Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Mr 's argument is that windfalls and recycled land are as it were free of any environmental penalties and can be added to his thirty one thousand , then I think that er the way to treat that is to come to a higher number which takes them properly into account . |
| 2 | Above all , and most curiously of all , it is to come to a deeper knowledge of the inexplicable mercy of God , and of that fierce love that simply will not let his world go . |
| 3 | Pupils can be helped to come to a deeper understanding of other peoples and/or events with the questioner 's guidance . |
| 4 | Both of these are good ways to adjust to a better salt balance . |
| 5 | Water is ill at ease when situated higher than the surrounding ground , almost as if it is impatient to tumble to a lower area . |
| 6 | These appear to relate to an earlier phase of ocean spreading during late Triassic times , and were carried to their present positions in nappes formed during the Cretaceous , as in eastern Europe . |
| 7 | You might also prefer to work to a looser tension for this type of all over cable pattern . |
| 8 | It was a prosperous community : going to America was a big step to take , and one that would not be taken by people with prospects at the top of English society unless they were going out to fill a government post , but for anyone else it was likely to lead to a higher standard of living than could reasonably be expected in Britain . |
| 9 | Nothing could be vaguer or more likely to lead to a greater increase in the powers and competences of the Community than wording of this kind . |
| 10 | The nature of the organisation and the staff it employs tends to lead to a greater commitment to any investigation and subsequent changes , particularly if it is felt that they could eventually benefit the residents . |
| 11 | That may be more difficult , but it is ultimately more likely to lead to a cleaner world . |
| 12 | Not only were the sites of their cancer much more significant compared to their ‘ matched ’ counterparts , but they had also arrived at Bristol when their disease was already worse and therefore more likely to lead to an earlier death . |
| 13 | Experience during the past decades has shown that every acquittal tends to lead to the greater exposure to public gaze of what previous generations thought seemly only in private , if seemly anywhere . |
| 14 | Girls are expected to conform to a stricter morality , by their parents in particular . |
| 15 | Another significant contact is developing between the Historical Group and the local primary schools ; the young workers are being invited into the schools to talk to the older primary children about the materials they have collected . |
| 16 | If an individual has problems at a particular stage he or she tends to regress to an earlier stage and to be dominated , or fixated , by the behaviour and attitudes of that stage . |
| 17 | Executive responsibility — as part of a team the solicitor has the opportunity to participate to a greater degree than an outside solicitor in the commercial decisions resulting from advice . |
| 18 | Should the export of live slaughter animals be approved it could strengthen primestock prices and offer finishers an opportunity to sell to a wider range of markets . |
| 19 | That sixties period and all the stories from the era were to play a massive role in Morrissey 's subsequent lyricism and his handling of The Smiths record sleeves : the stories , the Moors murders , Viv ( Spend , Spend , Spend ) Nicholson , Elsie Tanner ( the perfect Northern character so desperately attempting to escape to a better lifestyle ) , the stream of sixties Northern imagery films ( from The Family Way through Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to The Lovers ) and the countless left-overs from the Merseybeat era now parading their former moments of glory around working men 's clubs . |
| 20 | A round arch near the pulpit is thought by some authorities to belong to an earlier period . |
| 21 | In academic writings it is probably more common to look to an earlier period as the time when family solidarity was of prime importance . |
| 22 | The very empathy ( charity in the broadest and best sense of the word ) with which he observes his characters seems to point to a better way forward . |
| 23 | He gives a running commentary on what is happening at the moment in the game but also gives a players history where he thinks it will help the reader to understand to a fuller extent what is happening in the play . |
| 24 | People who had said — during another part of the interview — that they preferred the smallest possible individual instalments turned out to be just as likely to switch to a shorter repayment schedule ( given lower APR and credit costs ) as people who had said they preferred the shortest possible repayment schedule . |
| 25 | Such knowledge could , however , continue to be useful when used in a regional context , which is what the RANs do , enabling members to react to a wider range of human rights violations in any given region . |
| 26 | You will find the speeches scattered like jewels throughout the text , but it is perhaps as well to keep to the simpler ones for your audition piece — those where Romeo and Juliet are directly enthralled by love and the declaration of love to another person . |
| 27 | The research aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the relatively poor performance of British industry in sustaining momentum in the exploitation of technological innovation . |
| 28 | One of the major objectives is to contribute to a better understanding of how the scientific constructs used to represent the objectives and practices of nature conservation in the United Kingdom can be communicated more effectively to the general public . |
| 29 | We have to contribute to a cleaner world by preventing the pollution of our own water and air , and by conserving the beauty of our countryside — whose main custodians continue to be our efficient farmers . |
| 30 | Employees may regard their property in a high-priced area as a ‘ nest egg ’ for their retirement ( as they may plan to retire to a cheaper area of housing and fund their retirement with the sale proceeds ) or they may not wish to reduce their stake in the housing market . |