Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to [noun sg] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evan points to a hoist that 's slowly lowering the band 's gear down to ground level : ‘ When we played here last year , we were riding up and down in that thing . |
| 2 | McKenzie was out of ammunition , but followed an enemy aircraft down to sea level , stuck up a wing and chopped off its tail — he was lucky to be able to regain control of his own aircraft , ’ Mr Lynch said . |
| 3 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 4 | The orders came from Command right down to squadron level ; the preparations started about mid-morning as soon as this vast sheet of paper from the teleprinter indicating every facet of the job ahead arrived . |
| 5 | This will embrace applied ( including pharmaceutical and food chemistry ) as well as mainstream organic chemistry up to degree level . |
| 6 | Gerwyn explains , ‘ You take a block of woodland , and leaving the occasional tree known as a standard , traditionally used for building timber , you cut the rest down to ground level and remove all the waste timber completely . |
| 7 | The provision of free education up to University level is something that is taken for granted . |
| 8 | Adelies breed ashore , mostly on raised beaches close to sea level from November onward ; they lay two eggs in pebble nests in October and November , rearing their chick through summer . |
| 9 | In the maritime Antarctic they form short mats or cushions up to 25 cm across and 5–1Ocm deep , typically on warm north — or west-facing slopes close to sea level , in association with each other and with mosses ; they are usually underlain with brown soils to which they have contributed roots and other organic material ( Longton , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | Increasing intake and hoping for movement up to management level eg Unilever ! |
| 11 | They are aimed at providing individual candidates with the skills necessary for specific job requirements from junior secretary through to Board level secretary and beyond . |
| 12 | Iles Kerguelen and Macquarie Island , lying on the Antarctic Convergence , have correspondingly richer floras close to sea level , including several species of ferns and flowering plants . |
| 13 | This has had the effect that for centuries Emmental farmsteads and lands have had great historical continuity as units accumulated agricultural wealth and skills ; and they have given the landscape very impressive and characteristic features : the majestic farmsteads with enormous double-thatched roofs extending like half-folded wings nearly to ground level at the sides and encompassing under one giant roof not only living quarters but also stables , barns and other ancillary accommodation . |
| 14 | The hatch bolts exploded in rapid-fire sequence , and at once Rostov forced both arms up to chest level and punched them forward , tearing the extruded foam casing . |
| 15 | Once flowers are over , cut the faded stems back to ground level . |
| 16 | It is a switchback journey with many ups and downs and one particularly steep descent almost to sea level where Loch Nedd bites deeply into the coastline . |
| 17 | Take the kite down to ground level and at either side , it will again reach a point where the aerodynamic forces are balanced , and it hovers nose into wind , the spine horizontal and cross-spars vertical . |
| 18 | Reduce power enough to ensure a rate of descent which will bring the model down to ground level just in front of you . |
| 19 | The grades will carry the full weight of the system already in force for classical instruments and will enable students to follow a more structured path through to diploma level . |
| 20 | Hodgskin saw a shameless deception at the centre of Ricardian economics and British capitalism : both pretended that capital was productive and the essential spring to greater prosperity , but , Hodgskin argued , capitalists were always parasitic , holding wages close to subsistence levels and diverting the fruits of labour 's productivity to unproductive and anti-social consumption . |
| 21 | In societies close to subsistence levels , there may be relatively little outside the ‘ world of work ’ , which occupies most of their individuals ' time and energy . |
| 22 | To develop commercial environmental consultancy and research activities and undertake some teaching on Environmental Health related courses up to postgraduate level . |