Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can scrape together a few hits and make enough to retire to a little place in the suburbs , you 've made the most of the opportunity . |
| 2 | Yet the surviving scores provide little help to a modern impresario trying to figure out whom to hire . |
| 3 | Labour also pointed to a significant north-south divide on new jobs , with the north having lost 330,000 jobs since 1979 , and the south having gained 1.1 million . |
| 4 | Many volunteers return many times and become strongly attached to a favourite reserve — and make firm friends . |
| 5 | But while the latter may not have a material impact on competition , they do nevertheless contribute to an incremental drift of decision-making power to a steadily diminishing number of companies . |
| 6 | There are those who feel , for instance , that a revolution did take place but not one which achieved positive effects ; or others who dispute the existence of an English revolution but who do not adhere to a neo-conservative interpretation of English history . |
| 7 | Postgraduate Bursaries are available for certain full-time courses which do not lead to a higher degree . |
| 8 | Conservatives thus hold what must appear , to those who do not hold to a conservative position , to be a distorted conception of what he was about . |
| 9 | Loose coupling relations do not refer to a specific version of a module — only to its name . |
| 10 | Loose coupling relations do not refer to a specific version of a module — only to its name . |
| 11 | ‘ Lifetime ’ partners do not refer to a finite time period but to partners since first sexual intercourse ‘ so far ’ ; this may be the most inaccurate measure because of difficulties of recall , whereas discrepancies over shorter time intervals are much smaller . |
| 12 | Normative rulings , then , do not apply to a fixed role apart from the incumbent ; they can be developed only as individuals have the time and occasion to become familiar with each others ' past history and future intentions . |
| 13 | In possibly solving a problem in relation to stamp duty or SDRT the arrangement may throw up problems in other areas : ( 1 ) Section 89(4) of CA 1985 ( statutory pre-emption rights ) provides that the statutory pre-emption rights do not apply to a particular allotment of equity shares if these are , or are to be , wholly or partly paid up otherwise than in cash . |
| 14 | Median and interquartile ( 25th to 75th centiles ) range ( IQR ) values are given for each group , since the data do not conform to a Gaussian distribution . |
| 15 | It is well established that a buyer may reject goods which do not conform to a contractual sample . |
| 16 | Now , individual workers will be able to leave the state scheme even if they do not belong to a recognized scheme . |
| 17 | The church sends an invitation to any who do not belong to a particular church , but would like to join in . |
| 18 | At the same time , it is too easy to condemn certain forms of work for being apolitical simply because they do not correspond to a certain paradigm of immediate political effectivity . |
| 19 | These fragmentary observations — some of them , like the contrast between government and administration , misleading — clearly do not amount to a systematic theory of the political transition from capitalist to socialist society , or of the eventual nature of a socialist political system . |
| 20 | It follows that Gandhi 's view of symbols differs somewhat from that of Tillich in the sense that they do not point to a hypostasized Ultimate . |
| 21 | We do n't cater to a large number of students intending to do first school work , it 's , our main interest has been in the middle and secondary school areas . |
| 22 | Three point four is a small matter , of deputy head whilst it would be inappropriate of course to er schools indefinitely should there be reduction in numbers , certainly we do need a mechanism by which small reductions in numbers do n't lead to a tragic and drastic loss of staff . |
| 23 | You do n't have to a professional masseur — try these movements yourself . |
| 24 | ‘ Been dead for years now , has Titch , do n't live to a grand old age as a rule , his sort , everything 's compressed , you see , and he lived a lot longer than they usually do . |
| 25 | There appear to be a lot jotted throughout , but they do n't amount to a vast amount of money . |
| 26 | Most of you wo n't even know who the MCofS are ; you 're certainly not all members ( did you know you could be ? ) and you probably do n't belong to an affiliated club . |
| 27 | Do n't stick to a single time each day but try to vary it to see if the time of day makes a difference for you . |
| 28 | Do n't apply to a parched lawn , and follow the manufacturer 's instructions . |
| 29 | I only 'ope it do n't come to a General Strike , Don . |
| 30 | If you 've just moved to a new area a good way to break the ice for you and your child is a parent and toddler group . |