Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow . |
| 2 | Scotland has a population of approximately 5 million , most of whom live in or close to cities or towns . |
| 3 | This flat is situated on a small select development built approximately 10 years ago , with views to a small river running alongside and close to Oxford City . |
| 4 | ( PP must always speak naturally and up to time , otherwise these exercises are useless . ) |
| 5 | Stephen walked down and back to Loomlade . |
| 6 | He needed less and less to work , his commercial and film scores earning him a steady residual income . |
| 7 | Grevillea marginata will grow swiftly and gracefully to 6ft plus |
| 8 | Easy the congestion with a very special binder for our pull-out-and-keep Gardeners ' Manual , and keep this invaluable reference work together and always to hand . |
| 9 | " I 'm away to London tonight and then to France . " |
| 10 | Not surprisingly Gironella has returned over and again to aspects of Las Meninas and in particular to the portrait of the artist himself , the insider , the fawning courtier , the creator of icons . |
| 11 | Nurse prescribing will save the waste of time that he has described when district nurses have to go backwards and forwards to doctors , and will allow them to give their time to more beneficial activities , rather than wasting petrol on such journeys . |
| 12 | Active life in the sense of engagement with the physical necessities and well-being of society belongs properly and sensibly to people who feel no inner compulsion towards , or understanding of , spiritual issues — as he much more trenchantly put it , they have " no sauour " of " goostli occupacioun " ( 12.123 – 4 ) . |
| 13 | The ghosts followed me on and off to Laggan Locks and into a liquid gold evening walk over to Invergarry , to the west of the canal and Loch Oich . |
| 14 | Building on and close to boundaries needs to be considered very carefully . |
| 15 | The system has worked flexibly and effectively to Britain 's advantage . |
| 16 | Nolan and Sam Yaeger often bed the same girl , more or less to spite each other , it seems . |
| 17 | The contrast between the view that moral distinctions are detected by sense and feeling and the view that they are revealed as necessary truth to reason was a central theme in the moral philosophy of David Hume ( 1711–76 ) , whose philosophy is recognized as empiricism brought more or less to perfection . |
| 18 | In Hungary every 17th death and every 24th disability is attributed directly or indirectly to air pollution . |
| 19 | Of the increased expenditure DM5,800 million was to go either directly or indirectly to East Germany , while DM220 million was for food aid to the Soviet Union and DM60 million for humanitarian aid to Romania . |
| 20 | Scientists present their ideas to the general public , contributing directly or indirectly to debates in social , legal , and religious domains . |
| 21 | ‘ … any advertisement inviting persons to enter or offer to enter into an investment agreement or to exercise any rights conferred by an investment to acquire , dispose of , underwrite or convert an investment or containing information calculated to lead directly or indirectly to persons doing so ’ . |
| 22 | " Investment advertisement " is widely defined in s57(2) to mean any advertisement inviting persons to enter or offer to enter into an investment agreement or to exercise any rights conferred by an investment to acquire , dispose of , underwrite or convert an investment or containing information calculated to lead directly or indirectly to persons doing so . |
| 23 | Nevertheless the British government refused to assign its Polaris submarines permanently and unambiguously to Nato , or to include them in any of the current multinational or multilateral ( MLF ) schemes being floated by the Americans . |
| 24 | Just as there is an imperative to express gratitude formally and publicly to Lord Darlington , who has brought us here and made possible this present spirit of unity and goodwill , there is , I believe , an imperative to openly condemn any who come here to abuse the hospitality of the host , and to spend his energies solely in trying to sow discontent and suspicion . |
| 25 | Soviet leaders never committed themselves ideologically and politically to Finland in the manner they did in Afghanistan . |
| 26 | Given its inherent advantages however , this is not altogether surprising and the commercial and residential property markets have responded quickly and emphatically to LDDC 's pump-priming activities . |
| 27 | Granada will now have a smaller cohesive top management team which will enable the group to respond quickly and effectively to challenges . |
| 28 | Then he spoke quickly and quietly to Daniel Donovan . |
| 29 | Some patients respond quickly and satisfactorily to treatment . |
| 30 | Further discussions will be held with Vietnam ‘ about ways of screening new arrivals quickly , as they reach Hong Kong , so that those who are not refugees can be returned quickly and safely to Vietnam ’ . |