Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I enjoy it ’ and ‘ It hurts ’ testify of course only to awareness of the immediate stimuli , and will always be outweighed if enlargement of awareness changes the response . |
| 2 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 3 | There 's lots of time too to practice on single handed Toppers — an ideal way to gather confidence and experience . |
| 4 | Evangelical opponents of cruelty to animals campaigned against the trade in feathers , along with other forms of cruelty closer to home including cock-fighting and scientific vivisection experiments . |
| 5 | Worldwide , indeed , ‘ exotic ’ species introduced by human beings have become a major cause of extinctions : probably second in importance only to loss of habitat . |
| 6 | After another fond peep at his sleeping face , she crept out of the room , softly closed the door , and gathering up her skirt in order not to trip over the hem on the way down the stairs , swiftly retraced her steps back to the kitchen and Cissie . |
| 7 | Jesus looked to material close to hand for the subject matter of his parables . |