Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diego Maradona did most to restore Napoli to the top , creating headed goals ( 18 and 45 min ) for Andrea Carnevale and scoring a virtuoso third ( 84 ) . |
| 2 | Hungarian football has since fallen victim to the corruption and match-fixing scandals . |
| 3 | Commissioned as an administrative officer , he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force , based at Larisa in central Greece , and made a point of being around whenever any representatives of civil suppliers appeared at headquarters to make presentations . |
| 4 | But it was the same friend who eventually led Jean to the dead man 's ‘ passion wagon ’ caravan . |
| 5 | The single market is , of course , designed to lower and eventually eliminate barriers to the movement of goods , services and people . |
| 6 | The basic principle of these vast Swedish furnishing stores is to provide self-assembly furniture in self-service flat packs , thereby keeping prices to the absolute minimum . |
| 7 | On the reverse side of the body some wood has been removed in a sort of crescent moon shape , extending from the upper to lower horn , presumably to increase access to the upper reaches of the Standard 's fingerboard . |
| 8 | ‘ The Labour group wants to take a reasoned , properly considered approach to the momentous events that are taking place in South Africa , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Baird rarely adds eggs to the purée as the scallop meat tends to be firm enough without them to absorb a fair amount of cream . |
| 10 | The generals rarely send orders to the troops . |
| 11 | It has been SCOTVEC 's consistent view that centres can not only prepare students/trainees to the level of occupational competence , but can also model the requirements of the workplace . |
| 12 | In NLP it is important not only to implement solutions to the individual problems that arise ( parsing , semantic interpretation , reasoning , etc. ) but also to co-ordinate the application of those solutions . |
| 13 | In November I made a much delayed return to the Swanage area after a ten year absence . |
| 14 | Pryce ( 1979 ) points out that , as a male , he ‘ had only limited access to the women for research purposes ’ . |
| 15 | She was wearing huge aviator glasses , designed to hide but only drawing attention to the palely perfect face , the unlipsticked mouth , the silvery blonde hair fine as maize silk , which was drawn back into the nape of her neck . |
| 16 | The damages being unpaid , he sought to levy execution upon Hansard and to put the sheriff 's men in to distrain goods to the value of the judgment . |
| 17 | Such policies only make sense to the corporate investors and stem from the perceived need to avoid integrating the industry in any but the core capitalist countries . |
| 18 | The long awaited guide to the Ormes , by Steve Meyers , has appeared , but one marvels at the arrogance of a publisher who can not be bothered to credit in full the first ascent teams . |
| 19 | More sensitive than their counterparts at the beginning of the decade had been to the technical qualities of Hollywood films , the critics of the time constantly drew attention to the gap between the aspirations and the achievements of British films . |
| 20 | In a message to the State Department on 25 May John J. Muccio rightly drew attention to the unwise nature of various statements relevant to Korea made in the previous five months : |
| 21 | Conversely , the major benefits of privatization are likely to stem not from literally returning ownership to the private sector , but rather from associated measures which make it clear to managers that they are expected to compete effectively and efficiently . |
| 22 | Dad had complained about the threatening telephone call and no action had been taken ; but the man had obviously reported Russell to the police and here they were in force to arrest him . |
| 23 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 24 | This not only adds power to the punch , but also gives the karateka a second strike in readiness , should it be needed . |
| 25 | They will be on sale with many other tasty offerings in Bartholomew Square , when the Dieppe Street Market makes a much awaited return to the festival . |
| 26 | The skirt was lovely , there was no doubt of that , swishing down rustling folds to the deep ruffle at the hem , but she was doubtful about managing the small train , even after an hour of practice in front of Aunt Emily . |
| 27 | So says Christ to the church in Philadelphia . |
| 28 | If the debt is unpaid at maturity the bank will in most cases only seek recourse to the exporter if non-payment is due to a contractual dispute . |
| 29 | Broca ( 1961 , in Kolb and Whishaw 1985 ) had reported that a series of patients with severe disturbances of speech had all suffered damage to the inferior part of the third frontal convolutions of their left hemispheres and Jackson ( in Kolb and Whishaw 1985 ) had described cases of ‘ petit mal ’ epilepsy which involved only a limited number of ‘ faculties ’ . |
| 30 | As Duchess of Aquitaine she had inherited the ducal claim to Toulouse , but at Limoges Raymond had not only done homage to the Dukes of Aquitaine , he had also done homage to the Young King . |