Example sentences of "[adv] to [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | International relief efforts were hindered by the regime 's pro-Iraqi stand on the Gulf crisis , its initial refusal to recognise the gravity of the famine , and fears that it would obstruct the distribution of food , especially to non-Moslem regions in the south where the war with the SPLA was at its height . |
| 2 | He said the buy-out had been a possibility for some time , but the two sides had only got down to serious discussions in the past few months . |
| 3 | Can you narrow it down to various professions on the er expectancies ? |
| 4 | Quiet villages with ornate traditional balconies dot the north-west and you 'll find fertile valleys running down to tiny beaches throughout the north-east . |
| 5 | And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife . |
| 6 | [ the mark-up ] is kept down to modest size by the existence of many independent firms within the corporate sector ; by the availability , elsewhere in the corporate sector , of reasonably close substitutes for the products of any one firm ; and by the perennial threat of new entry into any field in which the monopoly mark-up is large . |
| 7 | So it 's down to hard work at the end of the day ? |
| 8 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 9 | The Review notes an increase in the number of complaints against registered auditors , but puts this down to growing recognition of the Institute as a regulatory body . |
| 10 | We used to go along to various churches in the area playing music . |
| 11 | Bill Hand was a little fellow with a little name — he only stood 5ft 6ins in his stockinged feet — but he was tough and sturdy and could play on the wing or at inside-forward and did so to considerable effect for the Palace in the early 1920s . |
| 12 | He accused the USA of attempting to strip Arabs of their military strength to force them to give in to Israeli demands in the Middle East peace negotiations . |
| 13 | But it is also possible that ( as he once hinted in a press conference ) he might have refused Marshall Aid rather than cave in to Anglo-American pressure on the German issue . |
| 14 | He recalls that when other boys of David 's age listened to Radio Luxemburg , David was tuned in to American football on the American Forces Network , and was fascinated not only by American music , but by the whole culture of America . |
| 15 | The occasion was ostensibly to mark the birthday of his wife , Barbara , and was an excuse to mix business with pleasure , since invitations were issued not only to personal friends of the chairman 's but also to various luminaries of the art world , and a few favoured clients . |
| 16 | Recall that constructivism refers only to mental representations at the level of the input systems , as entities which can be translated , more or less directly , into the language of neuropsychology . |
| 17 | In the survey mentioned above , the health sector was second only to mechanical engineering in the proportion of employers experiencing difficulties . |
| 18 | This begs the question : do producers respond only to perceived changes in the prices paid for their products in comparison to those paid for other products irrespective of what is happening to their costs of production ? |
| 19 | She appears only to male descendants of the family who slaughtered her own long ago , dumping their bodies in Lake Darmstadt . |
| 20 | Their humanitarian impact would be significantly reduced if the duty of compliance was owed only to other parties to the agreements . |
| 21 | Immigration and asylum issues had thus far been subject only to intergovernmental co-operation within the EC ( notably through the so-called Trevi group ) , but some member states were seeking to bring this within the orbit of EC competence in negotiations on European political union due to be concluded at the Maastricht summit on Dec. 9-10 . |
| 22 | this principle is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties . |
| 23 | Some companies offer low-cost and free upgrades only to registered users of the product in question . |
| 24 | Membership of the council is open only to corporate members of the Association . |
| 25 | In light of the success of the Spanish sale held in London last spring and in recognition of the importance of German art in the international marketplace , Christie 's are organising a sale devoted entirely to German art from the sixteenth to the twentieth century , which will be held at King Street in May of 1993 . |
| 26 | Reliance on a predictive procedure which is linked mechanically to lagged values of the actual rate of inflation has been shown to be wholly inadequate . |
| 27 | In the late 1980s , this demand has been much increased by the partial return to school of those who were out of school or sent away to rural areas during the school boycotts and political turmoil of the late 1970s and early 1980s . |
| 28 | A formation of six Camels came to his rescue and the battle broke up , drifting away to other parts of the sky , leaving Killion to cruise home , alone . |
| 29 | Subject always to the laws of libel , and the dictatorial whims of the editors , this column will range over anything and everything to do with electronic publishing , from newsworthy ‘ inside information ’ through to philosophical speculations about the true nature of EP . |
| 30 | The Tamils called on Premadasa to ensure that food and medical supplies were getting through to Tamil citizens in the North-East Province . |