Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The male stickleback migrates upstream to breeding grounds in Spring . |
| 2 | The whole process became disheartening and , although I tried various mantras , from words I repeated endlessly to candle flames that I stared at , my thoughts always got the better of me . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the pattern of Japan 's postwar history owes much to Occupation policy . |
| 4 | United owed much to goalkeeper Rees , who had earlier saved superbly from Holden and later denied Adams , first with a block with his feet then by kicking over a dipping effort from the right . |
| 5 | However , I say again to the House — and especially to Government Members that they should ask questions relating to the Prime Minister 's responsibility — |
| 6 | As a result , environmental study is virtually neglected in the curriculum in the years when it could be most meaningful and most beneficial , especially to school leavers . |
| 7 | Congratulations to the Causeway Coast Sea Angling Club , and especially to secretary Noel Kinnear , for organising last weekend 's 29th International Causeway Coast International Sea Angling Festival out of Portrush . |
| 8 | We 'd alighted at Kirkby Stephen 's spruce little station , 19 miles down the line , especially to bag supper at the Horseshoe . |
| 9 | It has been received wisdom that Scotland is fiercely opposed to the NHS reforms , especially to hospital trusts . |
| 10 | He accepted the original challenge from Technology plc and said : ‘ I 'd like to express my appreciation to Walsall FC and especially to Technology plc , who arranged the coach for the CMS team 's 15 spectators who travelled down to Walsall and for organising the match officials and buffet in the evening . ’ |
| 11 | The ‘ temptations ’ of the jazz era in London 's West End , especially to Cup finalists , were a real danger , and Chapman constantly reminded his players that ‘ they only count as long as they retain their form on the field ’ . |
| 12 | The sensor will react instantaneously to body heat and bring on a light outside your home whenever anyone approaches . |
| 13 | According to Vo Quy , Vietnam loses nearly 200,000 hectares of forest land annually to forest fires , agricultural clearance , fuelwood needs and timber extraction . |
| 14 | They calculate that the ageing population is adding 1 per cent annually to health service costs . |
| 15 | The approaches to market segmentation referred to above apply more naturally to consumer markets than to industrial markets , where an entire market may be made up of just a few customers . |
| 16 | The main point , however , is that this alternative way of analysing profit seems to lend itself more naturally to business thinking and can be linked in with conceptual thinking about strategy . |
| 17 | The House of Lords held that the effect of the clause was not merely to bar proceedings but to extinguish the carrier 's liability if it was not complied with . |
| 18 | Posters , magazines , even songs , held out the prospect of Arcadia within travelling distance of the metropolis — a detached house in leafy seclusion , but close enough to golf club , tennis club , and railway station . |
| 19 | None of the dealers I spoke to felt confident enough to sex Peacock Gobies , so I purchased seven fish from three different dealers . |
| 20 | Too much attention was paid to low-damage but high-publicity cases like oil spills and the famous toxic waste in Love Canal , not enough to habitat loss and global warming . |
| 21 | This boy of yours is twenty-five years old , old enough to father children and break hearts . |
| 22 | Politics must play a major role in any decision — but how long can the organisers afford to defer their verdict on whether the country is stable enough to stage World Cup 1995 ? |
| 23 | I 'm not stupid enough to risk taking hold of your muddy paw now ; you 'll pull me in too ! ’ |
| 24 | so that was n't strong enough to shovel coal ? |
| 25 | The A n T m tracts are known to strongly contribute to gel mobility anomaly and so to DNA curvature ( 1,3,4,9,26 ) . |
| 26 | If you have a Caribbean or African background you may be susceptible to high blood pressure and to diabetes , but less so to heart disease . |
| 27 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 28 | And so to Pillar Rock — the largest crag in Lakeland . |
| 29 | The fact that by 1991 the situation had begun to change more generally was due less to Authority initiatives — which remained on a relatively small scale — than to a combination of growing commitment at school level and the legislative requirements in respect of school governing bodies and the provision of information to parents about curriculum and assessment . |
| 30 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |