Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of reacting against the bias in their chosen paper , readers tended ( at the margin ) to defend their paper ( if it was biased against their party ) or even to glory in its bias ( if it was biased in favour of their party ) . |
| 2 | Should they necessarily be restricted to electoral variations , or even to activity around state institutions such as local government ? |
| 3 | We are now at a point in this evolution where , I believe , the climate is more favourable than hitherto to cooperation between linguists and educationalists . |
| 4 | She had overheard Papa say that once to Mama about a particularly notorious senator whom he was compelled to entertain . |
| 5 | However , care must be exercised in the analysis of unfamiliar languages , as demonstratives are often organized with respect to contrasts between participant-roles rather than simply to distance in concentric circles from a fixed deictic centre ( the speaker 's location at CT ) . |
| 6 | They provide a very active participation in the many voluntary groups supporting the revolution and contribute much more than previously to development through participation in the labour force . |
| 7 | The vacuoles appearing in these cells during infusion of caerulein contain activated lysosomal enzymes which in turn may activate the digestive enzymes leading to cell destruction and presumably to leakage of these enzymes into the interstitial tissue ( where they produce inflammation ) and into the blood . |
| 8 | I think the main thing is there 's about six hours sort of realistically speaking of really good quality hours to be on your B M S set during the day , and just to sort of add up the hours that you are actually on the phone making outgoing calls , sort of brings it home to you . |
| 9 | The mill was powered originally by water , then converted to steam in 1811 and finally to electricity in 1914 . |
| 10 | As diagnoses become more refined , they move from a simple description of signs and symptoms to an understanding about pathogenesis , and finally to knowledge of aetiology . |
| 11 | Within the owls , therefore , there is a progression from minimal ( although still considerable ) loss of bone in the barn owl and other species , to destruction of the weaker postcranial elements in the eagle owls , and finally to destruction of both postcranial elements and jaws in the tawny and little owls . |
| 12 | During the exchange itself he 'd moved from suspicion to disbelief to disgust and finally to acceptance of Estabrook 's proposal . |
| 13 | Now , TB is practically non-existent in the Western world , and something we tend to forget all about , except on the odd cultural occasion when we hear Mimi coughing herself so touchingly and melodically to death in La Bohème , or read the life of a Lakeland poet , or dwell on the saga of the Lady of the Camellias . |
| 14 | So local authorities make their own policies , which sometimes leads to conflict with central government and always to diversity of provision . |
| 15 | Winterbottom , who led England out in honour of his 50th cap , was as vigilant as ever in defence and always to hand in attack . |
| 16 | But those images are becoming harder and harder to stomach in a world hit by recession . |
| 17 | Partly , these relate to fears that state policy ( especially social security and housing policy ) might be helping to create such families ; and partly to disapproval of the way in which absent parents are able to evade their ‘ responsibilities ’ to provide for their families . |
| 18 | Being a temp gives you a good chance to try out different types of work before committing yourself to a permanent job , and also to size up the different companies . |
| 19 | Now er that really started to look into the , the , the nur the , the er profession and also to sort of see if they could n't improve the lot of nurses . |
| 20 | Use sand-paper to clean the sawcuts and also to radius off the edges of the spar ends . |
| 21 | ‘ the violation of the universal laws governing the building of socialism [ which ] led to incomplete socialist changes and even to retention of some elements of the transitional period ’ — namely , failure to fully collectivize Poland and reign-in the Church ; |
| 22 | 3 When you have almost passed Carn Llidi , fork right inland , heading uphill and immediately to right of prominent stone-walled enclosure to go up on to left-hand shoulder of Carn Llidi . |
| 23 | Jennie told Katharine to perform a 10m circle in the corner of the school , which helps bend the horse correctly , and then to shoulder-in up the long side . |
| 24 | John Lawlor , a pupil from 1936 onwards , said of himself that he ‘ passed from dislike and hostility to stubborn affection , and then to gratitude for the weekly bout in which no quarter was asked or given ’ . |
| 25 | There may , of course , have been shorter-term adaptations first to abnormality and then to absence of the cortex on one side . |
| 26 | The mill was originally converted from fulling to corn and then to silk in 1747 . |
| 27 | Her emotions were so erratic , changing from anger to jealousy in a moment , and then to resentment of James Halden who continued to torment her thoughts . |
| 28 | Other litigation between Condy and A. D. Mitchell , who had joined the firm in 1870 , led at first to estrangement and then to reconstitution of the company as Condy & Mitchell Ltd. , with Mitchell and Henry Bollmann 's eldest son , H. J. Bollmann Condy , as managing directors . |
| 29 | degree in 1948 : he proceeded rapidly from research student to lecturer and then to reader in dynamical climatology ( in the department of meteorology ) by 1949 . |
| 30 | In Section One we took a bottom-up approach to discourse , and indeed to language as a whole ( see Figure 8 ) . |