Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patron of the third kind , offering social reputation and protection , often worked within conditions where the work was being partly or wholly offered to a paying public ; the Elizabethan public theatres were in that sense fully commercial institutions . |
| 2 | In the towns a rich and influential group of merchants , retailers , professional men and the like led their chapels in all the important decisions such as whether or not to move to a Unitarian position . |
| 3 | You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect , and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt . |
| 4 | You can leave your pension in the fund , as described above , and additionally contribute to a personal pension , providing your contributions do not exceed the allowed Inland Revenue limit , i.e. two-thirds of final salary ( or whatever is allowed according to the rules of the scheme ) . |
| 5 | They left the marketplace for a maze of streets and eventually came to a large stone two-storeyed house with a timbered roof , its exquisite carved eaves jutting out over a small courtyard beneath . |
| 6 | We drove for miles through dense jungle and eventually came to a big pool which was maybe 150 metres square and 30 metres deep . |
| 7 | He followed the widest of the paths northwards and eventually came to a deserted airfield . |
| 8 | Commanders were selected at top level of course , after which they were invited to attend at HQ where they would sift through the applications from prospective crew members , discuss them with the administrating Inspector and eventually come to a mutual agreement on the crewing of each cutter for the following year . |
| 9 | Issues which were to influence subsequent events and eventually lead to a national curriculum are specified : first , that the curriculum is overcrowded and the timetable overloaded ; secondly , that pupils who move from one school to another are penalized because of curricular variations between schools ; thirdly , that curricular arrangements within each school tend to give rise to unequal curricular opportunities for pupils ; fourthly , that the school curriculum is not sufficiently relevant for life in a modern industrial society ; and fifthly , that there are evident weaknesses in existing assessment procedures and methods of recording pupil progress . |
| 10 | It introduces non-state actors and so belongs to a new pluralism in International Relations . |
| 11 | The difference between materialist , scientific thought and idealist , ideological thought is that the former recognizes the determination of consciousness and so returns to an empirical or ‘ real ’ world of practical activity to generate abstractions . |
| 12 | Then redaction criticism is of limited value , but its methods can help to bring out the special interests of the editor and so lead to a fuller appreciation of the theology expressed in his work . |
| 13 | By bringing up a puppy in the context of a set routine , the anxiety factor present in dogs ( and humans alike ) will not be brought into play and so lead to an aggressive outburst . |
| 14 | That is why , when we are about to take a free kick , Phil Meek will pull his bottom lip up over his nose and Micky Deere will leap up and down pointing to an imaginary burning Zeppelin . |
| 15 | French biologists ignored Darwin and only turned to a Lamarckian version of evolutionism in the 1880s . |
| 16 | He should believe in her character , and not object to a past action she could not avoid . |
| 17 | The design and development of many of these products was undertaken by large groups of workers and not limited to a small technocratic elite . |
| 18 | Examples in Northern Tyneside include ship-building and -repair as part of the maritime industrial structure , and those local plants which are independent and not tied to a particular customer . |
| 19 | However , talk within the argument and not addressed to a specified individual may be in Creole or in British English , with a single turn often containing elements of both . |
| 20 | If you are married and not entitled to a basic pension on your own contributions , you can still claim the graduated pension , even if your husband has not yet retired . |
| 21 | It may be significant , however , that Mr Allworthy 's house is Gothic , and thus belongs to an older pattern of society and architecture with a rather different idea of human community . |
| 22 | This will shift the L curve to the right in diagram ( a ) , and thus lead to a smaller fall in the rate of interest than that illustrated . |
| 23 | Derrida , of course , endorses this formulation , but stresses the principle of arbitrariness and differences as against the notion of the sign itself , since it risks degenerating into an entity and thus reverting to a metaphysical concept . |
| 24 | The Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train began to slow down and soon came to a smooth stop . |
| 25 | Today there are eleven bedrooms , all with private bathrooms and colour TV , and individually furnished to a high standard ; one has a four-poster bed . |
| 26 | Thus power comes with political longevity , and once appointed to a coveted committee , a Senator or Representative will be loathe to accept , let alone seek , reallocation to another with the more junior status that will ensue , unless the move is clearly likely to be politically beneficial in the medium-if not the short-term . |
| 27 | The professional literature on violence is extensive and usually refers to a complex interaction of factors which have to be taken into account to explain its occurrence . |
| 28 | As these sales have evolved from the original trading of bric-a-brac and home produce to an open market for all goods , this has proved a lucrative market place for groups trading in illegal software . |
| 29 | ‘ As these sales have evolved form the original trading of bric-a-brac and home produce to an open market for all goods , this has proved a lucrative marketplace for groups trading in illegal software . ’ |
| 30 | Those with oily or normal complexions may need to change the kind of face creams used and those whose skins have always been dry will need to take even more care and possibly change to a heavier cream . |