Example sentences of "[adv prt] to an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His trainer puts that improvement down to an earlier copper deficiency . |
| 32 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 33 | The platform party mingled with the other guests before all sat down to an excellent table buffet luncheon . |
| 34 | Indeed , holding prices down to an inefficient level of costs may be inferior in its effects to a form of control in which prices are high but costs are low . |
| 35 | Surrounded by extensive and enclosed grounds it is perfect for children who can play in complete freedom while their elders relax on the lawns that gently slope down to an attractive swimming pool . |
| 36 | Two miles further on , the A.890 from Loch Carron comes down to an improved junction . |
| 37 | A bit of bother with walkers trudging through his land can soon be sorted out by nipping along to an agricultural auction and purchasing some huge stinking cows . |
| 38 | You creep along to an open doorway . |
| 39 | The simplest way or wiring is to link in to an existing socket , but the alternative is to connect direct into the ring circuit cable using a three-dimensional junction box . |
| 40 | Once in the vagina it 's a different story , with the progress of the sperm reined in to an average speed of two feet every twenty-four hours . |
| 41 | For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant . |
| 42 | This has to be done by the Tuesday before the weekly Friday sale so that potential buyers can then tune in to an electronic preview of the lots to be offered together with their weights , breed and feed methods . |
| 43 | We got in to an unreserved seating area for 13 quid . |
| 44 | At each town the Captain had to greet the mayor and they tucked in to an excellent meal afterwards . |
| 45 | I listened with interest to my hon. Friend the Member for Stamford and Spalding ( Mr. Davies ) , who almost conveyed the impression that he had been parachuted in to an Amazonian jungle in which democratic accountability plays no role , and that we needed the benefit of a judgment on arbitrage and merger policy from New York city . |
| 46 | Caroline Amphlett had left and it was switched through to an outside line . |
| 47 | Common themes included concern at failure to think through to an underlying purpose — the absence of any rationale . |
| 48 | From 1969 the direction and administration of programmes was handed over to an African organisation ( SEPA ) with its headquarters in Accra , though training for Science Educators is offered under its auspices at Njala , Sierra Leone . |
| 49 | The AR-WACC Women 's Desk was closed this year because it was time to turn it over to an existing women 's group which would take the programme to a new phase in its development as well as broadening the network . |
| 50 | The cathedral was begun by Russian architects in 1471 but part of the building collapsed in the earthquake of 1472 so the work was handed over to an Italian architect and engineer , Aristotele Fioravanti from Bologna . |
| 51 | Today , 40 women stroll over to an open yard under the hot Andean sun carrying tools and babies , many knitting as they walk . |
| 52 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 53 | He went over to an ornate walk-in fireplace surmounted by heraldic animal heads carved in stone and pulled a fraying red cord . |
| 54 | The ideal time to make that kind of break would be as Sun shifts over to an object-oriented operating system , its next operating systems move , McNealy said . |
| 55 | On April 20 more than 50,000 people demonstrated in Bangkok in support of opposition demands that Suchinda , as a non-elected soldier , should turn the premiership over to an elected politician . |
| 56 | At length the big green truck arrived and we were bumping off to an anxious reception from Mrs. Anxious about her fragile porcelain , I should say . |
| 57 | Flor gets off to an impressive start ; the terraced dynamics and tempi of the opening section are brooding and solid , with deep , ruminative phrasing from the Concertgebouw basses . |
| 58 | Green Realignment 's independent existence got off to an uncertain start when one of the six members of its steering group , Lou Betts , announced that he had decided to rejoin the Green Party . |
| 59 | In Phil Alden Robinson 's adaptation of W.P.Kinsella 's book , Kevin Costner , Hollywood 's latest superstar , plays a New York boy with a hang-up about his father who has taken his wife ( Amy Madigan ) and daughter off to an Iowan farm to find themselves as a family . |
| 60 | DEALINGS in BDM , the storage and retrieval company recently brought to market , got off to an uneasy start , standing at 117p against the 125p issue price . |