Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here above all he or she has to organize as far as possible a staff consensus , to present it to the governors and to explain any requests for modification back to the staff — and then if necessary to carry out the modification . |
| 2 | Third , QC , as Chairman of the Race Relations Committee , is channelling all requests for reconsideration back to the CLE . |
| 3 | 1.56 If it is a fatal accident case , full details of the dependants and the loss of dependency up to the date of the application must be included . |
| 4 | One former Edinburgh male compositor who worked at Constable 's told me in a letter that " we as apprentices … used to help the ladies by lifting the formes of type on to the stones , so as they could do corrections , and lift them down " It could in fact have perfectly well been done by a strong woman or by two women cooperating , and in any case took very little time . |
| 5 | We slept out on the last fields , leaving the 90 zigzags of path up to the plateau for the next day . |
| 6 | He threw a piece of paper on to the floor . |
| 7 | h ) If the machine is a Silver Reed or Knitmaster : Put a tiny piece of vaseline on to the lever attached to the back of the machine that trips the lever that the punchcard rotates on . |
| 8 | The concept reared up fully formed : the sparkling snowflake of Steel City fragmenting from the hub of fire , spilling bodies into vacuum , the debris plunging flaming spears of fall-out on to the dense towns of Earth . |
| 9 | They all had a meal together , then , as the September evening was warm , Ken Stevens wheeled Jennifer 's wheelchair outside and Valerie carried a tray of coffee on to the patio . |
| 10 | ( b ) In some circumstances , individual solicitors may be required to attend a relevant training course as a condition of acceptance on to the panel . |
| 11 | I told him I would , so we walked side by side down to the garden , reached a secluded place , and we went at it . |
| 12 | So never mind what the executive amends , recommend , stick your hand up for three eight eight and three eight nine and give a bit of power back to the people . |
| 13 | ‘ If there was a death in the family our custom was to take a bit of crepe out to the bee-skeps after sunset and pin it on them . |
| 14 | We hope that you enjoy some benefit from your NCT membership and that you might be prepared to give a little bit of time back to the branch occasionally . |
| 15 | We hope that you enjoy some benefit from your NCT membership and that you might be prepared to give a little bit of time back to the branch occasionally . |
| 16 | She saw his attempts to wish his own brand of authority on to the production as little more than temperamental interference , and , in turn , told him how he should play his scenes . |
| 17 | Lying down increases the return of blood back to the heart and brain . |
| 18 | A crash of musketry off to the right flank betrayed that the farms to the west were under attack , but here in the centre , where the road led enticingly to the crossroads , the enemy was still hidden . |
| 19 | He took the tins of food through to the lean-to and piled them up on the draining board . |
| 20 | One possible course of action is simply to leave the OED and completed Supplement as they are , a record of the vocabulary of English up to the late twentieth century but no more , and to concentrate on the production and revision of other smaller dictionaries . |
| 21 | To me the Navy has always been unrivalled for the style in which it clothes ceremonial occasions , and these dinners , from the entry of the President 's party heralded by nautical airs from the marine band , to the ritual procession of the baron of beef through to the ( sometimes seated ) loyal toast , are no exception . |
| 22 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Gwen complained as she brought two cups of tea over to the table and sat down , ‘ Matt 's the only one who seems able to cope with him . |
| 23 | Involvement varied from the informal exchange of information through to the detailed organisation of local visiting programmes . |
| 24 | Involvement varied from the informal exchange of information through to the detailed organisation of local visiting programmes . |
| 25 | Like many men of the muirlands and remote districts of Ayrshire in the 17th century , John was a fervent opponent of the imposition of Episcopacy on to the Scottish Kirk . |
| 26 | The Chieftain attribute identifies the lexicographer who is permitted to approve the transfer of material back to the main archive , and to reallocate ‘ ownership ’ of bundles of entries . |
| 27 | I left the road halfway between the Cotterdale Road end and Hardraw and walked with Bill the dog and Eddie the landlord from the Sun in Dent along to the signpost that pointed the way to Cotter Force . |
| 28 | As well as providing pregnancy counselling to any girl at school up to the age of eighteen years , its ongoing work is to look after the social and educational needs of a small group of six or seven pregnant schoolgirls or school-age mothers who attend the unit every weekday for a period of twelve months . |
| 29 | I estimate that our costs for involvement up to the stage of sending out all of the profiles but excluding any meetings with interested parties and subsequent negotiations and structuring will be approximately £ [ ] excluding VAT and outlays . |
| 30 | The saga of the Danish No suggests that the EC can no longer evolve by piling amendment after amendment on to the Treaty of Rome — conveniently insidious though this method may be . |