Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can leave your pension in the fund , as described above , and additionally contribute to a personal pension , providing your contributions do not exceed the allowed Inland Revenue limit , i.e. two-thirds of final salary ( or whatever is allowed according to the rules of the scheme ) . |
| 2 | They left the marketplace for a maze of streets and eventually came to a large stone two-storeyed house with a timbered roof , its exquisite carved eaves jutting out over a small courtyard beneath . |
| 3 | We drove for miles through dense jungle and eventually came to a big pool which was maybe 150 metres square and 30 metres deep . |
| 4 | He followed the widest of the paths northwards and eventually came to a deserted airfield . |
| 5 | Commanders were selected at top level of course , after which they were invited to attend at HQ where they would sift through the applications from prospective crew members , discuss them with the administrating Inspector and eventually come to a mutual agreement on the crewing of each cutter for the following year . |
| 6 | Issues which were to influence subsequent events and eventually lead to a national curriculum are specified : first , that the curriculum is overcrowded and the timetable overloaded ; secondly , that pupils who move from one school to another are penalized because of curricular variations between schools ; thirdly , that curricular arrangements within each school tend to give rise to unequal curricular opportunities for pupils ; fourthly , that the school curriculum is not sufficiently relevant for life in a modern industrial society ; and fifthly , that there are evident weaknesses in existing assessment procedures and methods of recording pupil progress . |
| 7 | It introduces non-state actors and so belongs to a new pluralism in International Relations . |
| 8 | Then redaction criticism is of limited value , but its methods can help to bring out the special interests of the editor and so lead to a fuller appreciation of the theology expressed in his work . |
| 9 | French biologists ignored Darwin and only turned to a Lamarckian version of evolutionism in the 1880s . |
| 10 | He should believe in her character , and not object to a past action she could not avoid . |
| 11 | The design and development of many of these products was undertaken by large groups of workers and not limited to a small technocratic elite . |
| 12 | Examples in Northern Tyneside include ship-building and -repair as part of the maritime industrial structure , and those local plants which are independent and not tied to a particular customer . |
| 13 | However , talk within the argument and not addressed to a specified individual may be in Creole or in British English , with a single turn often containing elements of both . |
| 14 | If you are married and not entitled to a basic pension on your own contributions , you can still claim the graduated pension , even if your husband has not yet retired . |
| 15 | This will shift the L curve to the right in diagram ( a ) , and thus lead to a smaller fall in the rate of interest than that illustrated . |
| 16 | Derrida , of course , endorses this formulation , but stresses the principle of arbitrariness and differences as against the notion of the sign itself , since it risks degenerating into an entity and thus reverting to a metaphysical concept . |
| 17 | The Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train began to slow down and soon came to a smooth stop . |
| 18 | Today there are eleven bedrooms , all with private bathrooms and colour TV , and individually furnished to a high standard ; one has a four-poster bed . |
| 19 | Thus power comes with political longevity , and once appointed to a coveted committee , a Senator or Representative will be loathe to accept , let alone seek , reallocation to another with the more junior status that will ensue , unless the move is clearly likely to be politically beneficial in the medium-if not the short-term . |
| 20 | The professional literature on violence is extensive and usually refers to a complex interaction of factors which have to be taken into account to explain its occurrence . |
| 21 | Those with oily or normal complexions may need to change the kind of face creams used and those whose skins have always been dry will need to take even more care and possibly change to a heavier cream . |
| 22 | As it was rumoured amongst the Girls that horsemeat was served , she was unadventurous and always stuck to a monotonous diet of egg and chips . |
| 23 | I know we have all heard of cases where someone has smoked sixty cigarettes a day and still lived to a ripe old age — but is it really worth taking the chance ? |
| 24 | Listening to children reading has dominated the early stages of reading instruction for several decades , and still does to a great extent . |
| 25 | The Types of Space section is particularly informative and should stimulate communities to identify the green areas in their neighbourhoods and hopefully lead to a greater appreciation of them . |
| 26 | They will both work hard and urgently to carry to a successful conclusion , if they can , the two processes of which they are in charge — the peace conference at The Hague and the prospects for a UN peacekeeping force . |
| 27 | , Robert ( c. 1591–1652 ) , naval officer , was born c .1591 in Landulph , Cornwall , and probably belonged to a junior seafaring branch of a landed family settled in Devon . |
| 28 | Algae are present in the upper layers ; productivity is low even in summer , and probably restricted to a shallow near-surface layer beneath the ice . |
| 29 | What is common to all these conceptions is the idea that economic development , based upon the growth of science — and even some kind of ‘ technological imperative ’ — has a pervasive and fundamental influence upon the whole of social and cultural life , and hence determines to a large extent the nature of political struggles , bringing into prominence new social groups , changing the balance of power between nations , and promoting an ever-growing intervention of the state in the economy . |
| 30 | Either way , a rise in exports , being an injection into the circular flow of income , will raise aggregate demand and hence lead to a multiplied rise in income . |