Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death of a renowned foe usually brought mourning rather than triumph to the victorious camp ; when Boelcke himself was killed ( in collision with his best friend ) , planes from every British airfield within range dropped wreaths on his base , regardless of the risk involved . |
| 2 | giving inaccurate advice based on previous experience rather than listening to the family |
| 3 | As the wind increases above this level it is better to go directly to the No 3 to help the stability of the boat rather than changing to the No 2 . |
| 4 | Mr Macdonald said the most significant thing was that Brown had gone back to his car nearby and returned to the fight armed with the knife which had a 12in blade . |
| 5 | You will find yourself well satisfied by one dish rather than succumbing to the temptation of eating several smaller dishes that eventually mount up ! |
| 6 | Perhaps physical geography has been overtly concerned with the parallel to the first law rather than proceeding to the equivalent of the other three ! |
| 7 | One day in August , three weeks after my adventure with the machine-gunner , I finished work early and went to the Taro for a swim . |
| 8 | The right choice will give inspiration to choreographer and performer alike and add to the pleasure of the audience . |
| 9 | The epic story of how the citizens of Phocaea abandoned their town rather than submit to the Persians is told by Herodotus 1.163 ff . |
| 10 | In Tchaikovsky 's Second Symphony , Svetlanov allowed some brash brass and unrefined woodwind , seemingly relying on a performance routine rather than applying to the score any insight into the instrumental detail , the folk intonations which can bring it to life in terms of rhythm and melodic inflection . |
| 11 | Leadership which involves directing the meeting constantly and talking to the group for a majority of the time is unhelpful . |
| 12 | And once she was sure I would n't — because I did make it clear , you know , that I had no intention of doing more than agreeing to the legal business — she felt safe again . ’ |
| 13 | The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow . |
| 14 | Chop the dill cucumber thinly and add to the bowl . |
| 15 | Lorenzo with his Jessica await the return of Portia , remaining out in the still night rather than returning to the house . |
| 16 | She parked on a verge some distance away and ran to the roundabout . |
| 17 | He turned round , then turned back , looked once more round the room , then shook his head quickly and went to the door , taking his stick from the corner by the washing machine on his way out . |
| 18 | They were secured in deep water some distance offshore and connected to the beach by a system of floating pontoon bridges , many of which were built in Scotland . |
| 19 | To make a transfer , you simply start both machines together from off play-pause and record-pause respectively and run to the end of the recording — synchro-edit facilities make this easier to manage . |
| 20 | In Kuwait , a few more chose to join an anti-Iraqi underground resistance movement rather than return to the plane . |
| 21 | So we 're l , we 're l , we 're looking at a couple of the options to see , you know , how much will it cost to actually put the money on the policy rather than going to the effort of writing it out , and it 's gon na cost about two hundred thousand pounds just to do that , erm and that , we need , we need to weigh that up with the cost of actually dealing with ten thousand letters to clients , ten thousand enquiries erm I just wondered what your thoughts were on how we should proceed . |
| 22 | Even as a child growing up in the Fifties , she and her sister , Marlene , preferred to spend their sixpence pocket money on animal welfare classes run by a local RSPCA inspector rather than go to the cinema . |
| 23 | Further evidence to suggest that events are important in depression according to their threatfulness rather than according to the amount of change they signify comes from a study by Tennant and Andrews ( 1978 ) . |
| 24 | ADP induces aggregation directly and leads to the platelet release reaction ( MacMillan , 1966 ) . |
| 25 | After a momentary pause , Gerrard swung his chair again and said to the audience , ‘ I hope you all understood all that . |
| 26 | Why was she conspiring with him to talk around the subject rather than come to the point ? |
| 27 | Knowledge of the bull overshadowed the discussions in the 1555 English parliament on the Bill restoring annates and tenths to Rome , contributing to the strength of anti-papal sentiment and forcing the government to redraft the measure so that these taxes would remain in the hands of the English church rather than accrue to the pope . |
| 28 | For Norris the provocative sloganistic phrases by which Derrida is best known will make true sense only when restored to the contexts from which they have been taken . |
| 29 | you do n't er insure a building according to its size now but according to the number of people who use it . |
| 30 | Jack dabbed at his chin again and went to the window to watch for Charlie . |