Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was her voice loud enough to carry to the next table ? |
| 2 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 3 | The Smiths were heroic party-poopers at the Top of the Pops office do , glowering at the forced jollity ; they were like those gauche youths Who turn up to house parties only to cling to the dark comers in chaste disdain , driven by the naïve , vaguely inhuman conviction that all merriment is a lie . |
| 4 | The brush is handy for vacuuming stubborn dust and dirt which may be lodged in a carpet and the crevice tool will reach into awkward corners such as under kitchen units , although it is n't long enough to reach to the very back . |
| 5 | Better to stick to the direct action and public protests we knew and could control , and leave the inquiry to people like the local authorities . |
| 6 | The old order changeth , and how — back at the end of the 1970s , Ted Dexter and Honeywell Information Systems Ltd got together to propose to the British Broadcasting Corporation that television coverage of cricket could be enhanced with a little judicious computer intervention and the age of computer-aided sports broadcasting was born : for a decade and more a Level 6 minicomputer or successor followed the cameras and trundled around the cricket grounds of England and Wales in the back of a truck as Honeywell and successor company Bull HN Information Systems Ltd maintained the tradition — but with the first one-day match of the current series against Australia at Old Trafford yesterday , what was the legend at the bottom of the caption but ‘ Intel processing ’ . |
| 7 | She doubted she would be quick enough to retreat to the top floor if that happened . |
| 8 | Johnny had another couple of seasons as a player , but he retired after a nasty fractured cheekbone and broken jaw early in 1962–63 , only to turn to the commercial side of the game and build a new and successful career there . |
| 9 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 10 | Erm , and therefore it feels it would be disingenuous of it to support the principle at this stage , it may well lead to a situation where were encouraging the County to go down a particular route , but only to get to the very end of it for us to pull the rug from beneath the County 's feet . |
| 11 | They are expected suddenly to adapt to the modern world after a century of colonial domination and outside interference . |
| 12 | 3 This is because the impulses from the stimulus have only to travel to the spinal cord and not the brain . |
| 13 | Boys seem to make an effort only if they are going into a situation where they know they might meet someone they fancy , whereas lots of girls I know will put on make-up just to go to the local shop ! |
| 14 | Due recognition was soon to come to the industrious doctor : in 1716 George I created him a baronet , an honour as yet conferred on only one other physician . |
| 15 | It asked him to omit the Foreign Secretary 's residence , and although generally to conform to the 1856 conditions , he should ascertain Hammond 's latest requirements and find out if the building could be reduced in size . |
| 16 | I now wanted desperately to belong to the Christian church in general ( which to me , from my Free Church background , was what baptism implied ) while not able to belong specifically to the Anglican Church ( which was what confirmation implied ) so long as that church discriminated against women . |
| 17 | On arms control , China agreed conditionally to accede to the 18-country Missile Technology Control Regime , which would limit its arms sales to Pakistan and Syria , in return for the lifting of US sanctions , imposed in June , on exports from two Chinese arms companies , high-technology computer sales and joint satellite launches . |
| 18 | Just George , just to respond to the two points that have just been made . |
| 19 | Sid 's the kinda hombre who does n't climb down from his saddle just to pander to the latest flight of fancy that the LA music scene has retched up , far preferring to follow his own happy trail . |
| 20 | But just to add to the usual conspiracy theories — why could n't it be repeated at the end of the game — surely it was one of the key points of the game . |
| 21 | Just to add to the multi-national flavour , Patton was born in Northern Ireland , went to school in southern Ireland and university in Wales . |
| 22 | I feel that there should be four or five other tournaments around the country to play in order for them just to get to the national championships . |
| 23 | This obviously gives you longer to adapt to the necessary changes . |
| 24 | Meanwhile LEVITATION , Terry Bickers ' outfit soon to sign to the Ultimate label , have been added to the bill of Birdland 's show at London 's Kilburn National on March 14 along with Chunk and Trip . |
| 25 | In effect , everything flowed to and from the House of Commons : the civil servants were held responsible to the Commons through their ministers ; the Cabinet was collectively responsible to the Commons ; the monarch only acted on the advice of ministers responsible to the Commons ; and the Lords were always to defer to the legislative views of the Commons . |
| 26 | As the war neared its end , with the imminent prospect of a complete victory for Tito 's forces , all these groups had a common interest to escape and preferably to surrender to the non-Communist allies in Italy or Austria . |
| 27 | ARAB foreign ministers agreed yesterday to relay to the United Nations new proposals from Libya to break its deadlock with the West over the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 28 | Thus to the question ‘ Why do you feel affection for your children ? ’ or ‘ Why are you inclined to assist animals ( or fellow citizens ) in pain ? ’ , it would sound lame and otiose to reply that it is because your children are kind and decent , or that you assist others in the hope that they will assist you , or that you do both to contribute to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of creatures . |
| 29 | A fresh look could be taken at some of these , in order to determine their effectiveness in helping parishes both to respond to the liturgical changes of recent years and to explore a wider repertoire of music . |
| 30 | It may be useful also to refer to the National Code of Local Government Conduct , para. 5 ( Appendix D , post , p. 105 ) . |