Example sentences of "to the old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the old question , did she fall , or was she pushed ? were added two more refinements : was she also choked or poisoned ? |
| 2 | at Christmas time 193 1 I had a table of gold , hoping that it might in some way draw us all back to the old gold standard again gold lame tablecloth , old white Mennecey china , many yellow roses . |
| 3 | The last examination working to the old syllabus will be in December 1993 . |
| 4 | It is clear from Figure 9.4 and Table 9.4 that the new index provides a similar picture to the old index but with some divergence . |
| 5 | It is a pity that New Scientist has give a new lease of life to the old story of 100 000 meteorites falling in a swarm in Poland ( 17 March , p 711 ) . |
| 6 | Such revolutionaries also complain that by adhering so closely to the old subject divisions , in the past characteristic more of GCE O levels than of the CSE , those who devised the new examination missed a great opportunity . |
| 7 | The electorate must realise that , if Labour is successful at the next general election — which is highly unlikely — we shall immediately return to the old rating system . |
| 8 | In 1975 the Polygram group of companies reverted to the old idea of paperless ‘ labels ’ for its ordinary seven-inch singles ( 36 ) . |
| 9 | As long as transmutationism was linked to the old idea of a simple ascent of a linear scale , it was doomed to failure . |
| 10 | It 's similar to the old idea of cooking Yorkshire pudding underneath the beef joint whereby the dripping falls into the batter . |
| 11 | Well I mean now basically the ri er the question about a riff-raff is er just back to the old idea whether you 're going too far or whether |
| 12 | It was a pleasant walk along well-trodden paths through Birbeck Woods beyond which we came upon the first set of workings in Gunnerside Gill : the remains of dressing floors belonging to the Old Gang Mining Company . |
| 13 | In his next symphony , No 32 in G , K.318 , he reverted to the old Italian sinfonia form — a shorter , single-movement piece consisting of a slow section sandwiched between two allegros . |
| 14 | Though explicitly Christian , ‘ Journey of the Magi ’ forms between the earlier and later work a bridge over which the reader ( with access to the gospel word ) may cross into the release of Christianity , the new birth ; but , denied that access , the speaker of the poem can only seek relief in death to escape from having to return to the old way in which he is ‘ no longer at ease ’ . |
| 15 | It was as though I had died to the old way — and yet I was alive in a new kind of way . |
| 16 | A Saxon code of law was published which dealt firmly with reversions to paganism ; any return to the old way of worship was punished by death . |
| 17 | Taking this step demands genuine repentance and a baptism which signifies cleansing from sin and death to the old way of life and resurrection to the new . |
| 18 | It represents both the washing from the stain and defilement of sin and also death to the old way of living and the beginning of a new resurrection life . |
| 19 | It 's a return to the old way of the community helping to fight crime . |
| 20 | According to the old Princess , she was the granddaughter of Fateh-ul-Mulk , the heir apparent of the last Mogul Emperor , Bahadur Shah Zafur II . |
| 21 | St Bridget 's affinity to the old goddess Bridget can be seen in the wording of long-ago prayers to the Abbess : ‘ Bridget , our torch and our sun ’ … |
| 22 | It was at his suggestion that the name taekwondo be used , because it bore a close similarity to the old name of tae-kyon . |
| 23 | Garrett ( 1986 ) quotes Hocking who called the syndrome ‘ miscare ’ and considers that many families begin their caring commitment with genuine concern and sympathy but become overwhelmed by the task , so the relationship sours , resulting in harm to the old person . |
| 24 | The speaker may need to be physically closer , to use the reassuring sense of touch , to remember that the whole face and expression help to convey meaning , to express one thought at a time unhurriedly , at the pace suitable to the old person . |
| 25 | Whilst physical infirmity may make physical care of great significance to the old person and mental infirmity may limit their capacity to give and receive other kinds of care , the efforts we make to relate to the whole person are critical if we are to avoid the stigmatising and depersonalising processes which insult the integrity of the old person . |
| 26 | For the sake of relatives , decisions may have to be made which are apparently unwelcome to the old person . |
| 27 | The misery to the old person is considerable as is the expense to the National Health Service . |
| 28 | While there may be agreement about the lowest levels , below which standards can not be allowed to fall without grave risk to the old person and probably others , individual workers may have very different views and opinions about the acceptability of certain degrees of domestic and personal neglect . |
| 29 | A caring relative who has a strong attachment to the old person may find the vulnerability of the loved one nearly intolerable . |
| 30 | Sometimes this is attributable to ignorance of the real alternatives available to the old person , sometimes to different value positions as to what is important — comfort versus independence , for example . |