Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fall asleep hours later to the sound of their engrossed murmuring on the night air . |
| 2 | The only things he does n't like are the narrow ramps on to aeroplanes , so we have to get behind him with a broom . |
| 3 | The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) . |
| 4 | The modules are structured into five levels , from Module 1 which is designed for complete beginners through to Module 5 , in which students attain a level of competence some way above that required for a pass at SEB Higher Grade . |
| 5 | Melinda waded out after me and we climbed up one of the mooring ropes on to the deck . |
| 6 | Throwing mooring ropes out to the Continent to balance Britain 's over-strong anchor cables to America made sense to many people . |
| 7 | The Conti family house still survives at the top of the ridge on which the little hill town is built : it has extensive views across to Segni and also to Anagni . |
| 8 | Sometimes they may end with one side going extinct , in which case the other side presumably stops evolving in that particular progressive direction , and indeed it will probably even ‘ regress ’ for economic reasons soon to be discussed . |
| 9 | Gould organised the shipment of several complete bowers back to London , where they were put on display at the Zoological Society . |
| 10 | The late-fourth century rebuilding at Chedworth , with the use of stones from the nymphaeum , and associated coins up to the House of Theodosius , clearly indicates a continued occupation of the site , presumably as a small farm . |
| 11 | The Crown is one of Scarborough 's most outstanding properties , situated on the South Cliff , with beautiful panoramic views out to sea , taking in both the harbour and the Old Town . |
| 12 | The introduction of cash crops and an increasing population acted together to increase pressure on the land significantly , in specific cases even to critical levels , such as in Ruanda and in the ‘ reserves ’ of Kenya and Zimbabwe . |
| 13 | One by one , he put the drowsy birds on to the top perch . |
| 14 | By making simple changes such as swapping ordinary margarine for low-fat spread , the cheese for reduced-fat cheddar and by sticking to just one biscuit instead of four Nicky could cut the total calories down to 1,850 . |
| 15 | So how we gon na get hundred a hundred odd trays down to us ? |
| 16 | In December 1980 the government announced that a further 192 non-departmental bodies were to be wound up by 1983 , bringing the total savings up to about 23m a year by 1983 . |
| 17 | It had a strange and thrilling resonance , as if the singer were standing in a large room or a courtyard built of stone in one of the ancient palaces left by the Mogul emperors further to the west . |
| 18 | From the Roman Forum , once the city 's most important political and social centre , to the Colosseum , perhaps the city 's best known monument , to the soaring Baroque dome of St-Peter 's and the Vatican city with its superb collection of paintings and sculptures , to the Trevi Fountains and the Spanish steps through to the twentieth century Victor-Emmanuel monument built to commemorate the unity of Italy — the list is endless and no amount of reading about the Eternal City can substitute a visit there as Rome speaks for herself . |
| 19 | He hurried up the narrow steps on to the parapet of the curtain wall . |
| 20 | I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree . |
| 21 | This may help to explain why in models of the historical determinants of trade union growth which concentrate solely upon economic variables up to 30 per cent of membership growth typically remains unexplained . |
| 22 | In addition , according to a Cabinet decree , private savings up to 10,000 tugriks ( US$1.00=Tug3.3431 as at Jan. 14 , 1991 ) would be doubled . |
| 23 | But these are technical considerations not to be dwelt on here . |
| 24 | low potencies up to 12C ( physical plane ) |
| 25 | Founded in the 12th century on what was then virtually an island in the fens , Denny Abbey was at different times home to Benedictine monks , Knights Templars and Franciscan nuns . |
| 26 | The project , which is to create an unprecedented space for the products of Scottish artists up to the present day , needs all the friends it can get , as it has still to be sold to government and any private benefactors . |
| 27 | Swivelling round in his chair , he dropped a pile of X-rays and accompanying notes on to the desk beside him . |
| 28 | Brig Cumming said a key element of the plan was to ‘ picket the people ’ in other words to set up communications lines so that all levels of the factions from top commanders down to local warlords and the actual troops manning barricades were aware of the nature of the convoys and when they were planned to pass through a specific area . |
| 29 | That was the position taken by pretty nearly all men of intelligence from the earliest historical times down to about a hundred bears ago . |
| 30 | One can still argue , as I have argued myself in connection with the correlation of the north-west European Trias , that major events , such as marine transgressions on to one part of a continent , are likely to have more widespread effects in the rest of that continent . |