Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets . |
| 2 | Pain in the lower right chest through to the back ( like Mercurius ) worse ( < ) lying on the painful side , ( Opposite to Bryonia ) |
| 3 | Now , as you all know , we 've got a big job on , and we 're going to have to work every hour there is to get The Hooded Owl up to the standard I know it can reach . ’ |
| 4 | Most East Anglican villages had a working windmill up to the beginning of this century , and many mills continued to grind corn until recent years . |
| 5 | Courses range from foundation courses for the complete beginner through to the most advanced qualifications from the Royal Yachting association ( RYA ) and Department of Transportation ( DTp ) . |
| 6 | Once past her garden , Clare turned off the narrow lane on to a path hedged high with hawthorn , which led up the gently rising hill behind the cottage to the wood . |
| 7 | A BP oil tanker was blocking the narrow lane down to the Old Forge , towering over the thatched cottage to which it was attached by its pipe-line as though with an umbilical cord . |
| 8 | ‘ But it is more important than anything else to bring parental responsibility back to the centre of the stage . ’ |
| 9 | There could be no quicker way than this to appreciate how different things are climatically on the two sides of the mountains , because not only do you exchange cold cloud for sunshine but also the lush greenery of the high valleys to the north for the grass less , stony and , in summer , almost waterless river valley which leads on the Spanish side down to the small town of Bielsa ( a little trippery , inevitably , but a place of some character ) . |
| 10 | The College maintains close and constant links with the other seven Welsh colleges which run courses in agricultural education and students who obtain a National Certificate in Agriculture at one of them can transfer to the Welsh Agricultural College on to an Ordinary National Diploma course . |
| 11 | Organizations for linking , such as those which many LEAs provide for the primary-to-secondary move , have also done much to encourage the pooling of detailed information about the curriculum up to the age of 16 and the curriculum either in the technical or vocational context up to the age of 17 or 18 or in a tertiary college up to the age of 18 . |
| 12 | They 're only paying from the top branch up to the last branch on the tree . |
| 13 | He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period . |
| 14 | Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi . |
| 15 | Sainsbury , Tesco , Asda — they all provide expensive glossy leaflets aimed at helping us to slice our treasures — interestingly into fruit salads — how about a bit of background , or best of all , a direct link back to the people who have been eating guavas and passion fruits for ever . |
| 16 | We returned on a quicker inland route back to the car park in the early evening , tired but totally satisfied after our exhilarating coastal ramble . |
| 17 | incentive to get us up this last steep pull on to the summit of Beinn Ghlas . |
| 18 | SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site . |
| 19 | The ship reached the coastline just after sunrise and began to follow it in a south-easterly direction down to the sea . |
| 20 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |
| 21 | The light is distributed over the courts by means of multi sided reflectors , rather than by direct light on to the court as is the traditional way . |
| 22 | This despoiled manuscript , containing the Old Testament up to the Book of Job , still preserves six large-scale pictures of biblical scenes , a decorative page of script , and forty-one initials . |
| 23 | The drought persisted in eastern Australia during 1982 and the cumulative effect up to the end of January 1983 is shown in Figure 1 . |
| 24 | I use a 300gsm Arches rough cotton watercolour paper , and brushes ranging from a no3 for detailed work through to a one inch for broad colour washes . |
| 25 | Despite a lingering tendency to see the Chinese cult of the dead as a simple and direct projection on to the mystical plane of the strict code of filial piety controlling the behaviour of sons towards their fathers , recent studies by Sinological anthropologists are increasingly adopting a wider cosmological perspective which places the dead , where they naturally belong , among the other spirits and forces of traditional Chinese religion . |
| 26 | He was gently coaxing an old lady on to the duckboards , and his elaborate care and concern made Meredith think better of him . |
| 27 | The scientific observer conceives of himself as a rational mind looking out through a plate-glass window on to an inaccessible " nature " . |
| 28 | One of the waiters peered through the wall-sized window on to the street . |
| 29 | We sat down and Harvey speared fried chicken on to the three plates . |
| 30 | They reckon that dubbing French dialogue on to the kids ' favourite soaps will keep them switched on in class . |