Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They refused to reveal what they had each been up to in the States . |
| 2 | And , after thrashing Widnes and a superb performance in losing at St Helens last Sunday , there are signs the Headingley faithful are about to be rewarded . |
| 3 | By this time , some are up to 14″ — but because the original outlay on stock did n't break the bank , Ken can offer them remarkably reasonably-priced . |
| 4 | They typically have widths of 30 60km , but some are up to 100 km across . |
| 5 | This would include the opportunity of subsidised housing and , if this were not to be made available immediately , then additional general welfare or family benefits would be made available to pay for accommodation as necessary . |
| 6 | Between 1958 and 1970 , there were 307 publishing mergers in America alone , of which 224 were ultimately to be owned by communications groups . |
| 7 | Some were up to an inch wide and ten or eleven inches long . |
| 8 | ( Chairing the meetings rests with the house manager , but at Washington Street this is soon to be taken on by residents . ) |
| 9 | This is soon to be published in draft and will provide a strategic planning framework for the region to the year 2005 . |
| 10 | This is soon to be published in draft and will provide a strategic planning framework for the region to the year 2005 . |
| 11 | I consider that this is properly to be regarded a case of extortion colore officii . |
| 12 | This is partially to be explained by the influx to Vienna , the heart of German Austria , of Jewish immigrants from the east . |
| 13 | This is surely to be explained by the paramount corporate and legal sense of identity which the clergy enjoyed and by the institutional roots which convocation had in the church 's own provincial councils ; the assembly of merchants , for example , was nothing like so well established or defined . |
| 14 | This is not to be confused with her own personal feelings . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , this is not to be , since it transpires that the gentleman from British Rail was nothing short of a duplicitous cad ; there are no small compartments , just open-plan carriages too large to be defended by even the most outrageous behaviour , so I slump sullenly into a corner , wallowing in layers of dust and grime that would easily qualify for a Quentin Crisp kitemark , waiting for the guard to switch on the heat and the lights , preparatory to the departure of the Sir John . |
| 16 | This is not to be confused with the framing of part of a limitless series , a microcosmic view of the macrocosm . |
| 17 | Something ( like the weather ) will have to go badly wrong if this is not to be another extremely profitable season for the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 18 | This is not to be confused with the alienation of spirit where we are alone with ourselves . |
| 19 | To say this is not to play with words but to assert there is more to peace than a word with five letters . |
| 20 | This is not to be desired but analysed . |
| 21 | This is not to essay any argument as to what the ultimate future of Northern Ireland should be . |
| 22 | This is not to be confused with our old friend the ‘ lazy eight ’ ( as illustrated in Fig 5.3 ) described earlier . |
| 23 | This is not to limit faith , but to recognise that it is increasingly difficult to maintain a high figure based on small numbers . |
| 24 | ( This is not to be confused with the notion of symptom substitution which is an entirely different concept and not in any way relevant to this material . ) |
| 25 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 26 | These collapse , shrivel and dry as though scorched — but this is not to be confused with frost scorch . |
| 27 | And the answer to this is not to be found in the histories of individuals . |
| 28 | Although bank loans are a vitally important source of finance , this is not to the complete exclusion of equity issues . |
| 29 | Needless to say , this is not to the exclusion of men but in co-operation with them . |
| 30 | This is not to be confused with a condescending adoption of pupil style , which they are quick to read as false ( even when it is a genuine identification ) . |