Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Scattered around the London suburbs , or in provincial towns like Sheffield , Brighton and Bradford , these pioneers had only limited access to capital resources , and their companies never grew to any real size .
2 THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February .
3 To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later .
4 I definitely think we 've found a niche , not just in a business sense , but in the sense of providing a much needed service to dog owners , and I think we all need some helpful service nowadays , rather than being told to go elsewhere . ’
5 In fact , Charles 's highly publicized conversion to vegetarianism can more properly be laid at the door of his former bodyguard , Paul Officer who frequently argued with him during long car journeys about the virtues of a non-meat diet .
6 They believed in the prospect of a gradual and constitutionally achieved transition to socialism .
7 Only in cases involving ethnic groups does it suddenly forget its much advertised opposition to censorship and abandon its crusading zeal to defend the public 's ‘ right to know ’ .
8 BORIS BECKER 'S much heralded return to fitness and form last night ran into the buffers at the ATP World Championships .
9 She 's just given birth to daughter Rosie .
10 The shamed Roman Catholic cleric wrote a heart-rending letter to the parents of his mistress , teacher Monika Kocanek , who had just given birth to baby Jennifer .
11 I have not given way to Opposition Members —
12 Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement .
13 They are generally arranged back to back , and a rough little relief of Roman date shows that then at least they were so set .
14 I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him .
15 Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 .
16 I would have suspected nothing if the counterfeit Taplow had not made reference to Purgatory .
17 Like David , I have not got access to Satellite TV so I am also stuck with teletext and very poor coverage from the BBC .
18 But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person ?
19 Other recent changes have generally restricted access to unemployment benefit ( Atkinson and Micklewright , 1989 ) and , in particular , they have denied benefit to women who had been eligible to at least some benefit in their own right .
20 Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns .
21 So why not put pen to paper and win a wardrobe of fashions .
22 We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’
23 Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris .
24 ‘ Angela , ’ he said , ‘ you and me , we 've not always seen eye to eye recently , but we are friends .
25 Working-class women had always had recourse to abortion ; but in the case of the last century it was particularly likely , first , where married women workers worked outside the home and hence paid a key role in determining their families economic stability ; and second , where the dependence of the family on the women 's wage led to a reappraisal of family strategy .
26 He argued that the Europeans still needed time to arm and to build up their self-confidence .
27 Love Child once paid homage to street musician Moondog on an EP called ‘ Love Child Plays Moondog ’ which Forced Exposure mag released with much snickering .
28 DRG 's property assets have also given rise to argument .
29 The epidemic strain also exhibited resistance to tobramycin , ciprofloxacin , co-trimoxazole , chloramphenicol , temocillin , imipenem , meropenem , and to the new quinolones PD 127391 and PD 131628 .
30 Richards made it worryingly clear how far the Church was responsible for enshrining such illiberal attitudes , though to do it credit , the Church also introduced consent to marriage and made rape a crime against the person , rather than property .
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