Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the growing disillusionment of the Spanish experience in 1937 , Nizan was led inexorably to incredulity and disbelief during the Munich crisis of September 1938 , and ultimately to bewilderment and total despair following the Nazi-Soviet pact and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 . |
| 2 | Though it looks painfully obvious described so baldly , this scheme is wonderfully successful in dramatising the way in which life gradually closes in on Peter , driving him inexorably to madness and suicide . |
| 3 | Much to mummy and daddy 's despair , none of them are showing any inclination to . |
| 4 | Fortunately , he wrote , while every person , more or less , in the Western world , has access to pen and paper and can write down a word or two , few will turn as naturally to painting or music to soothe their troubled breasts . |
| 5 | Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries , but both are near enough to fitness and form . |
| 6 | Faculty examinations are also unnecessary because they will add greatly to training and development costs . |
| 7 | It is highly addictive , comparably so to heroin or cocaine according to the US Surgeon General , and the health risks are long-term ones , so that starting is easier and quitting is more difficult . |
| 8 | Both , to begin , were hostile to the growing prospect of a corporate state where power belongs less to parliament or cabinet than to organised interests such as unions , multinationals , federations of employers , state monopolies and established institutions like professional bodies . |
| 9 | This will apply.not only to mathematics and English , but also to areas such as science and arts , where at present progression and continuity are particularly weak . |
| 10 | ( The phrase ‘ suitable applicants ’ refers only to ability and motivation . ) |
| 11 | The high numbers of deer cause damage not only to farming and forestry but also to the natural environment — overgrazing , for example , has almost totally blocked regeneration in many of Scotland 's native woods . |
| 12 | Particles larger than this are subject only to saltation and surface creep . |
| 13 | The revelations of evil that I had experienced had brought me only to confusion and powerlessness . |
| 14 | The country 's trade deficit in textiles and clothing grew from $4,700 million in 1980 to $26,500 million in 1989 , making it third only to oil and motor vehicles as the biggest component of the country 's overall trade deficit . |
| 15 | Indeed it does , and Locke recognizes such cases where , because there is ‘ a want of a discoverable connection between those ideas which we have … we are … left only to observation and experiment ’ . |
| 16 | During our Pre-Campaign Wave in March defence was the main issue on television , the main issue stressed by the Conservative Party , and second only to unemployment as Labour 's main issue . |
| 17 | Joseph Usher , Tace 's hero , had hidden himself in a chamber of the mine but had been driven out by hunger and thirst and , having given himself up , been taken away to trial and execution . |
| 18 | She climbed stairs and peered through wide windows at the canyon and the forested land that stretched away to south and west . |
| 19 | The type adapts easily to relief or drawing , since it is an extreme example of the ‘ two-dimensional ’ statue : broad rather flat front and back views , with very little depth between them . |
| 20 | Choosing the wrong technology , or failing to take the necessary adaptive measures in management , production or marketing can quickly lead to falling profits , dwindling market shares and finally to takeover or closure . |
| 21 | The layout also reflects the sequence of scientific archaeology from one lab to the next from sorting and cleaning , to cold storage , rough sectioning and then thin sectioning and fine polishing , and finally to analysis and interpretation . |
| 22 | Almost immediately it has vanished , able somehow to levée and jetée through the undergrowth without a sound . |
| 23 | Most of the Northern Ireland libraries noted some involvement , although relatively fewer Welsh and Scottish authorities ; the involvement of Scottish authorities tended to be restricted largely to health and safety training . |
| 24 | The main argument then turned largely to cost-accounting and cost reduction . |
| 25 | She was clinging desperately to normality and self-respect . |
| 26 | Anchor Hotel Comfortable Licensed Hotel close to Promenade and Town Centre . |
| 27 | Grill close to heat until cheese is melted , barely bubbling and aromatic . |
| 28 | 100 yards to sea , close to conference and exhibition centres , shops , Lanes and theatres . |
| 29 | Such futile efforts can only bring something close to contempt and suspicion among the millions of human beings who crave nothing more than a simple faith based on a credible ‘ god ’ . |
| 30 | It is visible with the naked eye , and its position close to Eta and Mu makes it very easy to locate . |