Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would n't be here now , dressed to the nines for an evening that would be about as thrilling as an attack of flu , if she had n't again responded in anger to her emotions . |
| 2 | Presumably the employee would have led evidence as to the latter if the employer 's accounts had indeed contained such information . |
| 3 | Patrick Motors ' interest in car design goes back to the '30s when the company designed and built its own ‘ Patrick Specials ’ . |
| 4 | This image of Celtic was one that dated back to the '20s when the club tried to sell the free scoring centre-forward Jimmy McGrory when he was en route to a catholic pilgrimage at Lourdes . |
| 5 | This task of considering key moments can be a very valuable way of recapping from one session to the next when the drama extends over a long period , as it usually does once it becomes part of a project or topic work . |
| 6 | With nervous steps , I crossed from one slippery wet boulder to the next whilst the water swirled and gurgled beneath . |
| 7 | This means rolling to the right with a clockwise main rotor or to the left if the rotor rotates anticlockwise . |
| 8 | To , to change this , the British road system to the same as the continent would be easy . |
| 9 | This , he said , could not be characterised as having breached the duty of good faith which amounted to no more than a principle of fair and honourable dealing . |
| 10 | 170 it was held that the word ‘ convicted ’ in sections 9 and 12 of the Coinage Offences Act 1861 ( 24 & 25 Vict. c. 99 ) referred to no more than a finding of guilt . |
| 11 | He whispered something but so close to my ear the sound was distorted and I said , suppressing my voice to no more than a breath because it can be so harsh , ‘ Say it again . |
| 12 | If the telephone conversation amounts to no more than an inquiry or preliminary discussion , it may be that no contract is made then . |
| 13 | It would amount to no more than the patient being dragged around with maximum support , using his unaffected side to try to keep up , and holding on to his helpers for dear life . |
| 14 | This " combination " which effectively amounts to no more than the adjective itself is then linked by explicit assignment to the entity of the subject . |
| 15 | According to Ekonomska politika ( 11 March 1985 ) , the creation of the self-management communities of interest has often amounted to no more than the conversion of a previous government bureau into a new organization . |
| 16 | Life appeared to continue largely as normal in the Libyan capital , and the warning seemed to amount to no more than the routine diplomatic tit-for-tat when countries expel each other 's envoys . |
| 17 | abolished the power of local councils to shift the burden of taxation on to local business , for the first time limiting the overall rise in business rates to no more than the rate of inflation ; |