Example sentences of "to [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still has a match against world champions Germany to negotiate next Saturday , but his much-maligned players have shown they still possess the spark to brazen out the autumn qualifying triple against Poland , Holland and San Marino . |
| 2 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 3 | The Winant and Clayton scheme dates back to 1948 when a group of young Americans came to Britain to work in youth clubs and parishes . |
| 4 | Santomaso 's links with Peggy Guggenheim date back to 1948 when the artist suggested to Rodolfo Pallucchini , General Secretary of the Venice Biennale , that Peggy Guggenheim 's collection should be exhibited in the Greek Pavilion . |
| 5 | Probably a British businessman with enough money to go romping off to America on some tax-deductible crusade — heavens you were n't anybody in the Sixties if you could n't to that twice a year . ’ |
| 6 | If the by-election results were repeated throughout the district , the number of Labour councillors on Wear Valley Council would be reduced from eight to four with the Liberals increasing from 28 to 32 scarcely a reason for rejoicing in the Labour ranks . |
| 7 | ‘ The dog 's heartbeat was down to 25 to 30 when the average is 75 to 80 for the needs of the body , ’ he said … |
| 8 | The vertical bar is a pipe command that passes the output of one command to another so the ECHO . |
| 9 | The history of a castle on this site dates back to 1231 when a stone castle , or more likely a fortified manor was built by Robert de Tattershall . |
| 10 | Moreover , a reduction of frequency from four to three following an intervention is equally likely to give a misleading impression of the efficacy of the intervention . |
| 11 | Ross Pope , who wrote to me from Chichester , recalled the period from 1916 to 1920 when the family lived at Putney Hill . |
| 12 | Some of these were obsolete , but one has been identified as belonging to a Babylonian king , the twentieth of the Kassite dynasty , who reigned from 1381 to 1354 B.C. The suggestion has been made that the string may have been a royal gift . |
| 13 | Insert split rings along each tape , spacing them at an equal distance apart , at a distance to equal twice the depth of the bottom pelmet starting at lath channel . |
| 14 | This is on an increasing scale of 1 to 5 where a rating of 3 signifies that the majority of the research is of national significance . |
| 15 | The writer and artist Gwen Raverat , a member of the famous Darwin family , was the last private occupant prior to 1957 when the house became college accommodation , being first let to New Hall . |
| 16 | Ending 20 months of negotiations , the agreement eased the tension between the UK and China over consultation on Hong Kong 's affairs in the period leading up to 1997 when the colony was to revert to Chinese control , and ended the uncertainty over the US$16,200 million airport project , announced in 1989 , whose funding had been threatened by China 's opposition . |
| 17 | From 5 to 6 p.m. a rain of pumice in large pieces , quite warm , fell upon the ship . |
| 18 | Such a religious focus perhaps indicates the primary function at these sites , in contrast to those where the temple occupies a somewhat subsidiary location in the known plan . |
| 19 | If things did go wrong , especially during recording , it was counted major disaster , increasing proportionately in scale the nearer to 10.00 pm the clock ticked . |
| 20 | In the subsequent period up to 1973 when the rate for the whole economy was 3.7 per cent , the distributive services shot ahead to 4.5 per cent whereas the financial sector trailed at 2.9 per cent and miscellaneous services limped behind at 1.5 per cent . |
| 21 | Her bilirubin concentration , which had begun to fall after stent removal , continued to improve and the steroids were slowly reduced to zero over a period of two months . |
| 22 | What you are aiming for is something like Fig. 9.3 where the pitch is reduced to around zero when the model is on its side , goes down to negative when inverted , back to zero when the helicopter is on its other side and finally back to normal . |
| 23 | So when does the value come down to zero , well it comes down to zero when the bit we 're taking away is equal to that . |
| 24 | This is only really effective if used in conjunction with a special radio outfit which allows the tail rotor pitch to be reduced to zero when the motor is stopped . |
| 25 | The co-operative ideal dates back to 1844 when a group of Lancashire businessmen — the ‘ Rochdale pioneers ’ — decided to work together , or ‘ co-operate ’ . |
| 26 | I believe tobacco-smoke is the most effectual , but to one not a smoker it would require to be a case of hiring another to the office of smoking away the midges — a work many would gladly undertake , for tobacco is looked on in the Highlands as a very great good , almost as essential as the whiskey . |
| 27 | He cut down to five when the policy was introduced , but is back to pre-ban levels . |
| 28 | The numbers of non-political refugees could double to 80,000 when the sailing season starts in the South China Sea in February , the Government argues . |
| 29 | The deals stretch back to 1983 when the council was run by a Conservative-Liberal coalition . |
| 30 | For a full colour brochure and investment information please contact the selling agents or telephone the on site Show Apartment/Sales Office , open from 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. every day , tel . |