Example sentences of "to add to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the financial costs of declaring redundancies , these firms were reluctant to add to their regular workforces . |
| 2 | Ian Woosnam , who defends the International Trophy awarded to the individual player with the lowest 72-hole score , teams up with Mark Mouland as Wales bid to add to their 1987 triumph . |
| 3 | On the resumption Kilkeel were awarded three consecutive penalty corners but they were unable to add to their slender advantage , and the direct long ball tactic from Service meant that Kilkeel always had to be alert to the breakaway . |
| 4 | Quite apart from her reluctance to give her family any more ammunition to treat her like a witless child , Guy Sterne 's arrogant interference had merely burdened Charles and her father with yet another worry to add to their depressing catalogue of troubles . |
| 5 | DARLINGTON have developed an injury crisis to add to their mounting problems , writes Tim Wellock . |
| 6 | All avid travellers , they return from their journeys with yet more to add to their exotic collection of objects and furniture . |
| 7 | Since 1977 , when I first published what is still the only British book on the subject ( Modern First Editions : Their Value to Collectors ) , collectors have become more and more attracted to contemporary writers ; in this latest edition I list 281 twentieth century authors in whom there is currently the most interest , 115 of whom are alive and well and regularly producing new offerings which the hopelessly dedicated completists are obliged to add to their earlier rarities . |
| 8 | For some reason she was determined to drive the fact home , and Jenna felt rising anger to add to her other feelings . |
| 9 | He sounded utterly bemused and Maggie was all of that , to add to her other problems . |
| 10 | Who knows , the evergreen Martina Navratilova may now be poised to add to her staggering total of more than 160 major titles . |
| 11 | He tried to add to her full glass . |
| 12 | To add to her miserable state a bleak wind had got up , bringing with it a sweet tangy yeast smell that made her stomach roll and cry out . |
| 13 | In Europe , AT&T plans to add to its existing network management centres here in the UK and in the Netherlands by installing systems in key European commercial centres to provide the service for multinational customers in the UK , France , Germany , Spain , Italy , Belgium , Switzerland , the Netherlands and Sweden , and plans to hire or redeploy more than 650 technicians and sales personnel in Europe to provide customer support for the new services that are to be available in 1994 . |
| 14 | Ramtron International Corp , Colorado Springs , Colorado pioneer of ferroelectric memory chips , reports that it raised about $12m in a private placing of 1.2m shares of common at $9.80 per share to add to its working capital . |
| 15 | Reed struck first by purchasing the US equivalent of Britain 's Solicitors and Barristers ' Directory , to add to its growing stable of professional publications . |
| 16 | Analyst Judith Hurwitz , now running her own shop , Hurwitz Consulting Group , has taken over the multimedia newsletter Media Letter from Myriad Technologies to add to its own Tool Watch . |
| 17 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 18 | I occasionally buy an item to add to my own stamp collection but I 'm not committed to keeping it complete . |
| 19 | All rounder Naved Anjum will be hoping to add to his pre-tour tally of two Test caps |
| 20 | He finished runnerup in the javelin to add to his second place in the shot put . |
| 21 | John Byrne ( striker ) : Bargain £225,000 buy from Brighton , the Republic of Ireland international has scored in every round , and he will be out to add to his seven-goal haul against Liverpool . |
| 22 | The £2m-rated striker missed three chances to add to his 21 goals so far this season as Pompey dominated the first half of this Anglo-Italian Cup tie . |
| 23 | Now he gets the chance he 's always wanted , to partner brother Rory , who returns from a short-lived retirement hoping to add to his double England record of 55 caps and 35 tries . |
| 24 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 25 | Inspired by his effort in the 10th minute , he kicked a second in the closing stages to add to his three conversions and two penalties . |
| 26 | Now he is confident and ambitious , looking to add to his three caps , the quicker the better . |
| 27 | He returned to England in mid-September but then , to add to his physical woes , he suffered an attack of arthritis : it required massage and he resented the time he had to spend travelling to and from the masseur . |
| 28 | He may have another outing on the Flat before bidding to add to his National Hunt tally here next month . |
| 29 | Second row Paul Warwick got in on the act and full-back David Rowledge stretched the lead to 27–11 with a penalty to add to his earlier conversions . |
| 30 | ALISTAIR Arkley , the man defeated in his bid to buy Camerons has bought 56 pubs to add to his growing portfolio . |