Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commander rubbed his chin vigorously as an aid to thought . |
| 2 | In the latter part of Elizabeth 's reign Burghley began a reform of the system of purveyance , partly perhaps as a response to criticism , partly in an effort to direct the profits of purveyance away from the officials and towards the Crown . |
| 3 | Fuel tanks were drained , leaving only enough for the pilot to taxi to the Queen Mary loading point where any surplus fuel would then be completely drained . |
| 4 | Whether a compiler is a quality product soon becomes evident , and with some there is the suspicion that they were cobbled together as a response to opposition product innovations . |
| 5 | He is a very beautiful person to look at when he is shaven , about 25 I should think [ he was just 30 , as she probably knew ] , always laughing or quarrelling à la Rotonde … he horrifies some English friends by tubbing at two-hour intervals in the garden and occasionally lighting up all after midnight , apparently as an aid to sculpturing Babel . ’ |
| 6 | The genesis of employers ' associations , however , was not only as a response to trade union growth and militancy because to some degree it was , in addition , a reaction to economic pressures . |
| 7 | But , as Stanyer ( 1976 , p. 55 ) has observed : ‘ It is necessary to understand what a local authority is in legal terms in a particular governmental system only as a prelude to understanding what all local authorities are in behavioural terms ’ . |
| 8 | Rather , they can act only as a guide to decision making by making the assumptions underlying the decisions explicit . |
| 9 | A basic knowledge of oriental carpet design is essential , not only as an aid to identification , but also as an important means of gaining insight into the rich and infinitely varied religious and cultural heritage of the weavers themselves . |
| 10 | As a result of these problems , it is our preferred policy to use the specimen letter set out below as an alternative to confidentiality letters generated by clients ' Solicitors . |
| 11 | As a result of these problems , it is our preferred policy to use the specimen letter set out below as an alternative to confidentiality letters generated by clients ' Solicitors . |
| 12 | This conflict abuse , as will be made clear later , is to be considered not only with a view to regulation by formal law but also by the regulatory technique known as the ‘ Chinese Wall ’ . |
| 13 | A youth training fund would enable us to continue this scheme , not only with a view to employment , but enabling us to provide training and development of personal skills , which would benefit them in future employment or future education . |
| 14 | This was also borne out by the inclusion of catalogues at the end of the book , looking very much like contributions from various nurseries and it is evident that those recommending the work did so with an eye to business . |
| 15 | It ought never to happen that firms with incompatible ideas as to the sort of service to be provided for their clients should ever come together with a view to merger . |
| 16 | He was a bit of a character — he 'd have to get up at about four o'clock in the morning to cycle to work , and during the war , he was hurtling along during a blackout when suddenly the road disappeared and he went careering into a bomb crater , about 50 feet wide and 40 feet deep . |
| 17 | It 's clear that the many non-party political groups which sprang up in the wake of the election , bodies such as Common Cause and Scotland United , are now prepared to work together in a coalition to stage further events highlighting the deficiencies of the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 18 | The air was heavy with perfume and the little gold chairs were jammed tightly together in an attempt to seat everyone . |
| 19 | The situation in Powys reflects that in Wales as a whole and has contributed especially to the threat to upland broadleaved woodlands but also to the losses of heather moor , rough grassland and to the degradation of species-rich pastures . |
| 20 | With you as narrator perhaps on a plinth to stage left or something . |
| 21 | DnC 's worse-than-expected results are indicators that the Norwegian banking sector , if perhaps on the road to recovery , is not all well yet . |
| 22 | Ever since we first played together for London Schools and roomed together on a tour to East Africa we have been very close . |
| 23 | The principle of induction can not be justified merely by an appeal to logic . |
| 24 | Perhaps just for a while to tide you over a particularly bad crop of bills . |
| 25 | CIT 's honourary president the Princess Royal said at Light Rail 91 in Manchester that public transport had to be seen as an improvement not just as an alternative to car use . |
| 26 | Oz , with its use of colour , could somehow , at the time , get away with an approach to sexuality which was condemned in retrospect — and occasionally then — but which somehow retained an innocence . |
| 27 | I could not wear it there because of my drysuit cuff , and had it just above the cuff to sleeve joint . |
| 28 | By channelling water away from the structure to drainage channels the board renders any granular fill layer unnecessary . |
| 29 | The old furniture was left outside in the sun to air . |
| 30 | Now the police are looking for him again — he 's thought to be heading back to Milton Keynes after running away on a visit to court in London . |