Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Substantial memory melted suddenly to consciousness of present loss . |
| 2 | This situation was in blatant breach of Article 13 of the European Convention , which requires that anyone whose rights ( eg to freedom of expression ) are violated should have an " effective remedy " . |
| 3 | • Media work has a particular significance , leading naturally to discussion of how spoken language and visual accompaniment are interpreted ; this leads to an understanding of the processes of selection , omission and editing which take place when any programme is prepared . |
| 4 | If , by agreement with the continuing partners , the personal representatives , themselves duly authorised by provisions in the will or otherwise , are content to leave the deceased 's share in the continuing firm by way of loan , for example to help the firm over some temporary financial difficulty , they do not on that account become entitled to any account of the profits of the firm , merely to payment of interest at the agreed rate . |
| 5 | They , they gave you enough to sort of live on . |
| 6 | I think that 's all I need say by this time the next our next speaker is usually arriving so to sort of develop and not that there 's a real need for it nor am I capable of doing so . |
| 7 | These results owe less to diversification of any kind than to capital gains in the market for corporate control . |
| 8 | ‘ I enjoy it ’ and ‘ It hurts ’ testify of course only to awareness of the immediate stimuli , and will always be outweighed if enlargement of awareness changes the response . |
| 9 | Moralists able only to think of autonomy , of the active imposition of the will on what is round us , miss the essential values of receptivity , of contemplation , of openness to the splendours of what is not oneself . |
| 10 | In America it is the most common fatal form of cancer , in Britain it is second only to cancer of the lung . |
| 11 | The core studies comprise Architectural History courses taken alongside other clearly associated courses ( either history of art or architectural science , according to the student 's choice ) , while a third course in each year is chosen by the student from all subjects in the Faculties of Arts , Science or Social Sciences , subject only to compatibility of timetable . |
| 12 | Worldwide , indeed , ‘ exotic ’ species introduced by human beings have become a major cause of extinctions : probably second in importance only to loss of habitat . |
| 13 | The same economic and social conditions in the plains area might have led only to loss of soil fertility but not to wholesale soil erosion and environmental collapse . |
| 14 | Surely you have learnt by now that care of equipment comes second only to care of the patients ! ’ |
| 15 | The question of widening or deepening is relevant not only to membership of the Community , but also to the powers of the Community . |
| 16 | The relatedness of fetal mortality to birth intervals is widely discussed in the relevant literature but , due perhaps to lack of reliable data even from developed countries , without resolution . |
| 17 | Dietary protein , together with the high activity levels that are characteristic of the illness , exert a nitrogen-sparing effect , and initial weight loss is due almost entirely to loss of adipose tissue . |
| 18 | Based on the shape of this receptive field , they then search for the stimulus that gives the best response from it , and in Figure 7 you see that one particular cell responded best to movement of a bar oriented at a particular angle , and also that it only responded when this bar moved in one direction . |
| 19 | And we go finally to Rosemary of Cambridge and she would like to plant two nice shrub rose bushes . |
| 20 | As diagnoses become more refined , they move from a simple description of signs and symptoms to an understanding about pathogenesis , and finally to knowledge of aetiology . |
| 21 | During the exchange itself he 'd moved from suspicion to disbelief to disgust and finally to acceptance of Estabrook 's proposal . |
| 22 | Within the owls , therefore , there is a progression from minimal ( although still considerable ) loss of bone in the barn owl and other species , to destruction of the weaker postcranial elements in the eagle owls , and finally to destruction of both postcranial elements and jaws in the tawny and little owls . |
| 23 | Erm , no just to kind of or the wee one or something like this , aye , . |
| 24 | You know , we had a long time really just to kind of toss out . |
| 25 | Just to kind of get a feel of that importance , erm let's think about some categories of communication which we may not use verbal channels for very much , okay ? |
| 26 | I wo n't keep her long , miss , just to sort of … to reassure her , like , that I 'm back . |
| 27 | Now , we while you 're here you know wha just to sort of ten minutes erm I mean Ian 's produced these sheets |
| 28 | Right the idea of this little chat this briefing before we go out and do the er driving assessments next week is just to sort of give you an idea and a and a bit of an inroad into what we 're looking at and what we 'll be doing next week . |
| 29 | The first little bit of time is spent just to sort of take it easy , take our time , get to know another , and for us to assess the drive . |
| 30 | Just to sort of flag up jobs which were over a hundred thousand pounds and that had finished or are well on their way this year . |