Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set in Alaska , it stars the Canadian folk-singer k. d. lang as Kotz , an orphaned Eskimo of ambiguous sexual identity and brooding potential violence , who latches on to Roswitha ( Rosel Zech ) , a middle-aged German emigree librarian still hanging on to memories of lost happiness like the jars of preserved berries she keeps in her bedroom . |
| 2 | Some more crag rats were further proving the delights of Yorkshire limestone , holding on to ledges with their eyelashes and hanging on to spars of rock by their nostrils , swarming in a team of a dozen or so all over the face of the scar like a plague of dayglo flies . |
| 3 | When An Teallach passes from sight behind foothills , the road turns down to scenery of a very different character , to the beautiful trees and parklands of Dundonnell and vistas of sylvan charm . |
| 4 | And the Midland actually goes down to sort of the top of erm Cambridgeshire , |
| 5 | Brush with water and press on to bottom of cake . |
| 6 | Joyce , frustrated , moved on to consideration of yesterday 's weather , complaints about the new trainee and an attempt to enlist Helen 's support in resisting the county librarian 's enthusiasm for a local history section at Spaxton . |
| 7 | I do n't know maybe it may just be come down to sort of the individual theatres I suppose |
| 8 | It was on just such a dais as this above the feudal retainers , he supposed , that the Saxon thanes would have sat down to trenchers of roasted wild duck and suckling pig . |
| 9 | This is intended as a sort of coda to the movie : fade in to scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains , stacked dishes awaiting washing up , some of the more senior party-goers taking a nap . |
| 10 | And then it moved over to sort of VAXes as well . |
| 11 | ABBEY National is offering to meet up to £250 of legal and mortgage valuation fees for customers who are remortgaging or switching to Abbey National . |
| 12 | Your High Elf army may include up to 50% of its points value as characters chosen from the list below . |
| 13 | Your army may include up to 50% of its points value as characters chosen from the list below . |
| 14 | Your Empire army may include up to 50% of its points value as characters chosen from the list below . |
| 15 | Your army may include up to 25% of its points value as war machines chosen from the following list . |
| 16 | Your army may include up to 25% of its points value as War Machines chosen from the following list . |
| 17 | Your Empire army may include up to 25% of its points value as Monsters chosen from the list below . |
| 18 | Social phenomena have a disconcerting habit of climbing up to positions of eminence from which they conveniently repudiate their humble origins ; we must not be misled by this . |
| 19 | In March 1928 he wrote on a theme which relates to that of Ash-Wednesday ( Part 11 ) , hoping that Hardy 's burial in more than one site would not establish a precedent and that future great men would not be ‘ dismembered ’ as if the nation were ‘ given over to idolatry of relics and fetishes ’ . |
| 20 | Dinner parties were given over to discussion of the choices before customers . |
| 21 | Some space was given over to discussion of these questions in chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 22 | His whole soul had been so given over to dreams of leaving Loxford recently that he was startled to think his father might share them . |
| 23 | Some of the programme on Saturday , November 28th has been given over to residents of several old people 's homes and approximately £500 worth of tickets for the 2.00pm service have been donated to the residents . |
| 24 | On his surrender Noriega was transported by helicopter to the nearby Howard Air Force Base in Panama , and there he was turned over to representatives of the US Drug Enforcement Agency . |
| 25 | Industry analysts consulted about the failure of the deal to sell up to 30% of Electronic Data Systems Corp to British Telecommunications Plc unanimously concurred that the deal was more critical for EDS owner General Motors Corp than for EDS and would have no short-term impact on the world 's largest systems integration company . |
| 26 | It was assisted by the government Guaranteed Loan Scheme , which supported High Street banks in lending money to family businesses by guaranteeing up to 80% of the banks ' risk . |
| 27 | Constructed from structural steel sections , or occasionally of concrete , rack-supported building structures comprise of rows of back-to-back racking separated by gangways for the stacker-cranes and are commonly built up to heights of around 30 metres . |
| 28 | Banks of single-crystal silicon solar cells embedded on its upper body flank can generate up to 1.4kW of power , according to Honda . |
| 29 | The system I would like to see is solicitors being given the job of approving up to £500 of legal aid work , with spot checks on quality , taking off any who are found to have abused it . ’ |
| 30 | First time buyers can borrow up to 95% of the valuation or purchase price ; product fee is £150 . |