Example sentences of "[adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tercentenary of the church in Cambridge where we met was to be held in June that year , and we looked forward eagerly to that reunion , and to another reunion in May with friends in the Lake District . |
| 2 | Some schools looked forward eagerly to whole-school involvement in health : |
| 3 | J happen somewhere , and the spaces must relate sensibly to convenient use . |
| 4 | A strong wind tore through the trees whipping the branches fiercely to one side while the rain swept across their faces . |
| 5 | For racial nationalists , all these influences led inexorably to one conclusion . |
| 6 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 7 | Arguably , Jung 's psychology ( one which appears to link better to collective experience and social relations ) is in some respects a departure for a new sociology which is more sensitive to the relationship between the individual and society and to ‘ moral careers ’ . |
| 8 | The parent , too , may seek a " better " child , who is able to respond better to parental effort . |
| 9 | But these hot summer nights lend themselves better to cold lager and I felt more at ease with the Schonbrau Original Premium Pilsener lager , very dry and good value at £3.99 for four cans . |
| 10 | But these hot summer nights lend themselves better to cold lager and I felt more at ease with the Original Premium Pilsener lager , very dry and good value at £3.99 for four cans . |
| 11 | The shiny black central sphere flicked suddenly to one side , jumped as if touched , like an animalcule at the bottom of a microscope imprisoned by the tension of a viscous fluid . |
| 12 | That they never bore fruit was due as much to Bolshevik neglect of them as to the eventual insistence from above on the abolition of the private farms . |
| 13 | All three seem to have in mind both the riveting political events of November 1990 and the concurrent BBC adaptation of Michael Dobbs ' House of Cards , which owed much to Shakespearian tragedy . |
| 14 | The latter owed much to research by Schumm and his students and is reviewed further in chapter 8 ( p. 172 ) whereas the other themes owed much to increasing knowledge of , and dependence upon , hydrology . |
| 15 | Another is Padfoot , a creature with long , smooth hair who will creep unheard alongside a traveller , then suddenly rattle a chain , much to that person 's consternation . |
| 16 | While I owe much to that tradition and trust that I am still persona grata within it , in many respects I have gone beyond Evangelical thought on matters to do with the Church and sacraments . |
| 17 | First , it is content-free , so can offer much to other subject teachers . |
| 18 | The recommendations which flowed from this committee , published in 1919 , owed much to one member , Raymond Unwin , and it is from this source that earlier years of experiment in site planning ( focusing particularly on density and layout ) , house design and standards of accommodation finally came to fruition as national policy . |
| 19 | The room itself owed much to Ixibatabian fashion , being decorated in deep reds , terra cotta , and ochre yellow . |
| 20 | Later volumes , including Crime and Custom in Savage Society ( 1926 ) , The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia ( 1929 ) , and Coral Gardens and Their Magic ( 1935 ) also added much to anthropological theory . |
| 21 | It certainly continued to give opportunity for glory , for self-advancement , and for material gain ; in that respect it has not changed much to this day . |
| 22 | One can not be so clear when considering other mosaics which appear to owe much to this manner of arrangement and depiction . |
| 23 | Sadly , Jimmy died in 1989 , but all of the achievements owe much to this dear , departed , friend . |
| 24 | Although the victory of Keir Hardie owed much to historical contingency and of the labour council to traditional Liberal support , the assertion of working-class identity was instrumental . |
| 25 | But strategy of this sort , while it is a useful analytic tool , does not contribute much to historical explanation . |
| 26 | But Saints owed much to Welsh scrum-half Jonathan Griffiths and the courage and grit of their forwards . |
| 27 | Both the American and British missile programmes owed much to German wartime work on their V-1s and V-2s , which did so much damage to London , Antwerp and Paris during the closing stages of the Second World War . |
| 28 | Profile reveals that new Polo owes much to old car ; driving position good , as is rear entry with low lip ; GT engine gives 75bhp |
| 29 | Good work by Martin Strutt supported by Stephen McKinty led to a scrum on the Banbridge line and when they failed to clear Michael Long made good ground down the right touch line before slipping the ball inside to full back Mark Tinman who scored at the corner after seven minutes . |
| 30 | I noticed that when Pyke was about to talk he put his head thoughtfully to one side and looked away into the distance . |