Example sentences of "[adv] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what people do before parties : she has seen them doing it on television : indeed , she used to do it herself when she was young , when she had no need of such substances , before she reverted so inexorably to her ancestral type . |
| 2 | She does not pretend that Ben 's ordeal resulted directly from the ban , but she believes it contributed to the chain of events which led inexorably to his present stay in south-east London 's Bethlem Hospital . |
| 3 | He tossed the garment casually on to a chair , and her eyes were drawn inexorably to his broad expanse of chest . |
| 4 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 5 | But must a foraging hyena be conscious of the food it has not yet uncovered , or a homing salmon aware of its destination as it begins the laborious trip upstream to its natal stream to spawn ; both exemplars of goal-seeking behaviour ? |
| 6 | The crane ratchets of the later arrivals could still be heard clearly as their crews outramped , and rising bow waves could be spotted as an occasional laggard powered upstream to its proper place in the echelon . |
| 7 | If , after a stiff swig of nectar , we were to watch further developments , we 'd find that in another 100,000 years or so , or even longer , exactly the same thing would happen again , and the compass would swing back suddenly to its original position . |
| 8 | Brought up in an English public school , Alexander is introduced very suddenly to his new destiny and he reacts predictably ; when he examines the documents attesting to his birth he feels ‘ a sudden thrill of pride ’ : |
| 9 | The growth of the trust owed much to its first chairman , Sir Henry Dale ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 10 | Artemis 's horse whipped round twice , plunged and bucked , and then with Artemis , much to its apparent displeasure , still well on board , took off after the leading group . |
| 11 | A founder-member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers , he never reached high office ( he was too much of a maverick to fit into any formal organization ) but contributed much to its educational work . |
| 12 | During every song fans jumped up and dived back into the crowd much to her initial annoyance and then amusement . |
| 13 | Robyn , much to her own irritation , found herself doing as ordered . |
| 14 | That Banbridge put themselves within touching distance of their first title since 1988 owes much to their battling qualities . |
| 15 | The striking exception among the super-egos is Professor Charles Handy , a modest and witty Irishman with a spiritual perspective which owes much to his four years as warden of St George 's House in Windsor Castle , a private study and conference centre in the UK concerned with ethics and values in society . |
| 16 | He is survived by his wife , Margaret Forbes , whom he married in 1933 , and who contributed to much to his many spheres of activity , and by a son in Australia and a daughter . |
| 17 | Much to his evident surprise , he was invited back to do another Hancock series , but by then the show was in its death throes and Ken no more wanted to be a part of it than Hancock wanted to have him . |
| 18 | But she recovered , composed herself and accepted , gladly , too , it would seem , much to my own satisfaction . |
| 19 | The modern popularity of burger bars , coated nuggets , and ready-made stir-fry mixes owes much to our growing repugnance at the bleeding carcases , the veins , the sinews , which to our grandparents were an everyday sight . |
| 20 | When Doctor Staples came , he examined Arty and listened patiently to his self-diagnosis.The doctor neither confirmed nor denied that he was suffering from smallpox — which pleased Arty immensely . |
| 21 | One hour later , after he had been refreshed and had listened patiently to his grateful client 's sad story about the awful life she was leading at the hands of a brutal husband , Broomhead was on his way . |
| 22 | Returning thoughtfully to his own back bedroom , he tuned one of his receivers to the frequency he had read off the antenna and hooked it up to a tape machine . |
| 23 | He returned thoughtfully to his quiet house and sank into an armchair . |
| 24 | Labour MPs are now , of course , thrashing through the business of submitting themselves winsomely to their local parties . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 'd appeared on a day when I was n't jet-lagged and exasperated by travel delays , I might have reacted less belligerently to your unannounced arrival . |
| 26 | Gossels admits tensions rise because people resist change , especially to their own work . |
| 27 | Most people derive satisfaction from exhibiting their bodies , or parts of their bodies , to others ; especially to their sexual partners . |
| 28 | Dear Grandfather , I am very much indebted to you for sending me to school , and especially to my present Teachers , who have greatly contributed to my improvement , but to you is due all the knowledge I possess . |
| 29 | After the Lateran Council all men over fifteen and women over twelve were to confess annually to their own priest ( permission was needed for confession to another ) and were to take communion each Easter . |
| 30 | This idea can now be refined through Bourdieu 's concept of habitus , in which the social group 's perspective upon some form is always predicated upon the historical construction of its dispositions , interaction being a conjunc-ture which can not be reduced merely to its immediate context ( Bourdieu 1977 : 81 ) . |