Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a defect is expressly limited to replacement of the diskette as provided above . |
| 2 | Secondly , the techniques , although not widely developed to date , may culminate in the creation of more productive plant and animal crops that could help alleviate food scarcity problems in developing countries by increasing the viability of traditionally based agroecosystems , thus obviating the need for the cultivation of new lands . |
| 3 | If he did not touch such heights again , he remained a thoroughly reliable keeper right to the end , small , neat and quiet , and rarely given to histrionics . |
| 4 | On 6 March the Copyright Office conducted the second of two hearings to gather testimony for the recommendations it will eventually make to Congress on artists ' re-sale royalties . |
| 5 | If there was in fact any such material discrepancy or inconsistency it would have been the duty of counsel for the Crown to inform the defence of the fact , and indeed the learned trial judge expressly referred to Crown counsel 's duty in this respect . |
| 6 | Smectite and illite may form preferentially near the weathering front only to be eventually altered to kaolinite , and perhaps gibbsite , as gradual lowering of the weathering front and erosion at the top of the profile effectively causes individual clay mineral particles to move up through the profile . |
| 7 | Piecemeal change to pub exteriors and interiors , while more insidious than wholesale rebuilding , can be equally destructive . |
| 8 | Retailing employment has been a traditional refuge for those workers most exposed to redundancy in other sectors , and as such higher consumer prices ‘ provides a form of social security for the retired and unemployed ’ ( Hills 1983 p.65 ) . |
| 9 | The machine-based fundament of modern civilisation has emancipated even those most exposed to severance from the requirements of life ; broader and less mutilated existence become a viable possibility . |
| 10 | After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m . |
| 11 | Sharpe 's current illness apart , he also missed several months with repeated hernia problems which eventually led to surgery . |
| 12 | There they eventually led to coalition governments . |
| 13 | Two of ACE 's founding fathers , Compaq Computer Corp and Santa Cruz Operation Inc are now being widely tipped to stymie their respective MIPS-based ACE development work ; not just because MIPS is about to lose its independence to Silicon Graphics Inc , but also because the Intel Corp 80586 ( P5 ) bandwagon is now gathering a full head of steam , whilst DEC is also doing its damnedest to undermine the whole MIPS effort with its Alpha RISC ( see below ) . |
| 14 | What they can provide , if they successfully attach to money or property which is about to be disposed of , is security for the sum sued for together with interest and expenses . |
| 15 | In the middle of the century therefore there was a division in the trade , with immigrant craftsmen making only harpsichords and native makers almost wholly confined to spinet production . |
| 16 | In the centre of Cardigan an earth mover used to try to reach a trapped mother and child overturned , and the occupiers eventually scrambled to safety . |
| 17 | In spite of being wholeheartedly committed to trolleybus conversion , there were still some minor improvements to the tram facilities . |
| 18 | During this syndicalist period the ‘ official ’ movement was wholly committed to participation in the programme of modernization in which it participated with regional capital and the associated regional élite ( see Ben well CDP , 1978 ) . |
| 19 | 11 To there friends who knew her , her self-assertion was born from nothing but a necessary and confident determination to succeed in an area where women rarely rose to prominence . |
| 20 | As the summer wore on and Dubah 's name kept cropping up in raw intelligence data from DEA/NARCOG informants , Coleman eventually reported to Donleavy that , without ever leaving the country , the Syrian spymaster seemed to have his hand in the pockets of everybody engaged in the Bekaa 's drug traffic , from Damascus to Dearborn . |
| 21 | Other important casting centres have since come to light in Nigeria and some hundreds of castings have been analysed . |
| 22 | Lord Taylor , the Lord Chief Justice , sitting with Mr Justice Judge and Mr Justice Hidden , said they could not be sure that the original trial jury would have reached the same verdict if it had heard evidence which had since come to light . |
| 23 | It is truly amazing that in a civilized country with a government staunchly committed to law and order , or so they say , that the tax payer , you Mr President , you fellow delegates , me , and my members , our members , are left to pick up a bill amounting to millions of pounds as a result of actions by certain employers , which are , without doubt , criminal , but not against the law . |
| 24 | With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland . |
| 25 | You remember those things : they littered the creeks and bywaters of harbours , slowly returning to nature , back to the trees and minerals that gave them life . |
| 26 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 27 | The general public is constantly exposed to radiation . |
| 28 | This basically refers to success in spreading genes to later populations ; even if this means damage to an individual organism 's success . |
| 29 | This huge monumental arch was erected in the early years of the nineteenth century to celebrate the victories of Napoleon , although it was swiftly re-dedicated to Peace when the Austrians returned . |
| 30 | We moved around a lot , until we were old enough to go to boarding school . |