Example sentences of "[adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some schools looked forward eagerly to whole-school involvement in health : |
| 2 | J happen somewhere , and the spaces must relate sensibly to convenient use . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | The parent , too , may seek a " better " child , who is able to respond better to parental effort . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | First , it is content-free , so can offer much to other subject teachers . |
| 11 | The room itself owed much to Ixibatabian fashion , being decorated in deep reds , terra cotta , and ochre yellow . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But strategy of this sort , while it is a useful analytic tool , does not contribute much to historical explanation . |
| 15 | But Saints owed much to Welsh scrum-half Jonathan Griffiths and the courage and grit of their forwards . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Profile reveals that new Polo owes much to old car ; driving position good , as is rear entry with low lip ; GT engine gives 75bhp |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Bring gently to simmering point . |
| 20 | Follow the track to farm , keeping forward as signposted in centre of farm ( ignoring left fork ) , and descend gently to main road . |
| 21 | ( Applies especially to good quality sensitive pre-coated boards . ) |
| 22 | They do so — this comment applies especially to new clause 10 — in language that is more absolute then justified or practical . |
| 23 | George Montgomery made significant research contributions , especially to cardiovascular pathology . |
| 24 | ‘ The rising gutter literature ’ , as the private press was called , appealed especially to wayward youth . |
| 25 | Given the current estimates on income to be generated by the lottery , this could mean a loss of as much as £4 million annually to Scottish sport . |
| 26 | A subsequent stage could then monitor the change in output over time and locate edges at the points at which the cell 's output changes from below to above background as the edge sweeps over the receptive field . |
| 27 | But , whatever their knowledge , of far greater importance in official thinking was the strategic value of a power source which lent itself naturally to centralized control , which was operated by a well paid , reliable work-force and which would continue to keep the miners at bay . |
| 28 | And in some cases there is support for more elaborate reforms to ensure that social welfare considerations are given appropriate weight in decision making and are not left merely to managerial discretion . |
| 29 | If the present division is regarded as desirable , the next step is to ensure that the maximum penalty for the lesser offence is sufficient to deal with cases of serious threats which are not enough to negative consent in rape . |
| 30 | The generating station must be close enough to major population centres to ensure a sufficient labour supply ; |