Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of people employed in private enterprise , the government 's statisticians guess , grew by more than 500,000 in 1989 , bringing the total to between 1.8m and 2m people . |
| 2 | Unlike octopuses , they can also be trained to distinguish between +45° stripes and -45° stripes , bringing the total to at least three . |
| 3 | If you would like to nominate someone for a future issue , send the details to at . |
| 4 | Eventually Bleasdale plans to increase the workforce to between 30 and 50 . |
| 5 | We consider that a child in care has a right to at least as good an education as any other child . |
| 6 | ‘ We did n't have chance to talk the other day , as you were so busy , ’ he said , pushing the door to behind him . |
| 7 | Then he struck a firm but compact stroke and played the ball to within five feet of the hole . |
| 8 | The network of squares which cover ordnance survey maps can be used to pinpoint a spot to within 100 metres , giving it a 6-figure number . |
| 9 | This addition to our already extensive legal provision will give a right to at least 14 weeks ' maternity leave and protection against dismissal on grounds of pregnancy . |
| 10 | They had had the forethought to post him in the garden . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , Tess , ’ whispered Bob , pushing her back on to the landing and pulling the door to behind them . |
| 12 | presenting the cheque to from Tommy 's Campaign and Tom 's granddaughter Catherine who was born three months premature weighing just 1lb 3oz . |
| 13 | Fill the frame to within 50 mm of the top , then place a few dead leaves on the surface . |
| 14 | However , competition between management companies normally keeps the spread to within 6–7 per cent . |
| 15 | For example , if the notion of human rights is a meaningful one ( itself in hot dispute ) , and if it extends to all humans , including the severely and terminally brain-damaged , then how could we logically fail to extend the notion to at least some animals ? |
| 16 | You seen that story , what is it , one paper er if you get the letter of the week you can take part in the draw and get a flight to from Stanstead to Dusseldorf . |
| 17 | Trim the tape to within 1cm ( ⅜ in ) of knot , then turn it under . |
| 18 | Lower the temperature to around 58°F in Winter . |
| 19 | Melanie experimentally walked into it and pulled the door to on herself in a cool smell of cheese and mildew . |
| 20 | He pulled the door to behind him — he was reasonably certain there was nothing for him to see in the engine-room anyway — and stooped to examine the three dead men . |
| 21 | Bob pushed her back onto the landing once again , and again pulled the door to behind him . |
| 22 | Then he pulled the door to behind him and moved quickly and efficiently across the floor between the dancers and disappeared into the committee room . |
| 23 | He did it reluctantly , with a weary sigh , and I knew , as he pulled the door to behind him , and pressed his chest into my back , that he had hair like a forest of ginger exclamation marks . |
| 24 | from purchase ledger tied the knot to on a beautiful summers day on . |
| 25 | In other instances one finds a tendency to over elaborate , and a heaviness of design ( or an empty , lifeless stylisation ) is the result . |
| 26 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 27 | The highlight of the round was the eagle three at the 410-yard ninth , where Davies hit a wedge to within a yard of the hole . |
| 28 | I have , on more than one occasion , managed to entice a badger to within a few feet , simply by scratching my head , the inquisitive animals searching for this new ‘ badger ’ grooming in the shadows . |
| 29 | If the soil does become dry , water your plants well to remoisten the earth to at least 30 cm deep . |
| 30 | Carefully he wrote the letters and sent a servant to post them . |