Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [noun] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PC Nigel fits the clamp to Bryan 's hired Astra . |
| 2 | The visitor to , or resident of , Looe who strolls along Banjo Pier , drives round to Hannafore Point , or rides the railway to Liskeard has , for these feats of engineering skill , to thank a Cornishman who came to the town in retirement in 1890 . |
| 3 | The former road turns beyond the lane junction and crosses the valley to Morvich , a farming settlement in lovely surroundings with accommodation and camping for the many walkers who find this a convenient base for their mountain expeditions . |
| 4 | The Cadenabbia Lido is just 300 yards away and nearby is the centre of Tremezzo , with the boarding point for the ferry which crosses the lake to Bellagio . |
| 5 | Meet 10.30am where the Ridgeway crosses the Ashbury to Lambourn Road . |
| 6 | I know that my hon. Friend , who takes a close interest in these matters , understands the importance to Bristol and to British Aerospace of this decision and this order . |
| 7 | Turn left along this lane ; a signpost points the way to Norber , a long limestone ridge forming the north-western skyline . |
| 8 | And here lies the key to Egerton Grey : it is a hotel in disguise . |
| 9 | But here lies the key to America 's competitiveness well beyond the recovery . |
| 10 | To the right of the gateway stands the monument to Charles IV put up in 1848 to mark the quincentenary of Charles 's founding of the Carolinum ( see p. 4 ) . |
| 11 | The latest , E 46 , Extraordinary Items , Fundamental Errors and Changes in Accounting Policies , incorporates the changes to IAS 8 , Unusual and Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies , which were agreed in the project 's original Statement of Intent in July 1990 . |
| 12 | The path is waymarked and joins the road to Cockfield around Hollymoor Farm . |
| 13 | Robertson questions the attribution to Epiktetos , favouring Psiax . |
| 14 | It is Sultan Ismail Petra who probably holds the key to Kelantan 's future . |
| 15 | Striking the right balance between continuity and change undoubtedly holds the key to Courtaulds Italia 's future . |
| 16 | If a document was formatted by the student for A4 , what happens if the marker alters the size to US Letter , or even A5 ? |
| 17 | To get things moving , wealthy collector Walter Donovan ( Julian Glover ) — who believes drinking from the cup will make him immortal — kidnaps Indie 's father and lures the son to Venice where the search for a vital clue necessitates a flesh-crawling wade through flooded , rat-infested catacombs . |
| 18 | John Earle , as early as 1628 , likens the child to Adam before the Fall all innocence which time destroys , for experience corrupts ; yet the original nature of the child is pure . |
| 19 | Joseph Seery , of Darlington , says the responses to John Cole 's column on third-world famine relief ( 24 April ) , on which I commented here on 1 May , ‘ are , I hope , a fantasy … part of an experiment to see how far imaginary outrageous statements can go before their authenticity is challenged . |
| 20 | This typifies the attitude to Japan and Japanese investment in France and in the Community . |
| 21 | Situated between the Oxford canal , a 90 mile waterway ( built in the 1780's ) that links the Midlands to Oxford , and the River Cherwell lies the town of Kidlington . |
| 22 | THE CAREFULLY CONTRIVED atmosphere of tranquillity that greets the visitor to ICI 's chemicals & Polymers headquarters at Runcorn in Cheshire , extends well beyond the carpeted and muted calm of the main reception area . |
| 23 | Football : Shilton 's point duty shows the route to Italy |
| 24 | In amongst Esso petroleum storage tanks on the north side of the river a high Cleopatra Needle by old fortifications marks the memorial to Henry Bell whose Comet , the first commercially successful steam ship , was launched on the Clyde in 1812 . |
| 25 | It concentrates the will to God who transcends all particularity and it acts like the kind of short prayer that the Cloud-author recommends : " take bot a litil worde of o silable ; for so it is betir of two , for euer schorter it is , the betir it spirite … is worde schal be ridest on pees or on werre " . |
| 26 | As we talk Tim unlocks the door to Julie 's office at the couple 's marketing consultancy company , Ranzau , in Milton Keynes . |
| 27 | So ends the introduction to Douglas 's prose memoir of that battle and its aftermath , Alamein to Zem Zem . |
| 28 | If they made a profit margin of 15 per cent to 20 per cent then the the value of the deal , which includes the rights to Merck 's Elavil anti-depressant , is equivalent to 18 times pre-tax profits . |
| 29 | The final day of the festival , May 16th , celebrates 40 years of music in Tilford Church when the programme includes the sonatina to Bach 's cantata No. 106 Gottes zeit ist die allrbeste Zeit , and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 . |
| 30 | Touchen End is a small hamlet that straddles the Bracknell to Maidenhead road . |