Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bibikov was no liberal , but neither were some of those who eventually made major contributions to the emancipation of 1861 . |
| 2 | The perpetual spring Schorne had divined for his parish in time of drought came replete with gypsum , Epsom salts , and carbonic acid , and thereby lent considerable support to his posthumous reputation , principally as a healer of rheumatic and eye afflictions , but with an occasional talent in respect of dead oxen , the drowned , and the consolation of ‘ wretched , lonely boys ’ . |
| 3 | The meeting approved the admission to full membership of Brunei , Myanma , the Philippines and the Republic of Uzbekistan , thereby bringing total membership to 108 . |
| 4 | A similar situation applies to emissions of oxides of nitrogen , although gaseous oxides of nitrogen have a low dry-deposition rate , thereby allowing greater proportions to be converted to nitrate aerosols which are finally removed by rainout and washout . |
| 5 | to go on opening quiet flowers to the wind |
| 6 | She had been brought up as a chapel-goer , and two generations back her family had been staunch Wesleyans , but she herself had long since dropped any pretence to faith of any kind , and now considered all religious observation as ridiculous frivolity . |
| 7 | The lack of ambition in the output of slapstick comedies , innocuous romances and bland dramas from BIP demonstrated Maxwell 's willingness to accept the economic constraints of British film production , while doing little to encourage new approaches to low-budget filmmaking . |
| 8 | Norm referenced measures of learning , always a dominant , presently an overbearing , influence on the education scene , do little to encourage this approach to human development in both student and teacher populations . |
| 9 | Vegetable juice is even less desirable , and the resulting plant print rarely has any relevance to the text Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave us a gentle reminder in Aurora Leigh : |
| 10 | By contrast , the rational expectations hypothesis , when applied to the theory of inflation , appeared to indicate that money would be neutral in the short run also , thereby denying any role to policy activism . |
| 11 | Modern configurational analysis ( see , for example , Hopfinger ( 1972 ) ) may afford methods of rigorously relating molecular energetics to mechanical properties — but for any except the simplest molecules the size of the computer required at present precludes the use of this method . |
| 12 | His current research is extending into a study of how teachers ' own writing about classroom processes makes explicit their implicit educational values , thereby enabling these values to be critically appraised by other teachers , and to be opened for further development . |
| 13 | One obvious reason for the persistence of pronounced regional anomalies on this scale is the fact that the guidance contained in the 1976 Act still affords massive scope for the exercise of discretion by magistrates , thereby enabling different policies to be pursued in individual court areas . |
| 14 | ‘ Is n't it totally unsatisfactory that the Health Secretary has apparently given more weight to the wishes of the health authority than the parents of the children ? ’ |
| 15 | Viscount Palmerston had taken over as Prime Minister by then only to lose that position to Lord Derby again but only for a year , as the Liberals were able to take control of Parliament in 1859 , with Viscount Palmerston remaining as Prime Minister until 1865 , during which period many changes took place . |
| 16 | At fourteen and sixteen years old , tall , well-built and strikingly similar in their strong bones and tawny colouring , Victoria and Alex naturally became temporary additions to the royal circle . |
| 17 | Teams would be free to form liaisons with each other depending on the state of the game , so bringing new skills to the game such as negotiation and selling techniques . |
| 18 | Her acceptance of this role has not only given enormous pleasure to the membership but it has conferred upon the Association a status in society and an endorsement which only the seal of Royal Patronage can do . |
| 19 | The physical care of frail old people necessarily involves much attention to food and to toileting . |
| 20 | The Sir Eric Rideal Trust annually offers financial assistance to promising academic research workers , including research students , in the general field of colloid and surface science to attend conferences and to visit relevant research institutions . |
| 21 | It was a wonder they had not all mauled each other to death long ago and left the damp , chilly coastline unpeopled except for howling birds . |
| 22 | It 's hell here really let's face it so make all speed to the Moynihans at Toulon . |
| 23 | The results in this section were not comprehensive enough to enable firm conclusions to be drawn . |
| 24 | Miss Dixon , of Haxby Road , Middleton St George , claimed she had merely given moral support to a colleague who rang Darlington Health Authority for advice on mice and cockroaches seen in the corridors . |
| 25 | It has the best links between applications , and Spinnaker has obviously given some thought to the future needs of users by including OLE support . |
| 26 | As the whole House has shown this afternoon , recent events in Belfast have considerably underlined the need for the political leaders within the Province to come together to find some solution to the problems that is acceptable throughout both communities and within the island of Ireland ? |
| 27 | This is an area where techniques of distributed AI ( DAI ) and distributed databases ( DDB ) blend together to provide good solutions to many industrial problems such as investment advice systems , intelligent manufacturing systems , automated engineering systems , air-traffic control , network management , travel plans , complex diagnostics systems , real-time monitoring systems , and so on . |
| 28 | Cash only contributed one song to the second Highwaymen album , Highwayman 2 , a number called Songs that Make a Difference . |
| 29 | And one woman made a dramatic exit from the scene in a rickety old ambulance which sped her along winding dusty roads to the local hospital . |
| 30 | This obviously adds great weight to its publications , in that they clearly have wide acceptance amongst those involved in the building process . |