Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A woman of taste and energy , Mrs Baer goes right to the source — provincial villages in France — for her fine curtains , natural linens and variations on the theme of blue ( or beige or grey ) and white stripes so sought after by decorators . |
| 2 | Goes right to the spot . |
| 3 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 4 | Boler 's case grinds wearily to the Court of Appeal . |
| 5 | Our present understanding of the relationship between ΔC p and the hydrophobic effect [ 17 , 18 ] , leads us to conclude that the latter contributes little to the formation of the single strand helix , and consequently , that water molecules may not be appreciably ordered around the faces of the bases prior to stacking . |
| 6 | The schoolmaster of St. Andrews was ambitious ‘ and aspires eagerly to the dignity of being professor of humanity in this university ’ . |
| 7 | And it contributes greatly to the reading of all text in ‘ character 's voice ’ — the kind of text exemplified in this chapter . |
| 8 | Skilfully landscaped , the campus offers much to the visitor — not only accommodation , excellent food and a meeting place , but also a relaxing and friendly atmosphere in pleasant surroundings with a wide variety of sports facilities and entertainment such as discos , concerts and sports events . |
| 9 | The cheesemaker has the best control over his cheese if he is able to use the milk from his own flock or herd — he then knows exactly what he is getting and where the animals have been grazed as the type of grass and subsoil contributes much to the flavour of the milk and then the cheese . |
| 10 | The genealogist who has traced his family tree as far back as is possible through the use of the civil registration records kept at St Catherine 's House , London , and local registry offices then turns naturally to the baptism , marriage and burial registers of the Church of England for the preceding generations . |
| 11 | The Music dictionary contributes only to the recognition of Music text . |
| 12 | The ceramic and soil contain minute quantities of uranium , thorium and potassium which are radioactive , and when these decay they produce alpha , beta and gamma radiation ( potassium contributes only to the beta and gamma components ) . |
| 13 | Completed family size sometimes refers only to the number of surviving children . |
| 14 | It is via these windows that the system informs the Offline Operator what is happening and requests a media item to be physically mounted or dismounted on the appropriate media unit ; in this case mounting refers only to the action of placing a media item onto a media unit . |
| 15 | It refers only to the cause of a difference not to a whole course of development . |
| 16 | Politically , Ratliff stands somewhere to the right of Robert E. Lee . |
| 17 | What matters most to the child is that he should be treated consistently . |
| 18 | The decline in England 's lineout fortunes , one would reiterate , owes most to the fact that , thanks to the mandatory gap , it is now so much easier to get in a jump against them . |
| 19 | Although these activities reduce the time available for normal mapping programmes , the information gained adds appreciably to the accuracy of future maps as has been shown throughout the history of the Survey . |
| 20 | ( 8 ) Appeal lies only to the Court of Session on a point of law . |
| 21 | Kenny makes a similar point when arguing that we can talk of animal wants only to the extent that they are restricted to their conscious needs . |
| 22 | As Marina Warner makes clear , the inspiration of this work owes much to the artist 's visit to the rococo pilgrimage churches of Bavaria . |
| 23 | Its continuing fascination for the public owes much to the way in which it is inextricably linked with a real-life ‘ romance ’ : in the summer of 1857 , if not before , Wallis and Meredith 's wife , Mary Ellen , daughter of Thomas Love Peacock [ q.v. ] , became lovers . |
| 24 | This achievement owes much to the work , since 1955 , of the sport 's modern ‘ father ’ , General Choi Hong Hi . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the proposal — which owes much to the structure of Aegon ( itself the product of a proprietary company , ENNEA , merging with a mutual one , AGO , more than a decade ago ) — is being closely studied by the many other mutual UK life assurers who find themselves short of free capital . |
| 26 | West Indian dominance owes much to the foresight and imagination of parents and grandparents . |
| 27 | This enhanced sense may derive from the deft , alert response of the musicians to David Lloyd-Jones 's direction , and certainly owes much to the magic of Jack Gibbons 's playing , which becomes the focal point of this performance . |
| 28 | As an organisation the Trust owes much to the tourist industry and it welcomes the opportunity to work alongside the regional tourist boards and the travel trade . |
| 29 | The present appearance of the bridge owes much to the Counter-Reformation , its famous gallery of sculpture transforming it from an ordinary thoroughfare into a via sacra ( see p. 55 ) . |
| 30 | It is likely that the phenomenon of white Creole use owes much to the popularisation of Jamaican musical styles , but the role of music in promoting Creole among the Caribbean population is harder to assess ( see next section ) . |