Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the spring tides rose , flowing into summer , the Island began to blossom : pots of geraniums appeared on window sills and girls sewed new ribbons on to last year 's straw hats . |
| 2 | Spoon blobs of the choux pastry on to wet baking sheets and bake in a pre-heated oven for 15 min . |
| 3 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 4 | Quigley et al. ( 1976 ) report on the tendency of deaf children to try to fit subject — verb — object patterns on to all sentence constructions . |
| 5 | Pipe outlines of sixteen lifebelts on to non-stick paper — inner and outer circles , with a hole about 2·5cm ( 1inch ) in diameter . |
| 6 | Grafting on to American rootstock led to a much needed rationalisation , whereby only the best sites in the classic regions were replanted and only noble vines were cultivated . |
| 7 | Body position and movement also play an important part — although the fact that turns latch on to each other successfully in telephone conversations seems to suggest that these factors , like gaze , are perhaps not as important as might at first appear . |
| 8 | The trouble had started in March when Mohawks on the Kahnesatake reservation in Oka , Quebec , 33 km south-west of the city of Montreal , erected a barricade on a highway to prevent the town council from extending a golf course on to sacred burial land . |
| 9 | One can still argue , as I have argued myself in connection with the correlation of the north-west European Trias , that major events , such as marine transgressions on to one part of a continent , are likely to have more widespread effects in the rest of that continent . |
| 10 | Even to the extent that regional organizations do succeed in moderating the pursuit of purely national goals , as the EC has done , such organizations may themselves develop into power blocs which transpose international conflicts on to another level , in a manner which recalls the imperialist rivalries of the earlier part of this century . |
| 11 | In Britain , caste is not really relevant in the same way , it usually gives rise only to petty jealousy ( except where intermarriage is concerned ) . |
| 12 | But then she did n't usually sleep so soundly out of doors , and she put her reactions down to recent stress . |
| 13 | Stop schooling sessions three months from foaling , resort only to gentle ambling . |
| 14 | THE Queen , rather pre-occupied these days , has nevertheless found time to quash attempts to strip Sir Walter Raleigh of his title for introducing the dreaded weed in to this country . |
| 15 | The company is second in exports only to British Aerospace , which were worth £3.1bn last year . |
| 16 | All the same , she felt relieved when , just before five , they finally returned to the villa again and she was able to step out of the boat on to dry land . |
| 17 | Place some royal icing in a piping bag with a medium writing nozzle and pipe small trellised squares on to non-stick paper . |
| 18 | Pipe ladders on to non-stick paper , and leave them to harden . |
| 19 | Unlike cane furniture , Lloyd Loom is made from strong spun kraft paper , wrapped round wire and woven into a firm weave , upholstered by hand by Lincolnshire craftsmen on to strong beechwood frames . |
| 20 | I think members should bear in mind the costs of caving in to French blackmail . |
| 21 | Work on the two drainage ditches to keep water off the deck has now been completed and we have now done some work to provide steps down to trackbed level . |
| 22 | I feel I have let Sir Charles Irving down to some degree , ’ he added . |
| 23 | We will back the regulators of the financial services industry in their efforts to achieve high standards while keeping the rule books down to manageable size . |
| 24 | A strong wind tore through the trees whipping the branches fiercely to one side while the rain swept across their faces . |
| 25 | But then again I 'm not trying to put that defeat down to one person . |
| 26 | After a frightful red-headed youth with a beard had taken Hyacinth away to some dance , the party had broken up , though not before Grunte , who was tight , had made a speech about ‘ many years of close friendship … a happy ship … a united party ’ and much more of the same . |
| 27 | I know Mother traded with him from time to time , and once sent a quantity of wool away to another mill and had some back as grey blankets . |
| 28 | In two lectures in 1857 he attributed crime not to personal depravity but the corrupting tendencies of the law . |
| 29 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 30 | Over 50 models , some from the school , and two confined to wheelchairs , enjoyed the experience , showing clothes designed for teenagers through to middle age , and ‘ all at affordable prices , ’ reports 15 year old , Sarita Creese-Smith . |