Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the concept of the safety case — a case going back to the very essentials of design — is so important . |
| 2 | Doorways opened off this stone passage right and left , one to give access to the porter 's lodge , the other to a stairway leading up to the gatehouse itself , above the pend , from which the drawbridge and portcullis were managed . |
| 3 | A roadside gate opposite admits to a field sloping down to the river ( no path ; no right of way so seek permission to visit ) where , in a wild and impressive setting , the Dee , here flowing in a deep ravine , leaps in a waterfall into a deep pool beneath a high canopy of trees . |
| 4 | His origins are obscure , but he seems to have been a German from one of the tribes which were allowed to settle within the Empire , and for which privilege they were liable for military service , a practice going back to the late third century . |
| 5 | Have , in contrast , eliminates any reference to a tension leading up to the realization of the infinitive and represents the latter as being " already in the bag " . |
| 6 | A stranger coming in to the house that you 've never seen before |
| 7 | Sultan Pakubuono XI of Surakarta comes from a lineage reaching back to the ninth century and , despite Indonesia 's official birth into the modern age with her independence in 1949 , the Sultan , like his ancestors before him , remains the uncrowned " Pope " of pre-Islamic Javanese mysticism . |
| 8 | He smiled broadly and he turned from her , munching at the buttered scone , and as he walked out of the back door he heard the sound of a car coming on to the gravel in front of the house . |
| 9 | I continued to go off and on although I do have some special memories as a youngster running on to the Hillsborough turf to shake John Giles 's hand after beating Birmingham 3–0 in the Cup semi-final ( 1972 ) . |
| 10 | We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower . |
| 11 | The ILEA covered the area of the former LCC and thus ensured a continuity going back to the establishment of the London School Board in 1870 ( Maclure 1988 : 110 — 11 ) . |
| 12 | Such testate protozoans have a record extending back to the Cambrian . |
| 13 | Craig hurried up the stairs as the knocking became more insistent and paused for a moment staring back to the hallway . |
| 14 | I think Paul Reaney would have had a job settling in to the defence last year . |
| 15 | The fraction of each configuration , P i , P h , and P s , measured from the respective peak areas , can be related to ρ m the probability that a monomer adding on to the end of a growing chain will have the same configuration as the unit it is joining . |
| 16 | Eubank has formulated a master-plan leading up to the fight of his dreams — a £1 million title unification fight next September with arch-enemy Benn . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , at Newbury , our archaeologists have worked with the Trust for Wessex Archaeology and unearthed the remains of flint tools from a site dating back to the Middle Stone Age . |
| 18 | But I have seen a coke stove , cast iron coke stove on a chimney going up to the ceiling in the dark absolutely glowing bright , bright , red . |
| 19 | He was fined £50 for breaching a local by-law but yesterday claimed it was everybody 's right to search for bait in a ruling dating back to the Magna Carta in 1215 . |
| 20 | In his ignorance , the right hon. Member for Chingford — I have given him notice of this — sees British history as a continuum stretching back to the dawn of time . |
| 21 | I could hear their feet on the stairs , then a voice shouting down to the blind man in the road outside : ‘ Pew ! |
| 22 | Attached to it was a sash cord , linked to a rope hanging down to the track . |
| 23 | Bicester is also a well known hunting centre with a hunt dating back to the late 1700s . |
| 24 | Jo makes North Wiltshire , a cheese dating back to the twelfth century . |
| 25 | This type of tree has a history extending back to the upper Cretaceous . |
| 26 | Hydnoceras is a Devonian and Carboniferous genus , but glass sponges of similar general form ( but without knobs have a History going back to the Cambrian , and surviving species today . |
| 27 | Birmingham had a tradition going back to the inter-war period for ‘ tough ’ and ‘ realistic ’ empirical research on the Soviet economy , which was unique among British universities . |
| 28 | Charles of Blois was the candidate favoured by Philip VI , and Edward accordingly supported Montfort , offering him not only military assistance but also the earldom of Richmond , with which the Breton ducal family had a connection going back to the Norman Conquest . |
| 29 | Another mile revealed a track going up to the plateau and a sign pointing straight ahead to ‘ Hamouda ’ — a village which was not on any of the maps . |
| 30 | That 's a rocket calling out to the crew of the lifeboat , but it 's a lovely day . |