Example sentences of "[adv] to the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bold , and on first acquaintance awkward , start leads to the corner which is well protected and followed ever more steeply to the crux at the top . |
| 2 | Behind the tent the bank rose steeply to the hedge at the top which screened the fields . |
| 3 | The pair , who gave addresses at Dorset Square , Rathenraw estate in Antrim , were arrested close to the border at the beginning of August by Customs officers . |
| 4 | Iro squandered a couple of chances close to the line at the start of the second half , but held on to Clark 's pass to make room for Edwards to score in the 50th minute , Phil Bancroft adding a touchline goal off the post . |
| 5 | 11 KEYBOARD SOCKETS : For true ease of use , these should be at the front of the machine , or close to the front at the side . |
| 6 | In order to secure the option of a judicial challenge to the Commission 's determinations in such cases , a company would be well advised to complain formally to the Commission at the earliest opportunity , and to participate in the Commission 's investigation , making submissions and offering evidence of the adverse effects on its business of the conduct of which complaint has been made . |
| 7 | Even as recession seems at last to be easing , the strains that recession has helped to create between booksellers and publishers were brought quickly to the fore at the Booksellers Association annual conference in Torquay this week . |
| 8 | Beyond the junction with the lane from Crummack , the lane climbs gradually to the ridge at the north end of Moughton , shortly becoming a path . |
| 9 | Fingers entwined in the dark hair of the head still at her breasts , Maria cried out softly , shifting her position instinctively as she felt his hand circle her hip and then slide urgently to the softness at the top of her thighs and accept the invitation implicit in her movement . |
| 10 | An hour later Claudia lifted the phone , spoke soothingly to the woman at the other end and replaced the receiver , her face grim . |
| 11 | If the lavatory is too low for an elderly person , a raised polypropylene toilet seat which fits over it , but is easy to remove and to wash , can be very useful , and a chromium-plated hand-grip fixed very securely to the wall at the side of the lavatory can also be helpful . |
| 12 | They rode into town in her finest litter , crowded with cushions covered in a rich fabric from a country undreamed of , far to the north at the edge of the world , on the other side of the Great Green , and covered with a canopy of light linen cross-threaded with blue and gold . |
| 13 | Taking care not to break through the ice , I career upwards to the prize at the top : a crystal chandelier in a dungeon . |
| 14 | And then , because there did not seem to be any reason to wait , they moved cautiously to the door at the far end of the wood-store and inched it open . |
| 15 | Lips parted , Ruth watched anxiously as a waiter from the restaurant , with a laden silver salver balanced on his fingertips above his head , sashayed across to the yacht at the jetty . |
| 16 | Chen smiled , but made no move to sit , watching as Ling Hen went across to the figure at the control desk . |
| 17 | They found the 16-year-old boy and carried him safely to the surface at the Dan-yr-Ogof caves near Swansea . |