Example sentences of "[verb] one to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An instruction adds one to the modifier field of a specified index register , and jumps to a specified address unless the two fields are equal . |
| 2 | These tales are told with an extraordinary lightness : the frequency of the present or the perfect as narrative tenses ; the adoption of a simple but precise vocabulary ; the sparing use of adjectives ; the composition of short , essential paragraphs added one to the other , not like bricks , in the conventional metaphor of story-building , but more like transparent balloons lifting the story off the ground — with all of these techniques , Celati has created a mode of story-telling which shakes off the weight of narrative in what is a conscious and consistent effort to pare away the superstructure of ideology and ‘ that homogeneous and totalizing continuity that is called history ’ ( Celati 1975 : 14 ; cf. |
| 3 | Will you send one to the widow Benedicta at St Erconwald 's in Southwark ? |
| 4 | A quota is established by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of members to be elected plus one , and rounding up or adding one to the quotient . |
| 5 | Should you use one to the exclusion of the others ? |
| 6 | That said , there 's absolutely no way I 'd stick one to the side of the Eizo T560i I use every day , purely because of the degaussing circuitry that you mention . |
| 7 | In this example we initialize the index register to zero and , on each iteration of the loop , we add one to the value held by the index register before executing the add instruction . |
| 8 | It is now obligatory to pay the devil a share of the fees ( usually half ) and the work therefore helps one 's livelihood , as well as providing experience and ( sometimes ) bringing one to the notice of the professional client . |
| 9 | It alerts one to the importance of contextual factors such as those relating to the institution 's regulations , resources and ethos . |
| 10 | Helen had confessed at lunch that she would sooner have been three behind than three in front — and when news came , after the first 10 holes of the fourth round , that she had fallen one to the rear of the Australian , one had the feeling that she was merely paving the way for a last-minute attack . |
| 11 | The one that he 's done so far was at the end of December and erm he is going to do one to the end of March and that 's going to be a regular thing . |
| 12 | He returned one to the pile and got a larger one . |
| 13 | In other words , the sentence with to asserts drop as a fact and perception is invoked merely as the means which has brought one to the knowledge of this fact : perception took place ; therefore the dropping can be inferred and asserted . |
| 14 | When he saw Edwin Chase striding up towards them he made haste to make known one to the other . |
| 15 | When he saw Edwin Chase striding up towards them he made haste to make known one to the other . |
| 16 | He offered one to the boy , and the boy politely refused . |
| 17 | Which took one to the garden where |
| 18 | you 've got to swap one to the left , Shell |
| 19 | It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one 's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one 's ability and beyond , so that thereafter one has new standards by which to judge oneself . |
| 20 | We took them down to Max 's Kansas City and gave one to Micky Ruskin the owner , we gave one to the DJ ; and we gave one to Lisa Robinson , the reporter . |
| 21 | In 1.1 , for example , we showed a sequence of instructions to add one to the operand field of an " add " instruction , so that when executed it referred to successive locations in store . |
| 22 | I throw one to the back of the room . |
| 23 | D Do you know do you know that Norfolk where the headquarters are where the incident room is , Norfolk have not had one reported incident to that forecourt watch , cos I spoke to the control staff , not had one to the force where it 's actually been centred . |
| 24 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |
| 25 | Such readings of the text lead one to the conclusion that patriarchal presuppositions are woven into the writing in such a way that they can not be extricated . |