Example sentences of "to [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would effectively require another audit to establish the position , because the Vendor would effectively be warranting that even in the light of events which have occurred prior to the Balance Sheet Data but which have come to light up to completion the Accounts still give a true and fair view of the Business 's financial position . |
| 2 | Although he found much to admire in the oriental-megalomaniac architecture of Kim 's Korea or Mao 's China , in his quest for a style suitable for a monumental Bucharest he looked to precedents closer to home . |
| 3 | Although few of us would expect an Eskimo to react or think in the same way as we do , we are nevertheless continually guilty of the same foolish assumption in regard to nationalities closer to home . |
| 4 | The latter included exhortations to consumers to switch off appliances , reductions in supply voltages by 5 per cent ( which was considered the maximum tolerable limit ) , and encouragement to industrialists voluntarily to stagger their factory hours away from peak times . |
| 5 | With an eye on recent developments in neighbouring Romania , trade union leaders appealed to strikers not to stage demonstrations , apparently fearful of a spread of unrest . |
| 6 | Taking age into account does not lead to estimates closer to unity , and hence the effects can not be attributed to confounding . |
| 7 | In a basket scram it 's three wheel I 've had as many as a hundred and forty pound loaves in a scram to push from to Street up to Road . |
| 8 | This morning , Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is expected to cave in to City pressure , and commit the Government to contributing money to an insurance pool to cover commercial property against terrorist attack . |
| 9 | The result is a drama that remains more worthy than absorbing , despite the excellent performances of Michael Byrne as Roberto and Bill Paterson as Gerardo ( is his Irish accent meant to indicate an application to application to events closer to home , or descent from Bernardo O'Higgins ? ) . |
| 10 | Jesus looked to material close to hand for the subject matter of his parables . |