Example sentences of "[adv] to its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Benjamin 's allusions in this passage are not just to the dominance of image and sensation and the devaluation of meaning in surrealism , not just to its characteristic patterning by eruptions of the primary process into consciousness , but also and especially to surrealism 's unconditional refusal to consider art as of a different order than life . |
| 32 | Benjamin 's allusions in this passage are , not just to the dominance of the figural and the devaluation of meaning in surrealism , not just to its characteristic patterning by eruptions of the primary process into consciousness , but also and especially to surrealism 's unconditional refusal to consider art as of a different order than life . |
| 33 | Resentment of Wolsey 's experiment must have been due largely to its extension to the relatively ( though far from inarticulate ) poor of the burden normally confined to the rich . |
| 34 | The NAP has long been controversial , thanks largely to its practice of recruiting members through group psychotherapy and to its alliances with figures as diverse as the neo-fascist Lyndon LaRouche and the Reverend Al Sharpton . |
| 35 | The accuracy of the tablet is matched to the Spectrum , the grid inside the tablet 's surface consists of a wire mesh 176 by 256 , so the movement of the stylus on the screen corresponds exactly to its motion on the surface of the Grafpad . |
| 36 | It is at zero in the nuclear war band and rises steeply to its peak over the guerrilla war and terrorist bands . |
| 37 | However , it may also be unable to reap the benefits by charging the community for the advantages gained by improved amenities installed close to its factory ( eg an approach road ) , which benefit local people . |
| 38 | Machine the tape close to its edge , avoiding the cords , stitching along the top and bottom in the same direction . |
| 39 | In some cases , the decision-maker 's aim may be to force an objective as close to its goal as possible , both shortfall and excess being undesirable . |
| 40 | Even though both currencies are allowed to fluctuate within the wide 6 p.c. bands not available to other monetary units , the escudo shot right to the ceiling of its band — pushing sterling close to its floor . |
| 41 | The pound opens at 2.7800 German marks — perilously close to its floor of 2.7780 . |
| 42 | On currency markets the French franc hovered close to its floor , 2.15 per cent below the current strongman , the Irish punt , while sterling fell almost 2 pfennigs to Dm2.3562 , but closed almost unchanged at $1.4560 . |
| 43 | The plane would certainly not be shot down , and as he had not alerted the Observer Corps , there was a good chance that it would get close to its destination — Dungavel , his family home — before being spotted . |
| 44 | Close to its crest lies an outcrop of particularly fine shales and in these some of the most perfectly preserved fossils in the world have been discovered . |
| 45 | Data Connection , too , is playing its price-list close to its chest . |
| 46 | The Dragoons were in the district and to hide from them he retired to a small cave on the banks of the Lugar River , close to its junction with the Dippel Burn . |
| 47 | Excavations during 1956–7 revealed extensive ribbon development along the road skirting the south-west side of the defences , close to its junction with Ermine Street . |
| 48 | Throughout its early life , the calf stays close to its mother , positioning itself above the midline and forward of her dorsal fin . |
| 49 | Slightly wobbly at first , the kid soon learns to stand and to stay close to its mother . |
| 50 | By the second year the young orang is becoming more independent , though it still keeps close to its mother . |
| 51 | Actually , providing your timing is reasonable , this is not too dangerous , because you will be interrupting the attacking technique close to its source , when it is at its weakest . |
| 52 | There were no sustained views that stress — arising again in the main from discipline issues — could be alleviated by efforts directed at or close to its source . |
| 53 | The first step is to ensure that the waste is disposed of as close to its source as possible . |
| 54 | A team from the Centre assessed the route to be taken by Shell 's North Western Ethylene Pipeline to determine how archaeological sites close to its path — from Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth to Stanlow in Cheshire — might be affected by the proposed construction work and how potential damage might be mitigated . |
| 55 | Wanting to play this card particularly close to its vest , USL declines to describe it further . |
| 56 | The difficulties associated with the introduction of the community charge were not caused by the time taken for the Bill to pass through the House , but by the fact that a large number of regulations relating to the charge were passed close to its introduction . |
| 57 | This problem emerges most clearly in psychology 's relationships with computer-dependent methods , which come close to its ideal of objectivity . |
| 58 | When the interceptor gets close to its target , it is used as a second radar receiver . |
| 59 | They married with a view to inheritance , attended the local Protestant church and contributed handsomely to its building programme . |
| 60 | The tension between the ideas of nationalism and of socialism , and the great strength of the former , can also be seen in other , somewhat different contexts ; in Quebec , for example , the rise of the Parti Quebecois in the 1960s almost certainly owed more to its nationalism than to the social democratic aspects of its programme . |