Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people lack one colour pigment , and so lose sensitivity to part of the spectrum , usually red or green . |
| 2 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
| 3 | Since ‘ compliance ’ is an administrative definition and since production or treatment processes can constantly give rise to changes in water quality , field men must be ever-vigilant in the face of uncertainty . |
| 4 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 5 | In point of time , however , one can find the specific civilian proposition from the US Ambassador in Paris a week earlier , on 11 December , not only to extend aid to Vietnam from the President 's special $75 m. fund but also recommending direct ‘ Marshall plan ’ financing for Indo-China : which the French had tentatively asked for at the beginning of 1949 . |
| 6 | Therefore , a driver need only accord precedence to pedestrians on the crossing on his side of the road . |
| 7 | Due to the difficulties of achieving fast even concentrations of gas in such large congested volumes , their adverse effect on human beings , and ineffectiveness on rapidly developing deep- seated carbonaceous fires , and halon systems will normally only have application to parts of the ancillary accommodation such as computer suites . |
| 8 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 9 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 10 | Those who preached the crusade dwelt on the significance of Jerusalem and on the death of Jesus , and so roused men to fervour against the Jews who had killed him as well as against the Muslims who had captured his tomb ; and apocalyptic notions of the time associated the conversion or elimination of the Jews with the liberation of Jerusalem , as a necessary prelude to the end of the world . |
| 11 | The operations of insider traders effectively cause losses to market-makers with whom they deal . |
| 12 | Although bonuses on a life policy can not be realised until the termination of the policy , life companies will normally lend money to clients against the security of those bonuses , quickly and at very competitive rates of interest . |
| 13 | A walk through the arboretum soon turned thoughts to life as a lumberjill half a century ago . |
| 14 | The American space agency , NASA , already allows access to data from climate research satellites and makes only a minimal charge . |
| 15 | The cliffs soon give way to miles of long sandy beaches . |
| 16 | In recent months a good deal of concern has been expressed about students no longer having access to benefits over the summer vacation . |
| 17 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 18 | If he does , he may just come face to face with himself . |
| 19 | Membranes must let in relatively few Ca ions to change local concentrations by a large percentage ; such changes can thus connect stimuli to responses with great speed and sensitivity . |
| 20 | Steam power finally gave way to electricity by the mid-1950s and in 1977 , the mill was completely gutted and re-equipped with modern machinery , much of it made locally by Simon-Barron of Gloucester . |
| 21 | The CB must somehow involve obedience to instruction on the grounds that Chris can not have a tantrum while doing as he is told . |
| 22 | A decade after the end of the first post-war period in Britain ( that is , during the sharp oil price rise mentioned above ) social mobility was characterized both by heightening opportunities of rising socially , as well as increased risks of being caught in a downward spiral — particularly for those of working-class origin , who are among those who most easily fall prey to recruitment into the underclass . |
| 23 | Inner London authorities normally had access to funds via Central Personnel/Management Budgets , for example : |
| 24 | The Science Reference and Information Service of the British Library has just published Guide to Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe ( ISBN 0 7123 0795 8 ) , compiled by the information specialist Maria Hughes , from data not widely available . |
| 25 | Grand jury documents relating to the forthcoming trial of former Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger showed that , at a Reagan Cabinet meeting in January 1986 , Bush had voted in favour of secretly selling missiles to Iran in exchange for the release of US hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon . |
| 26 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 27 | As we have seen , Constantinople gave refuge to Prince Adelchis ( son of Charles ' first father-in-law , Desiderius ) , who still maintained opposition to Charles in Italy , albeit from afar . |
| 28 | Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris . |
| 29 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 30 | Machines which once cost £400 to £500 as prototypes are now available for £3 to £4 . |