Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] to a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Townsend 's data shows that a higher proportion of the non-manual groups — 19 per cent — received paid holidays of five weeks or more compared to a very negligible proportion of the manual groups — 1 per cent . |
| 2 | Losing tended to lead to a disintegration of the group , and the search for scapegoats both within and outside the group ; tasks needs became even more important to the loser ; losing , however , forced groups to re-evaluate their view of themselves and eventually come to a more realistic assessment of what changes were required to make the group effective . |
| 3 | Thus a normal training time in the new time zone might coincide with night on home time and so lead to a physically poorer and psychologically dispiriting performance . |
| 4 | The Great Seducer was on the loose and quietly and anonymously returned to a more vigorous social exchange . |
| 5 | But even taking into consideration phyla or classes as a whole , one is struck ( at least I am struck ) by the remarkable way in which particular groups of fossils seem to have been " in fashion " for a while and then return to a comparatively minor role . |
| 6 | In these materials the wood was impregnated to a greater or less extent with a resin and then compressed to a considerably higher density . |
| 7 | The relegation of less frequently used books to remote storage should eventually increase the overall relevance of the stock to users ' needs and therefore lead to a more efficient use of resources ( assuming that books which replace the neglected material issue more frequently ) . |
| 8 | The semi-fixed search starts as a fixed search but then progresses to a more open mode . |
| 9 | Thirdly , Simkin claims to quote Schlichtegroll 's Nekrolog ( 1793 ) but actually refers to a doubly inaccurate translation from and of Stendhal . |