Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is space at the waterfall for parking or a picnic , and here cars must be turned for the journey back to Dent . |
| 2 | In every case the estimate of β was markedly higher for the period closer to delivery , i.e. volatility declines at a faster rate in the fifty days just before delivery . |
| 3 | However , during the run up to privatisation , it was established that the running costs of the nuclear power stations were higher than was previously believed and that , in addition , the costs of decommissioning these power stations and reprocessing the spent fuel were both high and uncertain . |
| 4 | There 's a lot to be done if cases are to be taken to court , but the last thing Thames Water will want during the run up to privatisation is a long , drawn out damages claim where the point at issue is the safety of the water in the tap . |
| 5 | The new shop on Grosvenor Road in Ripley will be known as ‘ Town Station ’ and will be selling a wide range of toys and souvenirs during the lead up to Christmas . |
| 6 | After a few heart-stopping moments the old engine coughed into life , and he managed to accelerate the loaded vehicle through the flames out to safety . |
| 7 | The waymarked tourist path to the summit of Ben Lomond in the recently created Loch Lomond regional park has become , in the words of the conservationists ‘ a four lane motorway ’ , which at its worst cuts a deep furrow through the peak down to bedrock . |
| 8 | Farm workers also gain intrinsic satisfaction from working with living and growing plants and animals and they share a sense of achievement when they are finally brought to maturity , the sequential nature of production allowing workers to be involved in all of the stages through to completion . |
| 9 | From 1960 to the present the field staff in Scotland have continued to pursue their primary commitment of keeping the geological maps of the country up to date and publishing descriptive matter on the geology . |
| 10 | Hey do you care about you know the other day we were talking about the erm I wanted to get one of the councillors on to talk about this but I I ca n't find the right one . |
| 11 | Stephen was very quiet for the remainder of the journey back to Crystal Springs . |
| 12 | But perhaps the joke had had a serious point to it too , or at any rate a serious side-effect : it had enabled Hilda to get her side of the story over to posterity . |
| 13 | More important for the present discussion , however , was the spatial variability in both support for the strike over the full period and the rate of the drift back to work . |
| 14 | The links that have developed in networking with the many voluntary groups that operate in the areas and the recognition of the individuals right to self-esteem and to develop an expertise in relation to living and functioning in their many roles , has changed my way of working with people — probably forever . |
| 15 | During the early years of the transition back to democracy , politicians of the governing party moved repeatedly between ministerial posts , civil service appointments and management positions in public enterprises . |
| 16 | Other features include : an elasticated waist with an adjustable drawcord and zips running from the hem of the trousers up to knee height . |
| 17 | It was the latter 's religious and political disaffection which took most of the county over to Parliament in the Civil Wars . |
| 18 | In terms of optimum climatic conditions , the Corn Belt would be forced towards the north on to acid podzol soils which are badly leached and which would require extensive and expensive soil amendments . |
| 19 | Children with other kinds of referrals are more like the comparison school children at follow up — less of a problem both to society and to themselves . |
| 20 | He was too much of a politician ever to outrage religious feelings as Rufus did , but his smooth words concealed a purpose very little different from that of Rufus . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , not to say cry off , ’ said Bill , settling down cosily with a grievance , like a feminist about to discourse on rape . |
| 22 | Susan Cole-King from Burcott has already been ordained ; it was into the Episcopal Church in the United States four years ago , but Mrs Cole-King , who works as a deacon for the Oxford diocese at Dorchester , is looking forward to the day she 'll be able to act as a priest closer to home . |
| 23 | The announcement of a link-up with the BBC on to satellite is more than a propaganda coup for Thames Television . |
| 24 | The match takes place on June 21 with the winners away to MC Wales or Middlesex on July 6 . |
| 25 | This was the Hurlingham Club end of the court , and my patrol was along the front of the court , up Daisy Lane , to the junction with Fulham Palace Road , past the ‘ local ’ Six Bells , past the side of the Court , along the riverside back to base . |
| 26 | Somehow the country has managed to consume more energy per capita than anywhere else other than rich ( and notoriously thriftless ) Canada and the United States and at the same time plunge into a state close to bankruptcy . |
| 27 | As an example close to home , it would be a sanction much more powerful than an SEC if , as head of audit of my firm , I was called in to that panel to be told that if my firm wanted the institutional shareholders to vote their proxies in favour of our being reappointed auditors to this or that company , we would have to mend our ways in some respect . |
| 28 | They were built from the materials closest to hand and so have an utterly distinct regional character . |
| 29 | He wanted to take some things from the moon back to earth with him . |
| 30 | Officers were yesterday interviewing the woman , and Inspector Barry Jakeman appealed to anyone who was at Farley Mount in the hour up to midnight to contact police . |