Example sentences of "[adv] to [art] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Nenna , somewhat to the curate 's surprise , for he seldom felt himself to be a truly welcome guest , was already half way up the companion . |
| 2 | She had yielded somewhat to the Colonel 's insistence . |
| 3 | Lewis 's statement , which wrote off the competition , was allowed to pass unnoticed , and the whole embarrassing affair , much to the Government 's relief , might well be forgotten had it not been for the persistence of Beresford Hope . |
| 4 | Vitor went down on his hunkers and , much to the child 's glee , spent a minute or two admiring the toy . |
| 5 | I feel that most umpires do not consider this obvious fact , much to the bowler 's detriment . |
| 6 | Much to the prince 's disgust the captain of the Du Teillay refused to join in the action for fear of endangering his passenger 's life , but the Elisabeth suffered 57 killed and 176 wounded and such serious damage that she had to be sent back to Brest , taking with her her precious cargo of arms and French volunteers . |
| 7 | As Marina Warner makes clear , the inspiration of this work owes much to the artist 's visit to the rococo pilgrimage churches of Bavaria . |
| 8 | The transformation of Tesco in the mid-1980s owed much to the company 's new finance director , headhunted from International Stores , and the new productivity director , who was recruited from Safeways . |
| 9 | When they had caught the less dry fuel was used , and the fire grew , much to the company 's relief . |
| 10 | The country 's authoritarianism and uniformity owe much to the state 's overweening power . |
| 11 | In Spain , in contrast to Britain , the emergence and form of public enterprise owed little to the aspirations of the labour movement , and much to the state 's own organizational interests . |
| 12 | After watching a few people jumping and getting caught up in the excitement and atmosphere , I decided I would love to have a shot , much to the family 's amazement and Sandy 's amusement . |
| 13 | Sturgis re-entered Clark 's Fork in Howard 's rear on 11th September , much to the general 's chagrin . |
| 14 | The meeting was then closed with all present saluting with a ‘ Heil Hitler ’ , much to the agent 's embarrassment . |
| 15 | The first round produced no other surprises but credit must go to Fourth Division Birmingham University who played defending champions Bere Forest and , against the odds and much to the crowd 's delight , took a first half lead before Forest eventually came back strongly to win 4–1 . |
| 16 | During the last 30 years , CFCs have contributed only one third as much to the Earth 's heat budget as carbon dioxide . |
| 17 | If not in priority need , particularly if considered for the purposes of the Act to have become ‘ intentionally homeless ’ , persons may receive only advice and ‘ appropriate assistance ’ , leaving much to an authority 's discretion . |
| 18 | Always be prepared to listen patiently to a guest 's chatter no matter how boring , but develop a technique of being able to detach , oneself politely from a conversation without giving offence , especially if there is work to be done or other people waiting for attention . |
| 19 | Against this can be weighed the advantages of producing an article or item which is made especially to the customer 's own specification . |
| 20 | Once again , the intensity of contact spread over such a long time in the field makes this form of self-monitoring difficult to maintain , and there was also a general resistance from below to the management 's instruction . |
| 21 | A Formula 1-style wing is obviously part of the package — it 's important enough to the prototype 's aerodynamics for it not to be excluded from its testing programme . |
| 22 | While von Karajan created his own personality cult — which added greatly to the orchestra 's prestige and earnings — Abbado is modest , unassuming and hates publicity . |
| 23 | Pilot schemes suggest they can add greatly to the citizen 's sense of security and build support for the police . |
| 24 | This sense of being on fresh ground where new aspects of behaviour , new distributions and even new species are still to be discovered , adds greatly to the book 's fascination as a comprehensive account of the family . |
| 25 | The help given in the first period of Addenbrookes , when the plaintiff had her own room and was for much of the time still in a coma , was clearly signifidant , significant , not only in caring for the plaintiff 's physical needs , but in giving the support and encouragement which no doubt contributed greatly to the plaintiff 's emergence from that coma . |
| 26 | English fans feel that the emphasis on fast bowling in the last fifteen years has been greatly to the game 's detriment , leading to the continuing decline of the spinner , a lack of variety , slow over rates , broken bones and a situation where batting is more about courage than skill . |
| 27 | It is obviously to the husband 's advantage in such circumstances to seek to persuade the first mortgagee to offer the wife a further advance of sufficient amount to repay the second charge . |
| 28 | Only as we begin to respond personally to the text 's content and open ourselves to its message ( irrespective of whether the consequence of this is an acceptance , modification , or rejection of it ) do we go beyond a mere decoding or perception of the words and begin to perceive meanings . |
| 29 | Although the UK market has only been contributing some £15,000 a month or so to the company 's coffers , Christoforou expects to appoint half a dozen sales staff by April and says he will be looking for the outfit to turn over £2m plus in its first year . |
| 30 | ( This applies only to the expert 's tortious liability to the party with whom he has no contractual relationship : see 14.11.2 . ) |