Example sentences of "[adv] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tercentenary of the church in Cambridge where we met was to be held in June that year , and we looked forward eagerly to that reunion , and to another reunion in May with friends in the Lake District . |
| 2 | Every one satisfied , and looking forward eagerly to future developments , they cut up the hare and called Farquhar in . |
| 3 | Some schools looked forward eagerly to whole-school involvement in health : |
| 4 | Isolated horses can develop depression , over-excitability or an inability to relate sensibly to other horses . |
| 5 | J happen somewhere , and the spaces must relate sensibly to convenient use . |
| 6 | Perrier Pick of the Fringe The provocative South African satirist Peter Dirk Uys ( 9.30pm to 14 Oct ) plus the surreal , but this year more accessible cabaret/theatre duo The Front Lawn ( 11.15 12-14 Oct only ) in the last week of the Edinburgh Festival Perrier panel 's choice of the fringe . |
| 7 | A strong wind tore through the trees whipping the branches fiercely to one side while the rain swept across their faces . |
| 8 | For racial nationalists , all these influences led inexorably to one conclusion . |
| 9 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 10 | If you do manage to overcome this one , the next problem is to simulate the migratory tendencies of moving upstream to fresher waters where they are reported to be pelagic egg-layers . |
| 11 | Generally rare in polar regions , where sea ice inhibits their settlement , they are often plentiful on subpolar shores where they may be exposed twice daily to six-hourly spells of near-freezing sea temperatures , alternating with similar spells of very much lower air temperatures . |
| 12 | Arguably , Jung 's psychology ( one which appears to link better to collective experience and social relations ) is in some respects a departure for a new sociology which is more sensitive to the relationship between the individual and society and to ‘ moral careers ’ . |
| 13 | Causton plans to alter the ends of the polymers to make them stick better to specific surfaces or make them attractive to only a particular protein . |
| 14 | Young fish adapt better to new conditions and while you may not be able to start breeding from them next week they will often produce better results in the long term . |
| 15 | The parent , too , may seek a " better " child , who is able to respond better to parental effort . |
| 16 | But these hot summer nights lend themselves better to cold lager and I felt more at ease with the Schonbrau Original Premium Pilsener lager , very dry and good value at £3.99 for four cans . |
| 17 | But these hot summer nights lend themselves better to cold lager and I felt more at ease with the Original Premium Pilsener lager , very dry and good value at £3.99 for four cans . |
| 18 | The shiny black central sphere flicked suddenly to one side , jumped as if touched , like an animalcule at the bottom of a microscope imprisoned by the tension of a viscous fluid . |
| 19 | That they never bore fruit was due as much to Bolshevik neglect of them as to the eventual insistence from above on the abolition of the private farms . |
| 20 | All three seem to have in mind both the riveting political events of November 1990 and the concurrent BBC adaptation of Michael Dobbs ' House of Cards , which owed much to Shakespearian tragedy . |
| 21 | In style it owed much to Ancient Rome but was not only a copy of it ; it showed Byzantine influence and also new ideas , adapting itself to its own period . |
| 22 | The latter owed much to research by Schumm and his students and is reviewed further in chapter 8 ( p. 172 ) whereas the other themes owed much to increasing knowledge of , and dependence upon , hydrology . |
| 23 | Another is Padfoot , a creature with long , smooth hair who will creep unheard alongside a traveller , then suddenly rattle a chain , much to that person 's consternation . |
| 24 | While I owe much to that tradition and trust that I am still persona grata within it , in many respects I have gone beyond Evangelical thought on matters to do with the Church and sacraments . |
| 25 | First , it is content-free , so can offer much to other subject teachers . |
| 26 | The recommendations which flowed from this committee , published in 1919 , owed much to one member , Raymond Unwin , and it is from this source that earlier years of experiment in site planning ( focusing particularly on density and layout ) , house design and standards of accommodation finally came to fruition as national policy . |
| 27 | In fact , it was the sort of autonomy that Dustin had already won on his last two pictures , and would retain , much to many directors ' displeasure , in most of his future ventures . |
| 28 | Factoring itself is not a term that means much to many outsiders , although invoice discounting has the virtue of describing what it does . |
| 29 | Between the world wars major unions suffered the searing experience of high unemployment which owed much to incompetent employers and benighted policy-makers . |
| 30 | At the same time , this belief in British national strength owed much to short-term factors . |