Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are now at a point in this evolution where , I believe , the climate is more favourable than hitherto to cooperation between linguists and educationalists . |
| 2 | Although close to death — he died shortly afterwards at his Ilminster home — he insisted on going through with his contribution . |
| 3 | Although close to retirement , he still took an active part in teaching the University students , and the breadth of his knowledge embraced not only clinical forensic work , but also the most up-to-date laboratory tests . |
| 4 | Reports from Lebanon suggest that British hostages could be closer than ever to freedom . |
| 5 | His security undermined , he was now more vulnerable than ever to Mauve 's voice and its cutting edge , to his cold eyes , the touch of condescension . |
| 6 | You are never stuck with less than up to date equipment . |
| 7 | However , care must be exercised in the analysis of unfamiliar languages , as demonstratives are often organized with respect to contrasts between participant-roles rather than simply to distance in concentric circles from a fixed deictic centre ( the speaker 's location at CT ) . |
| 8 | They provide a very active participation in the many voluntary groups supporting the revolution and contribute much more than previously to development through participation in the labour force . |
| 9 | Perhaps it is not as useless as Aristotelian logic and can lead , if not to knowledge of necessary causes and natures , then to something worthwhile nevertheless . |
| 10 | The mounting cost to the nation of State benefits pointed , if not to bankruptcy , at least to a dangerously unbalanced budget . |
| 11 | What we and Holyfield do know is that Bowe offers a safer route , if not to heavyweight immortality then to respectful acceptance by his peers for his efforts inside the ring , in line with the respect his quiet dignity commands outside it . |
| 12 | Obliquely flattering his readers by introducing them to boys near their own age involved in surprising and exciting events , he also invited them to wishful thinking , if not to identification , by emphasising the youth of his heroes and underplaying the responsibility and enforced maturity belonging to midshipmen in the early and mid-teens in reality . |
| 13 | Now that we have become accustomed to reading about , if not to eating , such unconventional combinations of foods as duck foie gras with turnips in a sweet-sour sauce composed of wine vinegar , sugar , sherry and port , plus the odd 30 grammes of truffles ; paupiettes of crayfish garnished with leaves of Brussels sprouts ; lobster mould with a sauce of carrots and port blended in turn with a sauce américaine , Pomiane 's innovations do n't sound very audacious . |
| 14 | Above us the fronds of the palm trees clattered in the warm wind , while out to sea Bonefish 's ragged and patched sail dipped in the steep waves beyond the reef . |
| 15 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 16 | In Leach [ 1969 ] , The Times , 13 January , a man had himself crucified ( though not to death ) . |
| 17 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |
| 18 | The main flambeaux along the deck all died out suddenly so as not to backlight the fighting machines . |
| 19 | This was to assist the layers of the king 's soul to break free and find their proper places , so as not to encumber his final space-flight . |
| 20 | This may seem so obvious as not to need stating , but I believe that it can be overlooked . |
| 21 | Be careful how you react to QDM changes when close to ETA . |
| 22 | ( Matthew 2.2 ) This is an ancient question , but as up to date as the latest computer . |
| 23 | As far as up to date development plans is concerned , this is supported by all sections of the community and need not be dwelt upon . |
| 24 | And there were reports from many parts of the Reich that ‘ a newsreel without pictures of the Führer was not regarded as up to standard ’ . |
| 25 | These civil service pension arrangements were in due course copied , with modifications , by other public and private sector employers , though up to World War I it appears to have been a small minority of mainly the more prestigious employers who developed such formal occupational pension provision . |
| 26 | The solution to problem ( a ) should be relatively straightforward in economies where information on changes in the cost of living is given prominent news coverage when up to date figures become available and where labour is organized under the umbrella of trades unions with sizable economic research departments . |
| 27 | And I 'm intending to , to hold a few more assemblies as well to sort of get interest going again because it 's been a while since we did an assembly on it , so if we do another one , that usually gets it going again does n't it ? |
| 28 | and see they come okay , because you need to do the drawing as well to sort of get you used |
| 29 | After the war , he had a spurt of energy , returning to concert works , though never to opera : a violin and a cello concerto , and several other instrumental and orchestral works preceded this Symphony . |
| 30 | But the big freeze suprised the weathermen with warnings coming as late as 4am to council depots . |