Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The site must be central , easily accessible and close to parking facilities . |
| 2 | The prison system in England and Wales , then , is creaking and close to collapse . |
| 3 | The tough-guy actor — filming smash hit movie Patriot Games which is released in Britain to-morrow — had to be rescued by emergency crews after a tough underwater fight scene left him exhausted and close to drowning . |
| 4 | When this logic was applied to the lower ranks of the armed forces it also carried the gloss that these men were less capable of intellectual control , being more animal and closer to nature . |
| 5 | Name a person whom you would wish to be contacted if you are seriously ill and close to death |
| 6 | Then he said , ‘ I knew an eagle once who was also ill and close to death . |
| 7 | Hair becomes instantly shiny and easier to style WITHOUT greasiness ! |
| 8 | The mill was powered originally by water , then converted to steam in 1811 and finally to electricity in 1914 . |
| 9 | Tinitus in her ears is the only physical reminder of the violent illness … which left her unconscious and close to death . |
| 10 | This does n't give curls but leaves you hair thicker and easier to style . |
| 11 | Permed hair is thicker and easier to style than untreated hair and you wo n't have to worry about frizz if you handle it with care and use the right products . |
| 12 | His remark to Berthe Morisot in 1889 — ‘ I go less and less to paris , where the only thing people talk about is politics ’ — supports this view . |
| 13 | The Chicontepec oil is onshore and close to infrastructure , but it is dogged with very low productivity sands , and covers such a large area that accurate prediction of the sweet spots is the only way to reduce an onerous number of wells . |
| 14 | The demise of aura , which Benjamin ( 1975b , p. 239 ) attributes not just to the incursion of mechanical reproduction , but also to the activities of the avant-garde of the 1920s and especially to surrealism , is correspondingly characterized by the overcoming of uniqueness , the need to bring things closer to people , and transience . |
| 15 | Daniel Field 's new products for 1992 were used to get hair in peak condition , making it manageable and easier to style . |
| 16 | Or , in plain English , it gives natural strength and volume to each strand , making your hair noticeably thicker , shinier and easier to style . |
| 17 | The brutal attack by David Makka , 22 , left Susan Lawson , 20 , brain-damaged and close to death , a judge was told yesterday at Newcastle Crown Court . |