Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have now finished coaling at Chapmans Well , but had to wait right to the very end for the best coal . |
| 2 | If you start to go on to the other p , side of the page , start again . |
| 3 | I had to go on to the usual horror . |
| 4 | This entirely new production , due to go on to the Royal National Theatre in London , remains true to the essence of Lorca 's play , and as vibrant as the heat and colours of ‘ the land of sun and shadow ’ . |
| 5 | It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance . |
| 6 | The big cat started to swing on to the other tack but a swell caught her bow , slamming her back . |
| 7 | now the avoidance of doubt , when you 've got to another aspect of the case quite different , namely the claim for special damages , you were suggesting to Mr that there , there was a deliberate attempt to and after all whereas you might not like my er use of the to swing on to the Daily Telegraph |
| 8 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 9 | After seven hours of rock hopping and scree climbing we were glad to slide down to the mist-covered mountain lake to pitch our tent . |
| 10 | He dismissed the subject from his mind and decided to go down to the tiny lunchroom he ran for his employees , to get a cup of coffee . |
| 11 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 12 | The sister did not like this at all and called the paediatrician , who examined and decided that he ought to go down to the special care baby unit after all . |
| 13 | Britain has one of the largest black populations in the Western world , yet magazines seem to try to appeal only to the white mainstream . |
| 14 | St. Saviour 's was the first church in this country to be specially dedicated to use by deaf people and was the crowning achievement of the Rev. Samuel Smith , the first clergyman ordained to minister entirely to the deaf . |
| 15 | This is paradoxically confirmed by the fact that both capitalist and socialist economists , politicians and ideologues are increasingly trying to jump on to the Green bandwaggon and to appropriate its policies for themselves . |
| 16 | He persuaded General Electric to waste millions developing a rotary compressor , almost persuaded Utah to jump on to the cold-fusion bandwagon , and failed to rescue Wang laboratories from bankruptcy . |
| 17 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 18 | To catch on to the developing barbecue market , the BTIS is also to spotlight June as its first Quality British Turkey Month ; arrange sampling tests for up to 150,000 consumers ; and set up a turkey charity ball — or turkey trot — in conjunction with a major charity . |
| 19 | The exchange rate mechanism works as follows : ( a ) a rise in money supply causes interest rates to fall ; ( b ) the rise in money supply plus the fall in interest rates causes an increased supply of domestic currency to come on to the foreign exchange market ; this causes the exchange rate to fall ; ( c ) this will cause increased exports and reduced imports , and hence a multiplied rise in national income . |
| 20 | ERA is one of more than 50 new ales to come on to the Scottish market in the past year . |
| 21 | However , the other category of liability for personal injury or death which the party in default can seek to pass on to the innocent party is that relating to claims made against the party in default by third parties , who have suffered death or personal injury by reason of the negligence of the party in default . |
| 22 | Landforms developed in relation to the earlier and higher base level are abandoned as erosion starts to work down to the new base level . |
| 23 | Not all of the attributes of God that he intended to pass along to the human race were present in Adam , eg God has a mother 's heart . |
| 24 | er he wants money coming in to the central fund er if has in two years time to face a , a trial , these allegations so be it , but meanwhile he wants the money to come in to the central fund for the reason he 's outlined |
| 25 | POLICIES for agricultural support and the environment need to work together to the mutual benefit of farming and the countryside . |
| 26 | POLICIES for agricultural support and the environment need to work together to the mutual benefit of farming and the countryside . |
| 27 | ‘ If you 'd be kind enough to come down to the front door , I 'll explain everything . ’ |
| 28 | I fingered heavy silver and amber necklaces with starting prices of £200 but I did not have the patience or the energy to haggle down to the real price . |
| 29 | They aimed to pass over to the other side of the stockade through the gap between one section and the other , where the bridge spanned the stream . |
| 30 | Political scientists should analyse details of the behaviour and statements of officials to infer backwards to the value-maximizing choice of the relevant elite . |