Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But suppose that , though believing himself to be liable , he gives a note or cheque only in response to a demand threatening legal proceedings ? |
| 2 | Traditionally the seven awards have always been deemed to have been of equal value , but the interesting possibilities suggested by all of these short listed designs is the building in of individuality to awards which will closely resemble each other without being formally identical . |
| 3 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |
| 4 | The secondary school can rely on further stages of national assessment together with recourse to a record of achievement which has to be provided for every pupil at the age of 16 . |
| 5 | Deficit down from $10.7m to $9.8m losses in France of $6.7m . |
| 6 | Further small improvement in Q2 produced deficit down from $20.2m to $17.9m , despite substantially higher losses in France . |
| 7 | A full three point improvement in the operating ratio produced an underwriting deficit down from $36.9m to $35.7m on premiums 13% higher at [ 498.9m ( 1991 : [ 442.8m ) |
| 8 | Elefriends , the charity set up to help African elephants , is £8,000 better off thanks to Monsoon . |
| 9 | Nike Air Max trainers down from £69.99 to £39.99 . |
| 10 | Reductions include a short pleated skirt down from £80 to £40 , jeans down from Pounds 60 to £40 . |
| 11 | Worldwide underwriting loss down by $54.5m to $80.5m ( 1992 : $135.0m loss ) . |
| 12 | Safeway have whole Scottish salmon at £3.99 lb ; skinned cod fillets down from £3.79 to £2.99 and Lemon Sole down from £5.59 to £3.99 . |
| 13 | TEXAN oil and gas exploration minnow Aviva Petroleum sank back into the red last year with an $8.7m loss , against 1990 's $537,000 profit , on revenue down from $12.2m to $9.3m . |
| 14 | Equally , landfill will continue to be an important part of our strategy , not least because there are more opportunities annually for landfill to be created , as more sand and gravel continues to be extracted and landfill sites filled . |
| 15 | I was taken there for the first time when I was six weeks old in a motor side car down from London to just within ten miles of Bury St Edmunds . |
| 16 | Medical sources of information have helped to clarify trends in violent crime especially in relation to unreported domestic and street violence and have identified causes of injury more precisely . |
| 17 | From thirty to sixty trucks were loaded with bricks daily for dispatch to London and its surrounding area . |
| 18 | Akram has given Kathak dance performances all over Britain to great acclaim . |
| 19 | This includes training , using varieties resistant to certain pests , forecasting and biological control , using pesticides only in response to problems , not as a matter of course . |
| 20 | London Market including internal reinsurance , produced estimated losses down from $10.2m to $9.7m . |
| 21 | Substantial improvement with losses down from $20.9m to $7.8m . |
| 22 | General Accident Property Services produced losses down from $5.2m to $4.5m |
| 23 | A good fight back for Witney today in the southern division of the Beezer Homes League ; they were two goals down at home to Yate Town , but the match finished Witney two , Yate Town two , our reporter , Adrian Burcher . |
| 24 | She had spoken eloquently — and not without quoting American authors — of the opportunities facing Britain in 1988 , of Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's remarkable drive to revive the economy , and at the same time of the considerable drawing in of horns to which the University had been forced . |
| 25 | I am referring , of course , to the fact that birds ' knees apparently bend in the opposite direction to ours — they appear to lift their legs backwards in contrast to our forward movement ( Figure 5 ) . |
| 26 | She tossed her head , sending the silky swath of hair tumbling over her shoulders , and sensed rather than saw the sudden shift of emotion away from anger to a raw wild passion that stole her breath and made her legs go weak . |
| 27 | The Random House general book division will be divided into two operating groups , allowing editors to see their authors ' books through from hardback to paperback publication ( or to choose which they find most appropriate ) . |
| 28 | She slewed her eyes furtively from side to side and then said with awed relish : |
| 29 | The station closed to passengers as from December 31 , 1962 although freight services continued for some months more from Hereford to Eardisley . |
| 30 | ‘ You were lucky , ’ she wrote to Molly once in answer to her sister 's repeated urgings that she should come over to Leeds where there were plenty of young Jewish men who were starting businesses and wanted wives to help them . |