Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun pl] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a crucial ingredient in their success was the fielding of the team ( with Bland at the forefront ) and if Jonty Rhodes can inspire his team to come even close to such heights then the South African team of the 1990s may well go one step further than their illustrious predecessors . |
| 2 | It is difficult to believe that fifteen to twenty years ago the majority of people in this country did not have a bank Current Account . |
| 3 | If size of school at some stages is related to educational opportunities then the retention of small rural schools is inequitable . |
| 4 | ( ii ) Teaching about language should encourage discussion of vocabulary that is specific to local communities — words for local places , buildings , institutions etc , and local usages such as bairn ( cf child ) , baps ( cf rolls ) , outwith ( cf outside ) ; or to particular age groups , eg frock ( cf dress ) , wireless ( cf radio ) ; or to certain occupations eg the specialist terms and acronyms used by groups such as doctors , lawyers , builders , computer experts and mechanics . |
| 5 | In a tenth of a second it passes on only six digits of code to other neurones yet the brain works seemingly simultaneously . |
| 6 | If the under-development applies to renal rhythms then the production of urine at night might be considerably higher than in normal children and this can lead to the problem of bed-wetting . |