Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The storm builds to a particular intensity . |
| 2 | This case points to a possible role for moderate hypothermia in preventing hepatitis secondary to ingestion of paracetamol , when it might be used as an adjunct to treatment with acetylcysteine or haemoperfusion in high risk cases . |
| 3 | They also found that an error of eight weeks in the date of payment led to an average error in the proportionate mispricing of only 0.01% . |
| 4 | The last draft of the directive that was considered by the European Parliament refers to a normal minimum of eight hours ' work . |
| 5 | Perhaps instead of competing with each other to sell their wares , Third World countries could get together and force the West to agree to a standard minimum price for commodity prices , like oil-producing countries did with OPEC . |
| 6 | Whether the tape is a real recording of the voices of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles or not , its existence points to a concerted effort to damage Prince Charles . |
| 7 | Far from being ad hoc , the move to save Newton 's theory from falsification by Uranus 's orbit led to a new kind of test of that theory , which it was able to pass in a dramatic and progressive way . |
| 8 | ZOMAX , a new pain-killing drug given to a million people in the UK over the last two years is being withdrawn by the manufacturers , pending changes in the prescribing information issued to doctors . |
| 9 | This change led to an enormous effort to begin active treatment in the neonatal period for virtually all infants with this condition . |
| 10 | In Britain it was too good to last , but the slogan led to a disastrous period of false optimism . |
| 11 | The addition of cisapride led to a significant increase of median contraction amplitude and duration , but only in the mid and distal oesophagus . |
| 12 | The combination of ranitidine with cisapride further diminished the acid reflux found with ranitidine — that is , cisapride led to an additional reduction of total reflux ( from 6.4 ( 1.2- 22.8 ) % to 3.7 ( 1.0–12.7 ) % , p<0.01 ) , supine reflux ( p<0.05 ) , and postprandial reflux ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 13 | Business as usual The election led to a few significant changes in Northern Ireland , but mostly it 's more of the same , says Robin Wilson |
| 14 | In the same boat close to the bottom of Yorkshire Division plunged to a 20–6 defeat who played their best rugby of the season . |
| 15 | We are therefore of the opinion that the faster two components seen in the SDS-sequestration technique correspond to a weaker subset of GC sites and possibly other non-GC sites as well . |
| 16 | The report continues with a list of cases in which disputes over fixtures in listed building led to a public enquiry , a court case , or both and concludes with a section entitled ‘ How to make the legislation more effective ’ , which provides advice to owners , information on Stop Notices and calls for control over the sale of fixtures . |
| 17 | Betty was here out of the kindness of her heart to minister to a wounded human being . |
| 18 | The last sentence refers to an earlier conversation between Green and Hickson in which the latter had claimed that the Cambridgeshire LEA would not be prepared to support the work of the District , whereas the Board had been offered a grant of £100 for 1931–32 and the prospect of increased grant-aid in subsequent years . |
| 19 | The increased official recognition of the hazards of asbestos led to a veritable torrent of health-related regulations in the US . |
| 20 | ‘ So it emerges from these authorities that the retention of moneys known to have been paid under a mistake at law , although it is a course permitted to an ordinary litigant , is not regarded by the courts as a ‘ high-minded thing ’ to do , but rather as a ‘ shabby thing ’ or a ‘ dirty trick ’ and hence is a course which the court will not allow one of its own officers , such as a trustee in bankruptcy , to take . |
| 21 | My heart rose to a tidal detonation ; |
| 22 | Sails are kept ready rigged , ready for action , and all rigs are interchangeable with all boards — an unrivalled opportunity to try to a wide range of sails with a wide range of boards . |
| 23 | Obediently the noise level dropped to a whispered exchange , and Larsen ran his eye over the sea of faces packing the long corridor on either side , trying to pick out his daughter Karen . |
| 24 | Whereas Serena is concerned to domesticate her problems , Stella consciously strives to exaggerate her own eccentricity , yet her resilience and the regularity of her yo-yo-like existence testify to an underlying solidity . |
| 25 | The ( US ) Dow Jones Industrial Average index rose to a record high of 2,821 on May 12 , based on hopes of lower US interest rates , but prices on the New York stock exchange fell sharply on July 23 , as hopes of interest rate cuts subsided . |
| 26 | The architect Clough Williams-Ellis of Port Meirion fame published his influential England and the octopus in 1928 — ‘ an angry book , written by an angry young man ’ as the author confessed in a Preface added to a 1975 edition . |
| 27 | Others are fitted as permanent onboard lighting units fed off the camcorder battery , and are arranged for either manual control or , in some cases , auto on/off as and when the ambient light level drops to a predetermined value . |
| 28 | What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry . |
| 29 | He was very geared to the principle of being in an indie band for the sake of it and he would have had difficulty signing to a major label on any terms . ’ |
| 30 | As the afternoon drew to a close , Mildred crept downstairs and out into the darkening yard . |