Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps it is repetitive , but not for the sake of repetition , as each phrase carries a different emphasis and builds on to the prior phase for effect .
2 It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces .
3 It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck , and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces .
4 RIGHT The check chain fits on to an ordinary leash , by a circle as shown here .
5 The Bishop goes on to the human eye , asking rhetorically , and with the implication that there is no answer , " How could an organ so complex evolve ? "
6 Our own sauces , or whatever , erm , if my mother makes a cake , it goes on to the top shelf , but usually we just use everything .
7 The ribbon of tarmac goes on to the lonely outpost of Leck Fell House , a speck of civilisation in a wide panorama that has no other sign of life .
8 She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th .
9 If you do not reply , the PP does not repeat but goes on to the next question .
10 Once the first grading has been successfully completed , the student goes on to the next stage of training , which concerns itself with basic semi-free sparring .
11 The winners of the best gross trophy then decide , either by mutual agreement or by a play-off , on the player who goes on to the national championships .
12 But then there are other gardening programmes which very much perform that kind of mediating role you 're talking about , where one of the presenters goes along to a real person with an actual garden and asks the gardener how he or she sets about creating this garden and quite a number of those presenters are women .
13 The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim .
14 If an employee trades down to a cheaper model and sacrifices less salary , no output tax liability arises .
15 The world of motor racing loves to surround itself in secrecy … what goes in to the automatic gearboxes … suspensions and highly tuned engines is more to do with science than sport …
16 The senior manager may be unable to cope with his or her own work either and so much of the overflow simply drifts down to the next level .
17 With true teen anger he latches on to the witty cynicism of the two Lenny 's , Cohen and Bruce , but fires them up with youthful vitriol .
18 Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above )
19 Then there is the decay of the tree which sometimes holds on to a little bit of life well past when it should die completely .
20 Even Baumrind ( 1982 ) , supporting Gilligan 's different voice hypothesis against what she sees as the traditionalism of the psychology of androgyny , holds on to the traditional framework of Jungian psychology in order to do this , and later ( 1986 ) , reinterprets the hypothesis in a humanist and spiritual framework , which is not differentiated by gender .
21 Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including :
22 Your vessel then heads on to the wonderful wine town of Rüdesheim , arriving around 6.30pm .
23 These vines overlook a small north-south running valley , on the other side of which a 170-metre high spur of vines drops down to the northwestern edge of the village .
24 Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’
25 Helen chose a small-patterned carpet that stands up to the combined wear and tear of two dogs , two cats and three children .
26 The plain-clothed cockney sidles up to the moustached man , grinning .
27 Remember , a loss of between 2 and 4 lb per month adds up to a 24–48 lb drop in a year , 48–96 lb over two years .
28 That adds up to a good campaign in Labour 's view : no gaffes , lots of pictures , and a positive message delivered in controlled surroundings .
29 She thinks you suspect her and it seems to me that everything adds up to a good cause for her condition . ’
30 There 's plenty of detail in the smaller pictures of the humans , too , and the book as a whole adds up to a great experience for a child — almost as good as a day out at the zoo ! ( 2–5 )
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