Example sentences of "[adv prt] to an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like counting down to an explosion . |
| 2 | Although you ca n't shrink CPAV down to an icon while it does a lengthy scan , you can use Alt+Tab to bring other Windows apps to the top of the pile . |
| 3 | They would have put it down to an alfresco commercial for one of the shows . |
| 4 | The Socialist government revised this forecast down to an increase of only 23% ( over the 1981 level ) — i.e. around 90 MTOE in 1990 with nuclear capacity restricted to 7,500 MW and oil use reduced by increased coal and gas consumption . |
| 5 | year 's low death toll down to an increase in security force presence in loyalist and republican strongholds . |
| 6 | The Iraqi leaned to the left and I peered through the crack in the sandbags at the Fattal building , a yellow-painted office block whose window frames had been chewed down to an inch or two by thousands of bullets ; the Christian Phalangist front line . |
| 7 | These relationships can be further refined down to an entity or primitive level in the intersection between the two geometric domains . |
| 8 | Now , curved raised bed surround the garden , built in red brick paving , with steps down to an area where a table and chairs catch all the available sun . |
| 9 | I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from . |
| 10 | But if she did I think she will pass out on her record because perhaps , even more delightful than someone who , you know , sitting down to an exam and , and doing reasonably well on it . |
| 11 | Now that you 're down to an average of 68 pages , why not run back up to 84 with the features that made you great . |
| 12 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 13 | The subject is dealt with in great detail in the more substantial books on heraldry as being one of great formality — a label for the eldest son , down to an octofoil for the ninth son . |
| 14 | She had already experienced difficulty in pinning her fellow walker down to an interview and , for all she could tell , might have further difficulty in that area . |
| 15 | Anyone wanting to make their pet a star should go along to an audition at the theatre on March 16 at noon . |
| 16 | Well you can fit so much in to an hour I mean it 's not rushed . |
| 17 | And to lead the horse we need to go somewhere ; perhaps around the house , across the lawn , over the concrete path , under the clothesline with flapping socks , past the dogs , and in to an environment of strange things the horse has not seen before . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's a fraction of the cost of sending teachers in to an island paying at least £50 a shot . ’ |
| 19 | She had seen her , and now she wanted to go , before she gave in to an impulse and started asking her questions about Elaine . |
| 20 | The groups vary in size , of course , from large cultural areas such as white , middle-class Christian culture , or Indian Hindu culture , to smaller groups such as a tribe , or a gang , or a sub-culture within a larger social arrangement , through to an individual in a family or other small group . |
| 21 | With over 10 years of experience we are able to provide a complete service from initial site survey through to an expert installation . |
| 22 | Officers in the field did on occasion have to struggle to get through to an official 's home number . |
| 23 | Opening the security door , he led the boy through to an interview room . |
| 24 | They were unwittingly put through to an SAE in the dealing room next door . |
| 25 | He stood up and went over to an escritoire and took a piece of paper out of a drawer . |
| 26 | Housing association money is handed over to an organisation called Community House in South East London ( Chisel ) which then finances various co-operatives . |
| 27 | Although most of this chapter has been given over to an exposition of the policy inefficacy proposition which was grounded in the aggregate demand-aggregate supply framework where variations in the absolute price level figure prominently , the reader should note that many new classical writers simply take it for granted that , in a competitive economy , markets clear on average over time . |
| 28 | Titron went over to an angle of thirty-five degrees . |
| 29 | Jacopo della Quercia is divided into two volumes , with the first given over to an account of the artist 's life and works , followed by a concise catalogue . |
| 30 | She walked over to an outhouse which , in comparison with the rest of the place , looked extremely tidy in that on the shelves were arrayed different tools of all shapes and sizes ; and on the walls , hanging from nails , was all the accoutrement that went to the dressing of a horse : collars , bridles , saddles , some stiffened with age , others looking usable . |