Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 2 | The west wall of the gallery is given over to a work 17ft high and over 20ft long entitled Touch the Earth Again , and the ecological sentiment implied by this title is crucial to Setch 's work . |
| 3 | Responsibility for various specific public services is hived off to a range of special agencies , though in each case ultimate responsibility for policy lies with one of the central departments . |
| 4 | In order to assess the arguments over the variability of V it is necessary to see just how a change in money supply is transmitted through to a change in aggregate demand . |
| 5 | The most useful is the automatic mode : by keeping the trigger gently depressed , the tool will fire a staple every time the nose is pushed on to a surface . |
| 6 | A word in one language which is related etymologically to a word in another language , eg German Haus and English House . |
| 7 | The dynamic insert might pick-up a certain amount of ‘ hum ’ and other electrical noise if the unit is operated close to a television set , mains wiring , etc . |
| 8 | where corporate information is revealed legitimately to an underwriter , accountant , lawyer , or consultant working for the corporation , these outsiders may become fiduciaries of the shareholders … [ they do not actively solicit or acquire inside information ] but rather they have entered into a special confidential relationship in the conduct of the business of the enterprise and are given access to information solely for corporate purposes . |
| 9 | But note that you must use fittings and valves which comply with the water byelaws and that if the cold supply is connected up to a washing machine from the rising main , this will be at mains pressure while the hot supply ( if there is one ) will be at a lower pressure . |
| 10 | To lay an egg , the female grasps a hair and deposits some ‘ cement ’ which is extruded on to a hair just before the egg is laid . |
| 11 | Rotherham striker John Buckley ( also pictured inset ) is helped on to a stretcher after fracturing his skull |
| 12 | Housing association money is handed over to an organisation called Community House in South East London ( Chisel ) which then finances various co-operatives . |
| 13 | In some places , oil is packed up to a foot deep in the sand , according to the co-ordinator of Greenpeace 's expedition to the area . |
| 14 | For example , if a first-generation hybrid between a brown and an albino mouse is crossed back to an albino , the offspring will be in the ratio 1 brown to 1 albino : if two hybrids are mated to one another , the ratio will be 3 brown to 1 albino . |
| 15 | It 's also worth knowing that the first £20,000 in a building society or bank is protected up to a set percentage . |
| 16 | The corpse of a zebra , under the camera 's necessarily impassive gaze ( some viewers are queasier ) , is reduced almost to a skeleton as skin and then flesh are progressively stripped away by the processes of nature . |
| 17 | If applied linguistics is left exclusively to an elite band of researchers , then the whole object of the exercise disappears . |
| 18 | It does this through sensors which monitor speed and body movement , and this information is passed on to a computer . |
| 19 | This is passed on to a set of inference rules cast in an appropriate non-monotonic logic which operate over the knowledge base to determine an appropriately helpful answer . |
| 20 | This is then drawn full-size and traced on to acetate film which is put on to a bed of clay covering the board . |
| 21 | ‘ Its figures only measure waiting time from the day a patient is put on to a consultant 's in-patient or day case waiting list . |
| 22 | The mainsheet is taken down to a track just ahead of the wheel pedestal where it is within easy reach of the helmsman and the genoa is trimmed by a pair of three-speed Barient 37–3AST winches which achieve a ratio of 87:1 in third gear . |
| 23 | This means that in the event of your death under the age of 65 , the outstanding balance on your CheckOver is repaid up to a maximum of £3,000 or your agreed limit whichever is the lower . |
| 24 | Aachen , Germany-based Parsytec GmbH 's US subsidiary in West Chicago has announced Parix , the ‘ second-generation ’ parallel Unix-based development environment developed for its indefinitely-forthcoming GC Series of T9000 Transputer-based MIMD supercomputers by Amsterdam-based Associated Computer Experts BV : aimed specifically at scientists and research engineers , it can be used on any Parsytec system with 16 or more nodes , which is hooked up to a Sun Microsystems Inc workstation as a front end ; a Parsytec 62-node MultiCluster I with Parix is from $100,000 . |
| 25 | Ali is hooked up to an electrocardiograph and a blood-pressure monitor ; there is always some risk when blood is not making its customary passage . |
| 26 | The aim is to ensure that no patient is sent home to a situation where he might be at risk . |
| 27 | If we issue an AutoCheque Card , every cheque you make out is guaranteed up to a maximum of £50 . |
| 28 | This brochure is published up to a year in advance of your holiday date , however , we aim to provide clients with the optimum service possible , therefore , our Operations Department plan each FREELINK route approximately 8 weeks before the date of departure . |
| 29 | This brochure is published up to a year in advance of your holiday date . |
| 30 | Here the loop from the overhand knot round the coils is clipped directly to a screwgate karabiner on the harness . |