Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spoon blobs of the choux pastry on to wet baking sheets and bake in a pre-heated oven for 15 min . |
| 2 | Grafting on to American rootstock led to a much needed rationalisation , whereby only the best sites in the classic regions were replanted and only noble vines were cultivated . |
| 3 | Body position and movement also play an important part — although the fact that turns latch on to each other successfully in telephone conversations seems to suggest that these factors , like gaze , are perhaps not as important as might at first appear . |
| 4 | The trouble had started in March when Mohawks on the Kahnesatake reservation in Oka , Quebec , 33 km south-west of the city of Montreal , erected a barricade on a highway to prevent the town council from extending a golf course on to sacred burial land . |
| 5 | In Britain , caste is not really relevant in the same way , it usually gives rise only to petty jealousy ( except where intermarriage is concerned ) . |
| 6 | Stop schooling sessions three months from foaling , resort only to gentle ambling . |
| 7 | THE Queen , rather pre-occupied these days , has nevertheless found time to quash attempts to strip Sir Walter Raleigh of his title for introducing the dreaded weed in to this country . |
| 8 | All the same , she felt relieved when , just before five , they finally returned to the villa again and she was able to step out of the boat on to dry land . |
| 9 | I think members should bear in mind the costs of caving in to French blackmail . |
| 10 | But then again I 'm not trying to put that defeat down to one person . |
| 11 | I know Mother traded with him from time to time , and once sent a quantity of wool away to another mill and had some back as grey blankets . |
| 12 | In two lectures in 1857 he attributed crime not to personal depravity but the corrupting tendencies of the law . |
| 13 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is all a question of timing , and that summer afternoon in 1921 was the moment when the linear impulse started its break through to public awareness . |
| 15 | Keeping your weight over to that side , raise your back leg 2 ins ( 5cm ) off the floor and move it forwards and back just an inch or two . |
| 16 | Keeping your weight over to that side , raise the back leg 2ins ( 5cm ) and move it forwards and back just an inch or two . |
| 17 | An inexpressible lethargy , born of shock and mingled desire , made her want to lean her head forward against him , to have her face and mouth close to that part of him which , earlier , had taken her into such a seventh heaven of ecstasy . |
| 18 | As has already been highlighted , there is a great deal more to successful database and information systems projects than the ‘ state-of-the-art ’ technology , and the analysts explore further these factors in the business analysis stage . |
| 19 | He got Svidrigailov 's nightmare past the censor , and there is a good deal more to that horror than I have quoted ; and ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ could have been got past him too . |
| 20 | There is a great deal more to Italian food than an endless variety of pasta shapes topped with Bolognese sauce , and pizzas . |
| 21 | Furthermore , the Exeter guarantees renewal up to any age regardless of size or number of claims made . |
| 22 | It is not , however , a property in the same sense as we have used the term up to this point , since it is a second-order property ; that is , it is a property of the other two relations that we have sketched so far ( and only of these ) . |
| 23 | The implicit basis of child care practice up to that point was that no fundamental conflicts of interest between parents and children , or between families and the state , were at stake in such interventions . |
| 24 | It arranges for the house to be valued to determine its minimum selling price and the employee receives a figure up to this amount from the company so that the purchase of the next property can go ahead . |
| 25 | I was doing quite well in the quiz up to that point , but my mind went a total blank on that one . |
| 26 | Insulation up to 3 clo units ( p. 177 ) is effective for active people , and up to 4 units for sedentary work ( Brotherhood , 1973 ) ; additional thickness of clothing tends to be cumbersome and counterproductive , requiring more energy to carry it about . |
| 27 | The lady 's bid now to eighty pound . |
| 28 | He debated whether it would be worth sending a scout out to that ridge , to give him better warning , but decided against it . |
| 29 | Roger Charlton 's two-year-old was an easy winner of a Ripon maiden before finishing sixth in Deauville 's Prix Morny last time out and should appreciate this switch back to easier company . |
| 30 | We shall go on living , and changing , together , and this will mean , for all of us , more life , more being , a circle of love , a mystery , a stretching out to each other in the dark — ’ |