Example sentences of "[adv] to its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the wheel has come full circle : the main feature in the design of the primitive sickle is included — much to its advantage — in the latest models of the combine harvester . |
| 2 | In Part Two I will suggest a way in which the important contribution that anomie theory makes to understanding crime can be reformulated in classical terms , much to its benefit . |
| 3 | The quality of even our grandest scenery owes much to its intimacy of scale . |
| 4 | It has been suggested ( Walker , 1982 , p. 11 ) that the popularity of ‘ community care , owes much to its flexibility and adaptability — the term can be used to describe a wide range of institutions and services ( and , critics would add , the lack of them too ) . |
| 5 | The art owes much to its predecessor , kung fu , which was the root of its modern development . |
| 6 | Birmingham 's popularity with meeting planners owes much to its ease of accesses from all parts of the UK and Europe . |
| 7 | He revised the work very thoroughly , and much to its improvement , in 1880 — two years after completing not only ‘ Eugene Onegin ’ and the Fourth Symphony , but his disastrous marriage as well . |
| 8 | it increases the complexity of the description without , in my view , contributing much to its value . |
| 9 | In turn , the types of constructions in which a verb may appear owe much to its meaning . |
| 10 | The romantic-lyrical ballad style of twentieth-century Tin Pan Alley clings stubbornly to its role in the representation of gender relations within the norms set by the stereotype of the bourgeois couple , despite attempts made from time to time to move it into new patterns with new meanings . |
| 11 | CAM developments therefore give greater credence to the ideas behind activity-based costing , though not necessarily to its application in complex routine costing systems providing regular monthly reports on an activity basis . |
| 12 | Their work returned afresh to the problem of social waste in education , and especially to its manifestation in the selective and divided system of secondary education . |
| 13 | This was due not merely to its length , but also to the character and personality of Boniface ; yet even here Edward was in luck . |
| 14 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 15 | Compared with the Fontenay Trio ( Teldec ) , they are richer and more responsive to the music 's latent unease , less so to its elegance . |
| 16 | Every living cell has a naturally occurring vibration which relates not only to its level of energy , its mass and its form but to the nature of the medium in which it vibrates — its environment . |
| 17 | At this level of production the program is useful only to its creator and can not be disseminated further . |
| 18 | Loose coupling relations do not refer to a specific version of a module — only to its name . |
| 19 | Loose coupling relations do not refer to a specific version of a module — only to its name . |
| 20 | The tensions exhibited by the Council of Europe must be attributed not only to its structure , but to the forces which determined it . |
| 21 | The motor car is private transport , available only to its owner and his immediate circle . |
| 22 | MDC 's performance must in future be assessed in terms of its ability to work with local authorities and community groups and its achievements in bringing jobs and prosperity not only to its area but also to its indigenous population . |
| 23 | The film cuts from the Black man writing on the blackboard to the grotesque ‘ nigger minstrel'-style head of a Guy , which , as if it had been lynched and hung , falls ominously to its chest . |
| 24 | She had no intention of putting herself deeper into Luke 's bad books ; all she wanted now was for her involvement with Woodline Design to proceed peacefully to its end . |
| 25 | We all knew that the life of Sir Henry Wood was coming peacefully to its close . |
| 26 | The reign of King Steam was moving peacefully to its close . |
| 27 | It does run parallel to the Great North Road ( A1 ) away to its east . |
| 28 | Can you imagine how the owner of a fine chesterfield sofa must have felt to see it thus frogmarched away to its doom under the lashing rain ? |
| 29 | It was uncrossable for at least a hundred yards , but then my side appeared to slope more easily to its floor . |
| 30 | Chapter Three gives a detailed account of the action project from setting it up , operating it , and finally to its termination . |