Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 32 | But Chris Powell and Adam Locke could do little to bring John King 's flight-to-the-moon Rovers down to earth . |
| 33 | Moreover , other geographic areas closer to home take priority ( Blasier : 1983 , p. 54 ) . |
| 34 | Target business to be run in ordinary course up to completion with no material changes in trading performance or net assets . |
| 35 | It relies on the preferential absorption on to clay minerals of an ultra-violet sensitive dye . |
| 36 | Splendid views here to east and west . |
| 37 | All rooms in the hotel have splendid views out to sea and are well furnished in traditional island style with louvre windows , stained wood floors and stone features . |
| 38 | From these it is easy to follow the career of an individual apprentice through to adulthood . |
| 39 | Although several European countries have legal controls on such activities , in the U.K. the law has not been extended in this way , though there may be legal remedies in some cases for those who believe they have been harmed by the use to which the surreptitiously collected information has been put : if , for example , unauthorised entry on to property has occurred , or if there has been breach of confidence or copyright , or if conspiracy to commit a crime , civil wrong , public mischief or some outrageously immoral act can be proved . |
| 40 | Stirling was told that a new operation was being planned and that he must bring his entire force back to base . |
| 41 | They are also very useful for marking delicate lines on to marzipan and icing , and for precise work where fingers would be too large and clumsy . |
| 42 | Er colleagues can I start the today 's business by extending a very warm welcome indeed to Councillor Dr. Alan , leader of the City of Portsmouth council . |
| 43 | A male teacher in To Sir With Love actually instructs his female pupils in ladylike behaviour , modesty , charm and attractive appearance . |
| 44 | His sexual script employed the language of moral outrage both to fuel growing demands for law reform and to present a lurid , titillating account of the prostitution trade . |
| 45 | ( ii ) It must be a matter for policy and operational decision by the police as to how they reconcile and balance the need on the one hand to bring an individual offender swiftly to book and deter crime , and on the other , the desirability of apprehending a larger number of offenders and recovering property ( post , p. 238A–B ) . |
| 46 | Clearly , it must be a matter for policy and operational decision by the police as to how they reconcile and balance the need on the one hand to bring an individual offender swiftly to book and deter crime , and on the other , the desirability of apprehending a larger number of offenders and recovering property . |
| 47 | When economists took up positions in government during the war , the theory goes , they acted as missionaries , converting politicians and civil servants alike to Keynesianism . |
| 48 | Say the following sentences up to time and you may have little difficulty in including the missing words shown by the dots . |
| 49 | There is no need to cross the Pacific to explain the Mayan civilisation ; there is a perfectly simple explanation closer to home . |
| 50 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
| 51 | Look at the splendid sight , ’ he waved his hand , just as Mr Blackwell the owner appeared , but who almost disappeared again when he saw the vast crowd about to troop up and down his narrow staircase and crowded rooms . |
| 52 | I turned to Jim , sitting in the back , to congratulate him on our effort , then , over his shoulder , caught sight of a larger than usual dark crest out to sea . |
| 53 | Sir Adrian attributes the moral decline largely to pressure brought about by a faster-pace world , particularly in the City where salary levels have become inflated beyond all recognition and where greed can easily take precedence over ethical practice . |
| 54 | Passing through humid cornfields back to town brings the mind around to separation . |
| 55 | The Chief Inspector is totally impartial and disinterested , owing allegiance neither to government nor to industry , and he decides every case in relation to the air safety aspect , without fear or favour . |
| 56 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 57 | The other replay tonight is a little bit closer to home at Peterborough to be precise , Peterborough against Blackpool , that game has just kicked off , no goals in that one at the moment . |
| 58 | This hatred of Lloyd George on the part of both Baldwin and MacDonald made it very difficult for the Conservative or Labour Parties to contemplate either coalition with the Liberals , or even a tacit understanding with them to sustain a minority government ; and the politics of the 1920s can not therefore be understood without appreciating the widespread antagonism both to coalition and to Lloyd George personally . |
| 59 | I should say at once I was not harbouring any weirdo Lawrentian notion that the lightning had zapped the little cow back to life the moment I left the turret ; for one thing there was the matter of missing parts . |
| 60 | Equally , however , if the only learning experience one encountered was in closely programmed format there would be no scope for those intuitive leaps and imaginative forays most of us remember , or for those times in which one pursues a sudden enthusiasm almost to saturation . |