and background lead naturally to a wish to hear , dissect and learn from others ' views . |
| 11 | In the first week a German dairy was pillaged , two Germans were battered and an Austrian student was surrounded by a hostile mob , whilst traffic came almost to a standstill . |