Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man stayed under the cow long enough to milk three , at times saying something angrily to himself . |
| 2 | Only Babylonia has given us a story so close to Genesis that the question of borrowing or of direct influence is seriously considered . |
| 3 | But this shift of emphasis was not due to any direct influence from the Formalists whom , as I have said , the New Critics did not know ; it was due to the influence of a figure much closer to home , the poet T.S . |
| 4 | Train your eyes not merely to look but also to see . |
| 5 | Before very long , however , it was to be made abundantly clear to her that legal equality was not enough ; the ability to exert force was the key not merely to ascendancy , but also to genuine equality . |
| 6 | In its place , service stations were to be required to install vapour traps directly on to petrol pumps . |
| 7 | To continue main walk After beach huts , take steps up on to cliff and follow path to St Abb 's village ( d ) , where keep as close as possible to coast , to drop down into harbour ; take steps between last two cottages in harbour ( with red-tiled roofs ) and ascend path to road where turn right , past church to end of village . |
| 8 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 9 | Folly forced her mind back on to business . |
| 10 | It would need to be magic , too , to bring Johnny safely back to base . |
| 11 | It is also estimated that 37 Tory backbenchers are set to vote against the government in Wednesday 's Maastricht debate , making the result too close to call . |
| 12 | ‘ Social responsibility for the librarian , then , means responsibility not simply to society as it is , but to the society of the future and the past . |
| 13 | This is not , after all , the stuff of drama texts but of matters rather closer to reality . |
| 14 | Khrushchev could never forgive him for the cruelties and stupidities that brought Russia so close to defeat by Hitler . |
| 15 | Not since the Second World War had Congress remained in session so close to election day , and with mid-term elections on Nov. 6 rapidly approaching , a compromise budget was at last finally agreed . |
| 16 | Both Doherty and Stephen Beatty fired in decent crosses early on to test the Tbilisi keeper and then Johnston almost get on the end of a long punt upfield by Dornan . |
| 17 | If the level is low , your doctor may give you iron tablets , and run another blood test later on to check their effectiveness . |
| 18 | In recent years , there has been a desire both to move into the countryside and , for many young professional people , to move into areas fairly close to city centres . |
| 19 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 20 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 21 | Heater too close to coat rack . |
| 22 | So they only had two hours further on to go from The Two Mills then to Hollyhead basically . |
| 23 | He had underestimated the new mood of his members who had become sick and tired of the never-ending series of disputes , which they knew in their consciences had been driving the Division ever closer to bankruptcy . |
| 24 | My decision early on to build site-specific works in steel took me out of the traditional studio . |
| 25 | our royalty is erm we sort of put on a pedestal and if you look at other European countries who still have royal families , they 're a bit more down to earth , some of them Europe go on bicycles and they do n't need , erm , all the limousines . |
| 26 | LIZ McCOLGAN pulled clear of the field early on to clock an impressive victory in yesterday 's Tokyo women 's marathon . |
| 27 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
| 28 | Lining the walls of the display hall are a long series of photographs and displays which trace not just the history of Yakovlev but the whole history of Soviet aviation , both civil and military , from the very earliest days right up to date and covering significant events through the years . |
| 29 | That 's your routine right up to night time and all . |
| 30 | This year , however , Britain has been faced by a tyrant much closer to home . |