Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] to [noun] " 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 | The unions also fear that Mr MacGregor wants to link appraisal more closely to teachers ' salary levels , thus creating a merit pay system . |
| 5 | They swaggered to a classy , confident victory full of irresistible one-touch football that took the Magpies ever closer to Reading 's 1985 record of 13 wins in a row at the start of a season . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh God , Rainbow , let's just get back in that taxi and scarper straight home to London , ’ mutters Becky to her niece . |
| 7 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 8 | It 's their intention to have a car as close to Zoom as possible in production by 1995 . |
| 9 | Erm the subjects now then to Mr |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Thanks very largely to Lewis , Spenser is now once more regarded as one of the greatest English poets , having sunk into almost total obscurity before The Allegory of Love was written . |
| 12 | Thanks very largely to Neil Caldwell 's untiring efforts in commissioning ecological reports and co-ordinating environmental objectors , the Newport Council has once again withdrawn its Bill from Parliament . |
| 13 | I 'll say thanks very much to Councillor Stuart Argyle for coming in our thanks as well to David Poole for joining us on the phone thanks David . |
| 14 | Thank God he had taken Amabel safely away to Almsmead . |
| 15 | The same applies to many other churchmen of the age , in England most obviously to Bishop Ethelwold of Winchester . |
| 16 | This is not , after all , the stuff of drama texts but of matters rather closer to reality . |
| 17 | For the last twenty years of progressive manufacturing decline in Britain , the one optimistic assertion had been that while industry 's contraction might be irreversible , at least the City of London remained the financial centre of Europe and second only perhaps to New York in the world . |
| 18 | Khrushchev could never forgive him for the cruelties and stupidities that brought Russia so close to defeat by Hitler . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But , as tears pricked the back of Fabia 's eyes , she realised that she was in danger of becoming over-emotional — which would be of no help just now to Cara . |
| 21 | This was also another issue always close to Mr Chatrier 's heart . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | First , it drives Stavrogin even closer to Svidrigailov than I have suggested so far . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Heater too close to coat rack . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He was on a short Embarkation Leave and told the whole story once again to Clarissa . |
| 29 | This year , however , Britain has been faced by a tyrant much closer to home . |
| 30 | It seemed unlikely they would have placed a bomb so close to Livingstone Manor , but it was better to be sure than dead . |