Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although these activities only relate to a fraction of the total number of UK library authorities , it may be hoped that they foreshadow a revival of interest in an essential and much neglected component of the book provision process . |
| 2 | She gave the money for the words not used to a boy with ringworm throwing stones at a cat on a wall . |
| 3 | The lights changed and the cars grudgingly screeched to a halt . |
| 4 | A parent can grant additional privileges ( provided the parent has the additional privileges himself ) or rescind privileges previously granted to a descendant at any time . |
| 5 | I stammered out my history , my eyes occasionally wandering to a winter view of rooftops , an opaque winter sky behind his head . |
| 6 | Three of the schools had clearly used the project to identify , and provide a richer resource base for , curriculum areas already committed to a degree of RBL and/or subject departments with a history of library involvement and use . |
| 7 | The alleged killers finally drove to a field near Burton Salmon , North Yorks , where they set fire to their car and escaped on foot . |
| 8 | appraisal of circumstances possibly leading to a mitigation of sentence made by the Recorder , principal residing judge at the old Sessions House ( now the Central Criminal Court ) after the Lord Chief Justice . |
| 9 | Matters then came to a head and after dropping her baby the mother was distraught about what she had done to her child . |
| 10 | Elaborately carved vases , figures , and smaller versions of the great jade mountains found in Ch'ing palaces further contributed to a man 's standing and enhanced the aesthetic ambience of the higher reaches of Chinese administration . |
| 11 | The faster moving of the two bands presumably corresponds to a proteolysis product of Dcm ; in later experiments with a fresh batch of enzyme it was no longer observed ( compare Figure 8 ) . |
| 12 | This is not the way the workers usually speak to a queen bee . |
| 13 | Tax gatherers and political economists usually subscribed to a rhetoric of taxing " luxuries " , but sufficient aggregate yields can hardly be secured from imposing only on the consuming habits of the well-to-do . |
| 14 | Psychologists often refer to a list of generally used defences : repression , denial , displacement , splitting , projection and reaction formation are the most commonly used . |
| 15 | The majority of hostels now offer family accommodation and all provide excellent , free , self-catering facilities , though breakfast ( £2.30 ) , packed lunch ( £1.95 ) , and evening meal ( from £3.50 ) are widely available and some hostels even run to a wine list . |
| 16 | Dave 's improvements also extend to a vernior throttle and mixture control . |
| 17 | One evening , three weeks later , things finally came to a head when Ned booted the former love of his life out of the basket onto the kitchen floor . |
| 18 | It certainly was n't Foster 's idea of an easy tour , lurking in a cold , draughty doorway in a poorly lit service alley , in weather conditions more suited to a horror movie set . |
| 19 | If the first state among siblings always leads to a goal , it will be much more efficient than the breadth first version ; but otherwise it may be worse . |
| 20 | Growing nervousness among small investors also led to a run on some banks . |
| 21 | Robert Evans , the chairman , said that warm weather and lower margins on sales to households and other tariff customers also contributed to a drop of about £230 million in turnover to £10.3 billion . |
| 22 | Things really came to a head about a month ago . |
| 23 | Those changes essentially relate to a slimming down in the industry itself , but also to significant structural changes . |
| 24 | It is questionable , however , whether the provisions actually add to a victim 's opportunity for compensation and it has been argued that the procedure differs little from that required for any civil action except that the funds are preserved . |
| 25 | He has argued that differences between British and Indian legal norms inevitably led to a divorce in Indian minds between justice and the colonial courts . |
| 26 | The trees suddenly storm to a stop , in a hush |
| 27 | Like many other frogs , both sexes also respond to a band of lower frequencies . |
| 28 | Its main flying boat aerodrome ( if that 's the right word ) was on the Solent , near Hythe , but Imperial Airways also ran to a number of other places around Britain , including the Pool of London . |
| 29 | The Adam-Gibbs equations also lead to a value of , so the theory appears to resolve most of the differences between the kinetic and thermodynamic interpretations of the glass transition . |
| 30 | This art was continued by his son Thomas until 1826 , the scenes often relating to a description or incident in the book chosen for decoration . |