Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The concept of TQM dates back to the postwar period when a tried to persuade corporate heads that business should become service driven . ’ |
2 | The vineyards of Bergères-les-Vertus are largely an extension of the lower slopes of Vertus reaching down to the southern tip of the Côte des Blancs . |
3 | Sit at the bar or relax by the pool on the stunning roof-top terrace of the Villa Franca and below the village of Positano stretches downwards to the shoreline — the most marvellous sight . |
4 | The Life of Udalric of Augsburg refers lyrically to the specially composed chants which were performed at the Palm Sunday services on the hill called ‘ Perleihc ’ by the canons and boys of Augsburg cathedral . |
5 | Works by followers of Caravaggio lead in to the seventeenth-century section : a ‘ Salome ’ by Cecco del Caravaggio ( Scardeoni ) ; ‘ Christ among the Elders ’ by Louis Finson ( Governale ) , and an ‘ Archimedes ’ by Dirk Van Baburen ( Visconteum ) . |
6 | It is a smart little tag , conjuring up images of Monie bootling off to the library . |
7 | On the west the present-day boundary between Bosnia and the Dalmatian region of Croatia corresponds roughly to the historic boundaries of Roman Dalmatia , and later of the Venetian and Ottoman empires . |
8 | Meanwhile , Noel Weir of Rathfriland got through to the singles final with a 21-7 victory over an out-of-touch Noel O'Hara from Herbert Park . |
9 | She brought her hands away from her hips , which had hidden them quite well , and let a tin-opener and a tin of Whiskas drop on to the stairs . |
10 | FIGURE 9.1 The orbits of the satellites of Jupiter viewed edgewise to the Jovian equatorial plane ( only Callisto of the innermost group is shown ) . |
11 | He is a way of Eddie explaining clearly to the reader what his views are on Rodolpho 's sexuality for instance without the subtleness of when he is conversing with another character . |
12 | I left Reine early , when all the people who live on the outskirts of Paris pour in to the city to work . |
13 | Commenting on the numbers from ethnic minorities in prison , Vivien Stern , the director of NACRO went straight to the point when she suggested : |
14 | The Bishop of Derry talks exclusively to the Belfast Telegraph about his illness and the road to recovery . |
15 | The Bishop of Derry talks exclusively to the Belfast Telegraph about his illness and the road to recovery . |
16 | It is revealing , for example , to compare Engels ' description of Manchester courts close to the Irk , ‘ from the depths of which bubbles of miasmatic gas constantly arise and give forth a stench unendurable ’ , with Mrs Gaskell 's account of a Manchester court in Mary Barton . |
17 | Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea ’ . |
18 | Now , could argue that Greater York could be bigger or smaller , the local government commission , erm er there report is a very interesting read , I mean a number of the options that they 've looked at would be a gra er a city of York going out to the ring road , erm that might be one option , there 's a there there idea of of Greater York , they did harden , they did see some merit in in a Greater York unitary authority based on the Greater York planning study I think , erm whether that is going to come to pass only Mr Gummer presumably er knows , so my idea of Greater York is that it 's an area which is tied socially and economically to the city , you could argue as mobility increases , as the A ni nineteen is improved up through the County that really Northallerton now is perhaps more within the sphere of influence of York than it was ten years ago , erm e it was probably to a degree influenced by York even twenty years ago , erm I do n't think er there is much to be gained by debating where Greater York ought to be , the Secretary of State previously has n't been bothered about er amending it er it seems to us to be the reasonable area , and it 's a combination of five districts , erm erm erm who who who hopefully should be working together towards sorting out the er other problems of Greater York . |
19 | Attic sherds of En-gedi belong mainly to the late fifth and early fourth centuries . |
20 | A private garden for the use of hotel patrons runs down the water 's edge and there is a wonderful view of the Sea of Moyle stretching beyond to the shores of Scotland and the Western Isles which can be seen on clear days . |
21 | The late-seventeenth century prosperity of Norwich owed much to the consumer trades . |
22 | Grievances against the federal Government of the republic of India go back to the time of independence , when many Sikhs felt that Nehru and his Congress party reneged on solemn undertakings . |
23 | The concept of NAIRU referred only to the behaviour of the actual and the expected rate of inflation . |
24 | Behind Sweeney Agonistes lies Rivers , but Eliot 's interpretation and use of Rivers owes much to the Stevensonian world of his childhood reading , where white men seek paradise with island wives arrayed in ‘ the scarlet flowers of the hibiscus ’ , only to find too often that they are condemned to a life of soul-destroying boredom where ‘ Night on the Beach ’ is followed monotonously by ‘ Morning on the Beach ’ . |
25 | English Shakespeare Company , Darlington Civic Theatre A RATHER timid audience still shaken from the English Shakespeare Company 's new version of Macbeth ventured along to the opening night of the old romantic favourite Twelfth Night , apprehensive at what was in store this time around . |
26 | The origins of Gdansk go back to the 10th Century and its historic centre has been preserved in its ancient style . |