Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] to [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This meant that school-children taking ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels were not moved during this crucial time and so disruption to schooling did not present a major problem for parents .
2 Thus COURSE to SUBJECT represents two record types having a one-to-many relationship .
3 The first of these periods ( from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century ) usually involved confrontations between stone-throwing strikers and armed troops , who would sometimes resort to gunfire to restore order .
4 The archers loosed blind in the darkness , but could do so only once without imperilling their friends , for after the shock of meeting it was stark hand to hand work without any daylight art about it , first a hacking and swinging ahead at any flesh that moved , then body to body fumbling where everyone panted out words in his own tongue to be safe from his comrades , and even swords were of little use .
5 A big bream is a very deep-bodied fish and would have to stand almost tail to surface to pick a bait direct from the bottom with its lips , which I know they do when they are in that kind of mood .
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