Example sentences of "[adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is a major problem with the model for real textual data : all references are between nodes mapped statically to a number of data pages with no scope for dynamic variation of unit size in the source and target objects . |
| 2 | Inspector Ghote , I once remarked a little pretentiously to an interviewer , c'est moi . |
| 3 | Bush objected fiercely to a decision by the House of Representatives on Aug. 2 , 1989 , to halve the funding available for mobilizing the missiles on the rail network . |
| 4 | In part this was due to an acute awareness of his own awkwardness as a speaker ; the stuttering circumlocutions , the ers and ahs , leading inexorably to a pained silence , or the word that always hung there like a tail , ‘ Anyway … ’ . |
| 5 | At the same time , the fresh unrest heightened fears that the turmoil in Kashmir would lead inexorably to a serious clash between Indian and Pakistani troops facing each other across the Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) . |
| 6 | Perhaps that seems a little severe , but in practice bishops were subjected henceforth to an ever-closer Roman control and appointment system , while being offered no theology to ground any distinct authority . |
| 7 | He was aware that a captain with a record such as his has a big advantage , since any troops will respond better to a leader they know has been through the fire himself , and so he knew just what he could ask of his bowlers . |
| 8 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 9 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 10 | Most people respond better to a positive co-operative position than to a confrontational stance . |
| 11 | He knew that Goodenache would respond better to a woman . |
| 12 | The wide and leisurely Nile , constant for over 600 miles , had contracted suddenly to a dark gorge . |
| 13 | And Lenin , who had talked only at party meetings , before audiences of Marxist students , who had hardly appeared in public in 1905 , now spoke to them with a voice of authority that was to pick up all their undirected energy , to command their uncertain confidence , and to swell suddenly to a world-wide resonance . |
| 14 | As though to underline her thoughts , and reverting suddenly to a much earlier observation , he said : ‘ Do all the women in your time wear next to nothing ? ’ |
| 15 | It was as though she herself were under a spell , transmuted suddenly to a higher pitch , animated and volatile — as the alchemists were altered by their work . |
| 16 | The saucer drops between the towers , flies low over strangely deserted streets and comes suddenly to a grinding halt . |
| 17 | All these contributed much to a sense of fellowship and corporate social identity as well as providing opportunities for personal development and individual enrichment . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , she still owes much to a male mentor who , in a previous job , told her : ‘ You can do it . |
| 19 | The development of fully-fledged headhunting firms owes much to a growing conflict of interest between different sectors of their business experienced by the management consultants and accountants who operated headhunting departments . |
| 20 | In the short term , the development of the British executive search industry owes much to a mixture of both demand and supply factors . |
| 21 | The vogue for this owed much to a bastard Darwinism ; Latin nations were less taken in by it than were Slavs and Teutons . |
| 22 | She considers the idea , implicit in much feminist theory , of an authentic self which is said to be socially conditioned by patriarchal power , and argues that this idea owes much to a tradition in Western philosophy which dates back to the Aristotelian distinction between actions that are voluntary and actions which are coerced , a tradition that can be traced through Descartes to the present time . |
| 23 | £82 may not be much to a Cabinet Minister , but it is a fortune to many of our clients . |
| 24 | Environmental issues now contribute much to an ever-increasing awareness of the overwork of the land and the pollution of the countryside . |
| 25 | These African developments owe much to an American entrepreneur who has personally provided the necessary technology transfer and opened up new possibilities for breaking old structures of trade that were dominated by the large producers in developed countries . |
| 26 | If not in priority need , particularly if considered for the purposes of the Act to have become ‘ intentionally homeless ’ , persons may receive only advice and ‘ appropriate assistance ’ , leaving much to an authority 's discretion . |
| 27 | before going to any big event where you are not sure you will be able to cope ( eg to an interview , to a meeting , to a party , to an exam ) . |
| 28 | They pick a path through the crowded gloom inside to a low table in a corner at the far end . |
| 29 | She stepped inside to a chequered marble floor , swept clean and neat , with flowers on the table . |
| 30 | Of course it has been altered and modernised inside to a great extent , but outside it remains as it was , a Louis-Phillippe property and therefore beautifully proportioned . ’ |