Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmaster of St. Andrews was ambitious ‘ and aspires eagerly to the dignity of being professor of humanity in this university ’ . |
| 2 | The tentative Taif agreement , on the other hand , sets no timetable for a total Syrian withdrawal and refers only to a pull-out from the Beirut area within two years . |
| 3 | The decisive customer knows what she wants and goes straight to the counter to ask for the item she requires . |
| 4 | And turns again to the stove , furiously stirring . |
| 5 | The social side of the group is very important and adds considerably to the enjoyment of the meetings . |
| 6 | This aids relaxation and adds greatly to the enjoyment . |
| 7 | The quality of graphics in Death Watch is breathtaking and adds greatly to the atmosphere of fantasy and adventure . |
| 8 | It has its origins in formal logic , and owes much to the writings of Aristotle and Frege . |
| 9 | It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text . |
| 10 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 11 | — ‘ in thought I see my past madness ’ ; these two cries are from the Arnaut Daniel speech ending Purgatorio XXVI , where the poet condemned to the circle of lust prays for the hearer 's consideration and looks forward to the release from the to tortures meted out to the lustful . |
| 12 | Between December and April , the temperature averages between 15°C and 21°C ( 59°F to 70°F ) ; it then gradually increases to around 21°C to 24°C ( 70°F to 75°F ) between July and September , and drops again to an average between October and December of 18°C to 21°C ( 64°F to 70°F ) . |
| 13 | Close provides a perfect English accent and mimes convincingly to the singing of Dame Kiri Te Kenawa but not all the dubbing has been done with such care . |
| 14 | There are numerous walks ; directly from Blacklands you can follow the East Malling stream which runs through its garden , through the East Malling village conservation area , and leads right to the source of the stream in the pretty hamlet of West Stree ; you can also join the Pilgrims Way , the medieval route from Winchester to Canterbury which can be reached 2 miles away . |
| 15 | The gully is steep and rough but not beyond the ability of an average walker , and leads unerringly to the depression on the ridge , whence a simple climb up to the right leads to the summit cairn of Caisteal Liath . |
| 16 | The Second period is that which starts from the beginning of life and reaches onward to the time when the law of the survival of the fittest with its ruthlessness could no longer serve the aspirations towards increasing happiness that were beginning to creep into the dawning consciousness of primitive man . |
| 17 | And plunges headlong to the river . |
| 18 | It has the merit of simplicity and responds adequately to the desire of States to maintain control over purely domestic transactions , in that the laws of a State are enacted primarily for the benefit of its own residents , not for those situated abroad . |
| 19 | We are prepared to adopt a system that is a little more complicated , provided that it is fairer and responds more to the wishes of the British public . |
| 20 | While this beginning is effective in showing organisation , it delays getting into the argument , and could be rewritten in the following way , which both demonstrates organisation less clumsily and gets immediately to the point : Since the terms " lyrical " and " epic " present special difficulties when used of Middle English works , it is useful to introduce discussion of works of the period with a brief analysis of these two terms . |
| 21 | ( 4 ) This is a limited disqualification and applies only to the granting of a licence for premises of which the member of the board is owner or tenant . |
| 22 | The woman who works at home erodes , shrinks and expands again to the contours of her papered walls . |
| 23 | The precise statements are particularly useful as they teach the child clearly what the parent wants and identifies both to the parent and the child what is ‘ good ’ behaviour . |
| 24 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |
| 25 | The garment leaves the front of the body bare , and clings tightly to the parts it does cover , marked only by the hems and a tiny free hang below the elbows . |
| 26 | Once , there had been a superabundance of leaves and spores close to the ground . |
| 27 | A much trodden tourist path leaves Achintee Farm in Glen Nevis and slants upwards to a midway plateau of open ground where the superstructure of the mountain towers . |
| 28 | The second oral tentacle pore is relatively large and extends almost to the mouth slit , with 5–6 rounded block-like tentacle scales on each edge . |
| 29 | Brian Tustian is one of the organic farmers who have responded enthusiastically to an arrangement that bypasses wholesalers and sells straight to the public . |
| 30 | Alice Walker , the author , starts the letters at the beginning of the book , telling the story of a poor black 14 year old girl called Celie , and continues right to the end of the book when Celie is a middle aged woman . |