Example sentences of "to [det] [conj] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There seems to be a lot more to this than meets the eye , ’ said Sergeant Camb indignantly . |
| 2 | There 's more to this than meets the eye . ’ |
| 3 | Ray Jones , of McDonnell Douglas , said : ‘ There is a lot more to this than meets the eye and I would like to make extensive comment , but I can not . |
| 4 | There may be more to this than meets the eye ( if you 'll excuse the pun ) as just once in a while I have taken zander during the daytime in water that has been so clear that I would have rated my chances as zero . |
| 5 | Well , I wonder if you feel that er , there 's something more to this than meets the eye . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's obviously a great deal more to this than meets the eye . |
| 7 | And there is transparently more to this than knowing the meanings of individual units of expression ; we have to grasp the syntax . |
| 8 | The defendant agreed to this and obtained a licence but later refused to pay the charge . |
| 9 | A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life . |
| 10 | The railway engineer , therefore , provides a transition curve to ease the engine from one radius to another while adjusting the superelevation , or cant , to counter the centrifugal force . |
| 11 | A survey conducted in 1977 by the US federal government concluded that it costs as much to change from one computer to another as to buy the machine itself . |
| 12 | although through speculating about the role of the unobservable ‘ anticipated reactions ’ of one actor to another or considering the values and interests which failed to emerge in the policy making process , it may entertain the possibility of hidden power processes its main weakness may be that it is a description rather than an analysis of power relationships . |
| 13 | The difficulties which most frequently arise concern the financial problems which arise when individual barristers move from one chambers to another or leave the Bar . |
| 14 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 15 | The purpose of learning , according to cognition theories , is to construct a number of organised detailed frames of reference held in a sufficiently flexible way to enable us to change from one to another when considering an event or problem so that the best judgment is made and a rational course of action is taken . |
| 16 | Just as seeds provide a rich feast to those that have the equipment to deal with them , so do their animal equivalent , eggs . |
| 17 | The transition from exploitation to management is , however , underpinned by a change in economic attitudes , from those that are based on short-term high returns to those that recognise the need for sustainability in order to achieve long-term ongoing returns . |
| 18 | These 7 assumptions are similar to those that underpin the analysis of Markowitz presented in Chapter 4 but they also make important extensions — principally assumptions 4 and 7 . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , if cost effectiveness is seen as a relevant criterion , the potential savings in accident costs alone promise to more than recoup the outlay on the environmental traffic management schemes . |