Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apprehension of the house thus alters from the personal to the social : his drama is the inward one of conscience ; hers , the outward trial by social ordeal . |
| 2 | What the chemical structure of course does determine is the temperature at which the glassy state passes into the rubbery and , if the cross-linking is insufficient to prevent it , further passes from the rubbery to the liquid-like state . |
| 3 | Reduction or special modification of certain segments is evident at the anterior and posterior ends of the abdomen , more especially in the latter region , and this specialization increases from the lower to the higher orders . |
| 4 | On the continuum of penal philosophy which stretches from the punitive to the reformative , the Nicaraguan penal system has placed itself on the far edge of reform . |
| 5 | He has elevated inscriptions to a new seriousness because the wording of his own work is not bland and ranges from the delphic to the painfully controversial . |
| 6 | When he ‘ resigned ’ as a BBC radio producer in 1986 , he may have been pushed , but it was the start of a freelance career guaranteed to outrage the good citizens of Britain with a style of comedy that ranges from the macabre to the indecent . |
| 7 | The rugby career of Audley Lumsden ranges from the absurd to the amazing . |
| 8 | Modularization is not easy to define , but can be seen as one end of a spectrum of course structures which ranges from the linear to the modular , as follows : |
| 9 | Privately-owned housing varies from the detached to the terraced and , for a variety of reasons , detached housing is the most expensive . |
| 10 | A lot falls onto the shoulders of bass-player Cliff , who has to provide the rhythmic muscle as well as carrying the melodies while Tim 's guitar playing wavers from the understated to the basic and only adds to the droning quality of the songs . |
| 11 | A lot falls onto the shoulders of bass-player Cliff , who has to provide the rhythmic muscle as well as carrying the melodies while Tim 's guitar playing wavers from the understated to the basic and only adds to the droning quality of the songs . |
| 12 | And if one moves from the statistical to the policy level , who are the most likely people to offend on bail ? |
| 13 | The main problem with the ‘ object ’ dimension arises when one moves beyond the biological to the social and human . |
| 14 | My choice of heating equipment may raise a few eyebrows , ranging as it does from the advanced to the primitive . |