Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The independent Red Army press was rather better adapted to its readership . |
| 2 | ‘ I had n't quite seen it like that , ’ McLeish acknowledged humbly , remembering that the beautiful woman in front of him , whom you could not suppose ever to have encountered rejection in any form , had lost a father when young , and had been so little attached to her stepfather that she had left home at the earliest opportunity . |
| 3 | The Tilean had obviously been in the Empire long enough to look to its patron deity , Sigmar of the Hammer , for protection . |
| 4 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 5 | Darren had become much more attached to his mother and she was showing much more affection towards him . |
| 6 | A black undertow dogged Eardley 's life , perhaps partly attributed to her father 's suicide when she was seven . |
| 7 | But it was starting to worry her that he could so openly refer to her running away from him , and since she had no intention of going into the ‘ whys ’ and ‘ wherefores ’ of that , and since she had made her apology for deceiving him — and had got off rather lightly , she had to admit — Fabia got to her feet . |
| 8 | The task therefore observes the principal of human sense which Donaldson ( 1978 ) has so clearly brought to our attention . |
| 9 | Of course , most of these assertions are merely matters of opinion , often rather wild opinion , for one ca n't help wondering just how much Messrs Ashdown , Smith and Brown really know about the ‘ other European countries ’ they so blithely summoned to their aid . |
| 10 | They are so strongly committed to their unionism that they are prepared to go some way towards moving some of their evangelical principles into the area of private life and personal choice , rather than alienate non-evangelical unionists . |
| 11 | She stood there until he went quiet , stayed a few minutes longer to be certain and only then returned to her cupboard bedroom next to the servants ' loft . |
| 12 | Especially everywhere to add to your age . |
| 13 | She shut the door gently then went to her daughter 's room . |
| 14 | the tenderness of Joe was so beautifully proportioned to my need , that I was like a child in his hands . |
| 15 | For civil servants , the advantage is that the doctrine leaves them utterly free of any repercussions arising from their advice and thus greatly adds to their freedom and power . |
| 16 | Women are generally less tied to their work and more able to adjust to retirement ( though as more and more women devote great energy and interest to a career , this is changing ) . |
| 17 | She lay back against the seat , her eyes closed , trying desperately not to react to his indifference . |
| 18 | Many plants were in fact native , such as Red Campion , Silene dioica , aquilegia and violets , and because they were already well adjusted to our climate , found no difficulty in springing up from every square inch of the ground . |
| 19 | Everyone then processed back to the Salle des fêtes , where coffee was served ; the Emperor left shortly afterwards to go to his study , where he could smoke his cigarette ; the male guests who shared his habit were allowed to retire to the smoking room , while the Empress remained behind with the ladies . |
| 20 | Drawing on support from leading Party members , such as Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang and his popular appeal among the people , Deng was eventually formally restored to his government posts in July 1977 . |
| 21 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 22 | I was my hair every other day and usually only go to my hairdresser before a party . |
| 23 | He was an ungallant swine for deliberately not coming to her aid , but in truth he really wanted to see which of the likely lads , would dash forward . |
| 24 | In the event that the problem is still not resolved to your satisfaction , refer your problem is still not resolved to your satisfaction , refer your complaint to : Customer Relations Department , Midland Bank plc , Head Office , Poultry , London EC2P 2BX . |
| 25 | In the event that the problem is still not resolved to your satisfaction , refer your problem is still not resolved to your satisfaction , refer your complaint to : Customer Relations Department , Midland Bank plc , Head Office , Poultry , London EC2P 2BX . |
| 26 | He regarded it as essential that men become more deeply committed to their work through the formation of professional/occupational groups , since for them an involvement in the family did not provide a sufficiently sound moral basis for continued existence : ‘ Men must gradually become attached to their occupational or professional life … |
| 27 | if he ever ever comes to our house and you 're doing stuff then he 'll pick one wo n't he 'll make a celery |
| 28 | But if you are contemplating increasing physical activity for still further benefit to your health and figure , try to realize that those vast crowds of people who will scream with laughter at the sight of you in a swimsuit , or on seeing you jogging , skipping , enrolling at aerobics classes or even taking a brisk daily walk , exist only in your mind . |
| 29 | Derived from policies which seek to preserve the landscape qualities of the English countryside , such estates have more often contributed to its deterioration . |
| 30 | The arched window was allied to the brick jack-arch system often employed to achieve an incombustible floor construction and tended to produce an opening which was disproportionately high related to its width . |