Example sentences of "[adv prt] to a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says a woman on an earlier expedition had snow blindness and as soon as she came down to a lower altitude , she was put on a drip and recovered in a few days . |
| 2 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 3 | Thirdly , and perhaps most importantly , to try to beat Ephron down to a lower price would surely be to heap dishonour on Sarah . |
| 4 | transformer to bring it down to a lower voltage . |
| 5 | ' On each side of this extensive structure there is a street running down to a wider street at the back , which is 40 feet in width , including the footpaths . |
| 6 | If an employee trades down to a cheaper model and sacrifices less salary , no output tax liability arises . |
| 7 | He wants to move down to a smaller house in Weybridge . |
| 8 | Another is to reduce the proportion of dark background area relative to the subject , either by shifting to a more suitable setting or by moving in to a bigger close-up so that the dark background is reduced in size . |
| 9 | The expressions and ideas of religion — that of the Fatherhood of God , for instance — belong in the category of image , and it is the task of the philosopher to break through to a clearer conceptualisation , refining the images into concepts . |
| 10 | One of the rooms , the Osiris chapel , leads through to a further suite of rooms , dedicated to the Osirian cult . |
| 11 | ‘ One man 's trash is another man 's treasure , ’ Totter said in a maddeningly calm voice , wandering over to a lower shelf as she did so . |
| 12 | After lengthy discussion this was approved , subject to a number of points which required further consideration and were stood over to a further meeting . |
| 13 | It makes good sense to switch over to a lighter routine , just as you adapt to the warm weather by wearing lighter fabrics . |
| 14 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 15 | Mansell , who 's got his season off to a better start than anyone in history , described it as the happiest day of his life , but was first to acknowledge all the hard graft back in Didcot that made it possible . |
| 16 | Given that the evening was meant to be so special , so significant , they could hardly have got off to a worse start , but Jessica refused to compromise . |
| 17 | To produce 3 minutes inbound at a G/S of 112kts the required distance is 5.5nm. 6nm rounded off to a higher figure . |
| 18 | THE debate on ways in which Merseyside might benefit from up to £1bn in EC grants is being opened up to a wider audience in a novel fashion later this month . |
| 19 | The noise starts as a light tapping and builds up to a louder noise then stops suddenly . |
| 20 | Often people will move up to a better word processor or spreadsheet , but will want to carry on using the other applications in their integrated package . |
| 21 | It all adds up to a better deal , for your managers , your training budget and for effective corporate management development . |
| 22 | No peering at various heights to see what my ‘ eye ’ can manage to ‘ see ’ … but a really close examination , even to holding some paintings up to a better light when required . |
| 23 | Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area . |
| 24 | That worked very well indeed er over a period of what twelve to eighteen months , the whole street , which was mainly residential , was brought up to standard up to a higher standard , simply by providing new fronts . |
| 25 | Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . |
| 26 | The two sets of waves then cancel each other out , rather than adding up to a stronger wave as one might expect ( Fig.4.1 ) . |
| 27 | Two stone steps and a low wide door in the far wall led up to a smaller kitchen , and beyond that was the gloomy pantry where trussed birds and enormous rounds of butter and cheese were stacked on cold stone slabs . |
| 28 | The Gib'Sea family of yachts allow you to move up to a larger craft as your requirements progress — you can select from the comprehensive range , 24′ to 52′ , while remaining loyal to a marque you can trust . |
| 29 | His covered body was taken out to a cooler resting place , and suddenly the foundry seemed to be going round and round . |
| 30 | Cut , stay where you are but reframe the shot by zooming out to a wider angle before continuing the recording . |