Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These trays take four or six PP3s ( depending on the model of detector ) which push on to snap terminals in the bottom of the tray . |
| 2 | Burrows and Hunter 's research indicates that many landlords are trying to force pre-1988 tenants out of their properties so that they can either move in new tenants , sell with vacant possession or sell on to other landlords . |
| 3 | In the past the industry has frequently appeared bogged down by the use of a range of technical terms that mean little to potential customers . |
| 4 | In the past the industry has frequently appeared bogged down by the use of a range of technical terms that mean little to potential customers |
| 5 | Performers such as Richard Cocciante , Sandra , Renaud and Telephone mean little to British audiences , but in their own countries — Italy , Germany and France — they are stars , selling enormous quantities of records . |
| 6 | There were crags up there he 'd heard , real crags , but they were empty now and host only to thriving colonies of brilliant green algae . |
| 7 | They flock along to in-service courses . |
| 8 | Bring gently to simmering point . |
| 9 | Some companies make lifts that fit on to curved stairways or have automatic platforms that bridge the difference between the two steps at a platform landing . |
| 10 | For the smaller flags , glue on to halved cocktail sticks and stick into the red balls of fondant . |
| 11 | Glue the frame on to a piece of coloured card , matching the edges and corners , then glue on to white card , again carefully matching the edges and corners . |
| 12 | Follow the track to farm , keeping forward as signposted in centre of farm ( ignoring left fork ) , and descend gently to main road . |
| 13 | Bangladeshi babies are thought to be vulnerable , and they sleep close to other people both day and night ; at night they are either in the mother 's bed or in a cot next to it , a practice also reported by Farooqi et al . |
| 14 | You can take a cruise down the Nile , fly off to sun-drenched Barbados or choose any holiday you wish . |
| 15 | Head straight to waymarked stile at end of fourth field . |
| 16 | The event was part of the build up to Forbidden Britain Day on Sept 29 , when the ramblers plan mass trespasses at dozens of locations . |
| 17 | After running the filter for a few days , stock with just a couple of fish to begin with , and gradually build up to full stocking . |
| 18 | Mr Yeo sent us her CV — the one they send out to prospective clients . |
| 19 | Ulster Unionist secretary Jim Wilson said he would speak to the American Consulate about the purpose of the group 's meeting with Sinn Fein and then report back to senior party members . |
| 20 | It is believed by some that women who say no to sexual intercourse are merely playing sexual games and their ‘ no ’ means ‘ yes . ’ |
| 21 | In this respect interest is often directed towards identifying which form of bargaining structure is the most ‘ efficient ’ , where efficiency is usually defined in terms which attach primarily to managerial interests ( Ogden , 1982b ) . |
| 22 | SAFFRON AND CURRANT BISCUITS 2 tbsp cream or milk generous pinch saffron strands 6oz/175g butter 2oz/50g icing sugar 6oz/175g self-raising flour 2oz/50g fine semolina 4oz/100g currants Put the cream or milk and the saffron into a saucepan , bring just to bubbling point and then leave to cool , stirring once or twice so that the saffron infuses well . |
| 23 | SAFFRON AND CURRANT BISCUITS 2 tbsp cream or milk generous pinch saffron strands 6oz/175g butter 2oz/50g icing sugar 6oz/175g self-raising flour 2oz/50g fine semolina 4oz/100g currants Put the cream or milk and the saffron into a saucepan , bring just to bubbling point and then leave to cool , stirring once or twice so that the saffron infuses well . |
| 24 | But when you first see it , it can be rather frightening , so hold on to small children 's hands . |
| 25 | She held on tight to him , murmuring , ‘ Oh , my darling , hug Mummy , hold on to poor Mummy , poor Mummy 's had a terrible shock . ’ |
| 26 | Psychologists believe that we hold on to certain stories because they enable us to make sense of an otherwise confusing world — that we learn through stories and see our way through to maturity with their help . |
| 27 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 28 | ‘ Manufacturers are struggling , but our sales are buoyant as people hold on to old cars , ’ Holmes says . |
| 29 | Now they wear little except shorts and light rubber-soled pumps and hold on to vertical cliff walls like flies with a combination of sticky powder on their fingers , the faith of an Indian fakir , and tons of hardware in the shape of bolts , runners and slings hammered into the rocks . |
| 30 | The evidence for this comes from work on cats , a species in which the X-cells terminate almost entirely in area 17 of the cortex while the Y-cells project additionally to adjacent areas of the visual cortex . |