Example sentences of "[prep] the entrance to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built about 1490 , the gatehouse actually pre-dates the foundation of the college , having been built as the entrance to King 's Hall which together with another ancient establishment , Michaelhouse , was incorporated into Trinity when it was founded . |
| 2 | In front , a broad cab-drive , also balustraded , swept round in a wide semi-circle setting off the entrance to perfection . |
| 3 | A Sunday in June found us off the entrance to Chichester harbour , close to where the Caducius sank . |
| 4 | CLYDE fishermen are preparing to use their boats today to prevent Renfrewshire Enterprise closing off the entrance to Greenock 's East India Dock . |
| 5 | Long stretches of these beaches front seaside towns and are now of little ornithological interest ; the most important are around the Selsey peninsular , particularly on both sides of the entrance to Pagham Harbour , Shoreham Beach , between Newhaven and Seaford ( the Tidemills ) , at the mouth of the Cuckmere River , to the east of Eastbourne ( the Crumbles ) , bordering Pevensey Levels , at Rye Harbour , and further east at the county boundary . |
| 6 | One could well say of the event horizon what the poet Dante said of the entrance to Hell : " All hope abandon , ye who enter here . " |
| 7 | On the other side of the entrance to Garden Cottages was a small house in the occupation of Mr. Truckle who was a coalman and his wife who worked for many years at The Salisbury Steam Laundry . |
| 8 | At the recent Parish Council meeting there was a request from a local resident that the bridle way leaving the Trough Road opposite the entrance to Salisbury Farm ( Grid Ref SD 522 511 ) which was stopped when the gas pipe line was laid should be reopened . |
| 9 | Mr Hayton suffered head injuries in the accident on March 5 in McMullen Road opposite the entrance to Darlington Rugby Club . |
| 10 | The depressing view of the unsightly pylons marching across the valley floor , heavy traffic thundering along the Woodhead Pass road , five reservoirs and a disused railway line , is soon left behind as you negotiate the tussocky grass slops below Long Gutter Edge towards the entrance to Wildboar Clough . |
| 11 | Go past the entrance to Lavender 's Farm , turn right along the track past the farm itself . |
| 12 | After a further 400yds the path regains the river , for a short time , by some moorings near the entrance to South Walsham Broad . |
| 13 | A longer but more interesting approach is possible by leaving the cart track at the viaduct and keeping along the east side of the railway ; join the track from Winterscales to Dentdale by passing over a bridge near the entrance to Blea Moor tunnel . |
| 14 | The bomb exploded near the entrance to Downing Street . |
| 15 | Yesterday ( 2nd December ) the road was flooded near the entrance to Broadfall Farm to a depth ( I am told ) of about six inches . |
| 16 | A new cult established itself over twenty years , its shrine being the domed town of the Keepers , which was built up against the entrance to caverns . |
| 17 | Was told to contact Notts County Council concerning the state of Hill including the entrance to Hill Farm er where water runs off the road into the farmyard instead of down to the gully . |
| 18 | Another time he was out with his watercolour box and a horse suddenly bolted , dragging a coal cart from the entrance to Ryn station at a mad gallop . |
| 19 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council attention was drawn to the overgrown state of the footway on Station Lane Scorton on the section from the entrance to Brook Avenue as far as the railway bridge . |
| 20 | The 30-ft Fleetwood Mac got into difficulties in the entrance to Rosehearty harbour , near Fraserburgh , in heavy seas last night . |
| 21 | I well remember a cold , dark night while we were anchored just inside the entrance to Helford . |
| 22 | A few yards beyond the entrance to Ingleborough Cave , a strong resurgence emerges from the base of a cliff on the left . |
| 23 | A bridge arch carries the towpath over the entrance to Holloway Bank Wharf after a slight double bend before a 3km straight which is closely followed by powerlines . |
| 24 | At the bottom ( north ) end it connects with a tarmac farm road which continues through a level crossing ( point C on map ) which is now open to pedestrian traffic only ( so it 's a very quiet lane ) , and thence to the entrance to Riccarton campus ( point D ) . |
| 25 | The dinghy followed the left bank , passing close to the entrance to Chelsea creek . |
| 26 | The Doctor and Blake walked down an alleyway heading back to the entrance to hell . |
| 27 | Anthony Caro 's ‘ Tower of Discovery ’ has already been erected in a plaza close to the entrance to Expo 's site . |
| 28 | She stopped close to the entrance to St Martin 's and walked up the steep path of a tiny church , ancient before St Thomas was born . |
| 29 | However , SAVE took the view that the hospital formed an important set piece of Regency townscape , being not only at a focal point in the middle of the royal parks , but also adjacent to both Decimus Burton 's Ionic arch at the entrance to Hyde Park and Apsley House . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly the choice of ‘ Great Views ’ is a very personal one and many favourites are missing , including my own cherished ones of the Cuillins from Elgol or the summit of Sgurr na Stri at the entrance to Loch Coruisk , or Rannoch Moor seen from Buachaille Etive Mor at the head of Glen Coe . |