Example sentences of "and [adv] to a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the first attic , Léonie had discovered , if you fumbled your way through the dusty darkness to what seemed a cupboard on the far side , you found , within this , a ladder clamped to the wall that led to a trapdoor and thence to a bit of flat roof . |
| 2 | We then made brief visits in turn to some greenhouses , to a school where we witnessed an English lesson , to a clinic where we saw barefoot doctors and Chinese herbal medicines , to an agricultural machinery factory , and finally to a couple of peasants ' homes . |
| 3 | Krishna Kumar Rawal ACA of 74A High Street , Wanstead , London having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he at Ilford and Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 1 April 1990 failed to account properly and promptly for monies held on behalf of a client and in that he at Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 6 January 1992 failed to account properly and promptly to a client for interest received in respect of monies held on behalf of the said client and having been in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he at Wanstead between 3 December 1991 and 18 June 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) was reprimanded , fined £1,000 , ordered to take advice from the Professional Referrals Service and to pay £1,000 by way of costs . |
| 4 | Developers had planned to construct a hotel , leisure and golf course complex on the hill 's summit , which is the source of five rivers , 40 per cent of Penang 's freshwater , and home to a number of rare species , including flying lemurs and giant squirrels . |
| 5 | However , eight blocks have been licensed in Cardigan Bay , against the advice of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , near one of the country 's two marine nature reserves and home to a population of bottle-nosed dolphins . |
| 6 | That the project 's objectives took the form they did was partly due to the particular interests of those involved and partly to a knowledge of other experimental projects operating at that time . |
| 7 | Well next spring , in May of next year , we 're looking to put a trip together to go to the northwest of the country , to Old Trafford , obviously er Manchester United 's home ground , also to Anfield and also to a couple of er other places that are n't sort of sporty but I 'm sure will interest you . |
| 8 | If he has become a hero to the Muslim masses outside , and probably to a lot of Third World non-Muslims , it is not on his merits , but because the United States , with gratuitous and superfluous aid from Britain , has cast him for the part . |
| 9 | It can , however , be claimed that though the expansion of employment in the public sector was not directly responsible for the decline in the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector because it did not use the same labour sources and because there was no labour shortage anyhow , it was , nevertheless , indirectly responsible because it led to a decline in private profit and hence to a shortage of capital for investment in the manufacturing industries . |
| 10 | Accumulation at the top of the lee slope leads to a steepening of that slope ( Fig. 11.6B ) and hence to a decrease of the wind effect on it . |
| 11 | Even if women do return to work after having children , the majority go to a new employer and often to a job at a lower status than the one they left . |
| 12 | Therefore , people who suffer from intellectual impairment may be unable to acquire adequate knowledge and to respond quickly and appropriately to a threat to safety . |
| 13 | But back to the show , and immediately to a couple of men , for a start . |
| 14 | Defries pointed to the winged creatures spiralling down towards them , and then to a contingent of androids shuffling along the girder . |
| 15 | From Thomas Jones , who had been so frightened by Thelwall 's oratory , stories concerning the ‘ emigrant family ’ at Alfoxden passed first to Charles Mogg — a former servant at the house — and then to a cook in the household of Dr Daniel Lysons of Bath . |
| 16 | Describing London as ‘ a city of illusions , subject every now and then to a series of harsh awakenings ’ , The Echo ( 11 August 1898 ) believed that while some of the stones were undoubtedly exaggerated they nevertheless served a purpose : ‘ We steadily shut our eyes to the submerged lawlessness of less fortunate districts until a series of Whitechapel outrages , or Hooligan exploits , make us not only aware of what is going on , but actually afraid of our lives . ’ |
| 17 | We moved to another flat and then to a maisonette on the same estate . |
| 18 | He had the medical advice of Sir Daniel Davies , who had been physician to Lloyd George and indeed to a number of misguided dignitaries who were influenced by his great reputation . |
| 19 | Appeal lies to a circuit judge where the decision was made by a district judge and otherwise to a judge of the Family Division . |