Example sentences of "[verb] to [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is shortened to just the second and third phrases , both of which are cadentially ‘ open ’ , and so what had been a self-sufficient arch shape is turned into continuous , open-ended variative repetition ( see Ex. 1.2 ) . |
| 2 | He belonged to perhaps the last generation in which it was possible to be very successful in science by making one 's own way , rather than following a standard pattern . |
| 3 | With the passing of time , Greek silver coins tended to have a wider diameter and lesser thickness , and a glance at the general appearance of a coin will enable it to be assigned to either the fifth to fourth centuries or the second to first centuries BC ( compare figs. 9 and 6 ) . |
| 4 | It then declined , dropping to below the third magnitude in 1940 . |
| 5 | It was a stretched Telecaster , using the same ‘ slab ’ ash body with no contouring whatsoever , while its elongated top horn extended to above the twelfth fret and offered good balance for an instrument of its considerable weight . |
| 6 | Now we come to probably the last of the Bishops to use Halling Palace . |
| 7 | I observe in passing that probably not more than a dozen or so out of the 170-odd political entities in the world conform to even the first half of the Mazzinian programme , if nations are defined in ethnic-linguistic terms . |