Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the spring tides rose , flowing into summer , the Island began to blossom : pots of geraniums appeared on window sills and girls sewed new ribbons on to last year 's straw hats . |
| 2 | A final point that has to be borne in mind is that in order to make generalizations based on the type of quantitative analysis pioneered by Labov , a large number of tokens must be analysed ( usually thousands ) ; however , it happens that some variables that are quite salient in the community occur relatively rarely , and so we can not make reliable quantitative statements about these covering the range of speaker variables , even though they may be involved in linguistic change and may be important for historical projections on to earlier English . |
| 3 | Quigley et al. ( 1976 ) report on the tendency of deaf children to try to fit subject — verb — object patterns on to all sentence constructions . |
| 4 | Pipe outlines of sixteen lifebelts on to non-stick paper — inner and outer circles , with a hole about 2·5cm ( 1inch ) in diameter . |
| 5 | One can still argue , as I have argued myself in connection with the correlation of the north-west European Trias , that major events , such as marine transgressions on to one part of a continent , are likely to have more widespread effects in the rest of that continent . |
| 6 | Even to the extent that regional organizations do succeed in moderating the pursuit of purely national goals , as the EC has done , such organizations may themselves develop into power blocs which transpose international conflicts on to another level , in a manner which recalls the imperialist rivalries of the earlier part of this century . |
| 7 | But then she did n't usually sleep so soundly out of doors , and she put her reactions down to recent stress . |
| 8 | The company is second in exports only to British Aerospace , which were worth £3.1bn last year . |
| 9 | Place some royal icing in a piping bag with a medium writing nozzle and pipe small trellised squares on to non-stick paper . |
| 10 | Pipe ladders on to non-stick paper , and leave them to harden . |
| 11 | Unlike cane furniture , Lloyd Loom is made from strong spun kraft paper , wrapped round wire and woven into a firm weave , upholstered by hand by Lincolnshire craftsmen on to strong beechwood frames . |
| 12 | Work on the two drainage ditches to keep water off the deck has now been completed and we have now done some work to provide steps down to trackbed level . |
| 13 | We will back the regulators of the financial services industry in their efforts to achieve high standards while keeping the rule books down to manageable size . |
| 14 | A strong wind tore through the trees whipping the branches fiercely to one side while the rain swept across their faces . |
| 15 | Over 50 models , some from the school , and two confined to wheelchairs , enjoyed the experience , showing clothes designed for teenagers through to middle age , and ‘ all at affordable prices , ’ reports 15 year old , Sarita Creese-Smith . |
| 16 | Immediately , a cloud of mist hid them from their pursuers and , before it cleared , a messenger came and called the Dragoons off to another duty . |
| 17 | One Home has had great success with an art therapist who came over to take classes , combining residents from a number of Homes close to each other . |
| 18 | *****900 WORDS UP TO THIS POINT — THE 300 BELOW CAN BE DISCARDED IF NECESSARY |
| 19 | The building had two front doors , side by side , one for each house , and the steps up to each door were not divided ; an urn full of some kind of greenery stood in the middle of the steps , but there was no attempt at distinction . |
| 20 | City : Sherwood steps up to full listing |
| 21 | 7 Turn sharp right after 100 yds to climb steps up to High Cliff ( NT sign ) . |
| 22 | This week 's newsletter advises that a contribution of $40 per family will bring the PTA funds up to satisfactory level . |
| 23 | The analysis of the French fabliaux up to this point has included recurrent references to the roles of readers and writers involved with these texts . |
| 24 | SIR — The Italian multicentre study pubished in The Lancet in 1987 investigated the efficacy of subcutaneous low-dose heparin in preventing recurrence of myocardial infarction. 728 survivors of acute myocardial infarction were randomised 6–18 months later to subcutaneous heparin ( 12,500 IU daily ) plus usual treatment ( 363 ) , or usual treatment alone ( 365 ) . |
| 25 | Many thanks also to Private Eye , who donated a free advertisement publicising the event , and whose editor , Ian Hislop , now has a twin : Marco Antonio Guzman Zorrilla of Peru . |
| 26 | Mating the two-litre 's iron block to the alloy head from the BX 16-valve , an impressive 155bhp at 6500rpm is possible , thanks also to special inlet manifold . |
| 27 | Dot did n't want to hurt its face so she placed her knees carefully to one side of the lamb so that they pressed into the sewn field of flowers on the edge . |
| 28 | In other words , a positional good can not be shared without losing some of its value ; consequently as the countryside became more accessible during the 1960s , thanks mainly to increasing car ownership , so the value of the rural environment began to fall to those already in possession — and they quickly mobilized to defend their interests . |
| 29 | Cut out about a quarter of the old bare wood from established trees by shortening some branches back to suitable side branches and severing others at the base . |
| 30 | It is through the prompting of the Holy Spirit that the Bible reader gains the mind of Christ , which enables him to apply teaching given centuries ago to contemporary life . |