Example sentences of "[is] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's on to scale there . |
| 2 | From here it 's on to Plynlimon with its high point of Pen Pumlumon Fawr at just under 2500ft . |
| 3 | It is for schools to work out balanced programmes for themselves , and the pressure is on to find ways of convincingly managing ever-increasing demands . |
| 4 | Until recently the products were confined to America and Europe but now the drive is on to spread the word in the Far East and Middle East . |
| 5 | Miners know the pressure is on to increase the British Coal 's competitiveness and save their jobs . |
| 6 | Fixing is on to timber battening , and because of their weight , manufacturers ' instructions should be followed closely . |
| 7 | everything basically comes down to numbers , er see , when I was talking to you earlier about about canvassing , right , I said basically you work on key words right now you do n't need you , one , one of the things that I talked to you about canvassing is that if you notice the difference between a good canvass and a bad canvass , at least we did n't in fact activity sort of work to do in it , now if you take a , take a activ activity as being , being a key word and you discuss activity with them , right , you can then look at , at activity right as a variation on activity as there is on to action , right , now sit and do my script and talking to a customer , right , and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and saying your bit to a customer , you 've got to sound like a parrot , now I know the way you canvass , the centre of action between you and the cu and the punter , do you see what I mean ? |
| 8 | Fight is on to keep townlands on the map |
| 9 | The pressure is on to agitate the system , to put bite into it , to become more managerial . |
| 10 | ‘ The pressure is on to make money and a lot of consultants are suffering , ’ notes Cunningham . |
| 11 | They have a tremendous hold on the industry , and the pressure is on to use more and more chemicals to get better and better yields . |
| 12 | To read We is constantly to hive to rethink the issue . |
| 13 | Now , it is down to interpretation i er er and , it , on your next courses you may do a more in-depth conditions of carriage quiz which will ask you to study the conditions of carriage at night and produce a bit more detailed answer in the morning , but we 're not gon na expect you to do that on this course . |
| 14 | Such a mistake is down to inexperience , but I am still not convinced that Weir 's best position lies in the middle of the back row . |
| 15 | In the Cup , so much is down to luck of one kind or another and one flash of individual brillance can settle it . |
| 16 | Attracting interest is down to persistence . |
| 17 | Of course , much of this is down to familiarity — knowing where the goal posts are . |
| 18 | Hart 's approach is down to earth and realistic and the tone throughout is overwhelmingly encouraging . |
| 19 | The Moss/Pascale school of thought is down to earth . |
| 20 | ‘ That is down to jealousy . |
| 21 | rest of it biggest part of it and some of , part if it 's in to grass and the other part I think is gradually gon na go to grass I think |
| 22 | After the first turn it 's down to luck , the Fanatic could go anywhere , but the chances are you 'll either block the enemy or hit him hard for at least one more turn . |
| 23 | ‘ We had a lot of youngsters out there and we were a bit too fast and frenetic when we had the ball but that 's down to inexperience . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's down to restraint — we have it and the Americans do n't . |
| 25 | That field next to you 's down to sugar beet this year . |
| 26 | It 's down to client wishes |
| 27 | Is away to work ? |
| 28 | She 'll be round on Friday afternoon or Saturday some time I said we 'd be here from four o'clock on Friday so I 'll take it down to John 's today then it 's away to work I 've got the rubbish in the bins right ? |
| 29 | Yes he 's away to work , yeah . |
| 30 | With newly-growing insights , Harry now knows ‘ that my business is not to run away , but to pursue , not to avoid being found , but to seek ’ . |