Example sentences of "[adv] to one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strong wind tore through the trees whipping the branches fiercely to one side while the rain swept across their faces . |
| 2 | For racial nationalists , all these influences led inexorably to one conclusion . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I noticed that when Pyke was about to talk he put his head thoughtfully to one side and looked away into the distance . |
| 7 | Pushing a chair gently to one side , he placed it on the table and sat down . |
| 8 | Hands gripped her shoulders and moved her gently to one side . |
| 9 | Then , stretching out one hand , he pushed her very gently to one side and strode past her into the living-room . |
| 10 | On the A Six O Nine there 's resurfacing on Road between Drive and Drive and erm further up the M One junction eighteen , it 's down to one lane on the southbound carriageway that is causing delays and there is a contraflow on the M One between junctions twenty one and twenty two in operation there in both directions . |
| 11 | And on the M forty between junctions one and one A , that 's the stretch between Denham and the M twenty five , the outside lane is closed in both directions , there also is some repair work going on between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame , where it 's down to one lane in both directions . |
| 12 | ‘ They do n't graze like a herd of sheep and keep all the vegetation down to one level , ’ says Robson . |
| 13 | It was down to one yard and 343 employees in August 1987 , although with new orders the work force increased to 850 at the beginning of 1988 . |
| 14 | If that change can be put down to one man it is Bob Brett , who took over coaching duties from Balazs Taroczy in February last year . |
| 15 | And Tottenham 's clever campaign to save the club is now down to one man Venables and his business expertise . |
| 16 | Prior knowledge ranged from seven of the subjects who previously knew all 40 of the junctions down to one subject who previously knew just six , the mean number known was 29.6 . |
| 17 | What you must do is carry out as much investigation as is reasonably possible to narrow it down to one suspect . |
| 18 | In quick succession France slimmed down from three to one and Italy from two to one ; Britain also finally slimmed down to one company from two and previously three . |
| 19 | In general the dinners must extend over two years , but there are certain exemptions , and in particular students who are exempted from the ‘ academic ’ stage of the Bar examinations ( as most are ) can cut their dining period down to one year by double dining , i.e. by dining 24 times that year instead of the usual 12 . |
| 20 | The Queen of Beauty can not be pinned down to one expression , and every female image of beauty that is created is only a single realization of a great range of possibilities . |
| 21 | Stigma make a very good 50 mm , f 3.5 lens with a full macro facility , which is capable of focusing down to one inch and giving one to one magnification . |
| 22 | Tonight expected to be dry with mist and fog patches forming and a ground frost in many places , the minimum temperature is down to one degree Celsius , thirty four Fahrenheit . |
| 23 | But then again I 'm not trying to put that defeat down to one person . |
| 24 | Unless it was somebody we have already used , and that really boils down to one person in York , and she 's shown no signs of applying , so . |
| 25 | Well he 's gone on seven days of the week complaining about so and so we 'll just narrow that down to one article about his his complaint that they may just make a little note he 's complained seven times about this ! |
| 26 | Kneel down to one side of your partner ( or stand if you are using a massage couch ) . |
| 27 | if if you remember we we kept the annual report bit , the financial bit just down to one side . |
| 28 | The sheets were twisted and the blankets had slipped down to one side . |
| 29 | He continued : " This experience boils down to one point : we must integrate the fundamental principles of Marxism with the concrete realities of the Chinese revolution and national development and keep to our own road . " |
| 30 | When you consider that when a tyre is down to one point six millimetres there 's not enough rubber on the road when conditions are wet , in hazardous conditions . |