Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nations , and perhaps humanity itself , would then be seen to owe their survival to their follies , or at least to an appropriate dilution of rationality with pretence and self-deception . |
| 2 | Relationship difficulty begets sexual difficulty , sexual difficulty begets relationship problems and so , very often , ad infinitum or at least to the point of marital termination . |
| 3 | His co-pilot radioed the command centre , requesting a fix in order to enable him to plot the best route back to Britain , or at least to the channel where he could be picked up by the coastguard or a spotter plane . |
| 4 | Up to , you know , few hours where we 've been together , he 'll actually be prepared or at least to the rest of us , who the hell he 's talking about . |
| 5 | That is why we offer a special Protection Plan which ensures that the repayments are made for up to 12 months in the case of unemployment , and for up to the remaining period of the loan for accident and sickness . |
| 6 | The benefit is payable monthly after 15 consecutive days absence from work , during the continued period of absence , for up to 12 months in respect of unemployment , and for up to the remaining period of the loan in respect of disability . |
| 7 | The benefit is payable monthly after fifteen days absence from work , during the continued period of absence , for up to twelve months in respect of unemployment , and for up to the remaining period of the loan in respect of disability . |
| 8 | From this position all the short-form movements begin and from here to the end the movement is continuous . |
| 9 | It is finished in black leather , has an ABS breaking system and a 158 bhp engine that shifts it from 0–62 mph in 7.7 seconds , and from there to a top speed of 134 mph . |
| 10 | The man in the attic had been dragged through the gaps under the roof to one of the empty houses next door , and from there to the bushes down by the beck where the sound of his coughing would not give him away . |
| 11 | The concrete walls are six feet high and from there to the eaves spaced timber cladding breaks the wind and gives good ventilation . |
| 12 | The brass shop was laid out with the rough brass stores on one side , whence the castings passed to the machines , thence to the benches , and from there to the polishers , next to the platers and finally to the lacquerers at the other side of the shop , each operation in turn bringing the parts further across the shop . |
| 13 | Distracted relatives , not knowing whether their menfolk were interned in this country , interned in Canada or drowned , were directed by the Home Office to the War Office and from there to the Admiralty , who sent them back to the War Office . |
| 14 | Ronnie won at Monaco , outlasting both Rega and Niki , and from there to the very end of the season , Fittipaldi had to fight hard to keep his place among the front runners . |
| 15 | On 26 August , Brudermann ordered an advance to the Gnila-Lipa , a tributary of the River Dneister , and from there to the Zlota-Lipa , another tributary . |
| 16 | Swiftly and almost silently she ran along in the darker shadows beneath the gable to the granary and from there to the dovecot . |
| 17 | It soon became obvious that almost everyone using the beach left the area via the 6ft wide path leading to the outdoor shower , and from there to the rear entrance of the resort . |
| 18 | Dissatisfied parents are given a right of appeal to a specially constituted appeal committee and from there to the sheriff . |
| 19 | Managership of modules can be changed to another branch of the user tree in two steps : change the manager to an ascendant common to both users ( current manager and new manager ) and from there to the new manager . |
| 20 | Ownership of modules can be changed to another branch of the user tree in two steps : change the owner to an ascendant common to both users ( current owner and new owner ) and from there to the new owner . |
| 21 | From it the path leads to another temple also designed by William Kent and from there to the octagonal pond . |
| 22 | We move from the cool blue , night street outside , where raw inedible food arrives , to the green cavernous kitchen where the unpalatable is prepared for consumption in the rich red dining room and on again to the clinically white lavatories . |
| 23 | In one case in 1944 , Scott LJ stated that the ‘ British principle of personal freedom , that every man should be presumed innocent until he is proved guilty , applies also to the police function of arrest — in a very modified degree , it is true , but at least to the extent of requiring them to be observant , receptive and open-minded and to notice any relevant circumstance which points either way , either to innocence or to guilt ’ . |
| 24 | Here , there was from the 1740s a considerable expansion in the number of women working at the surface , for from then to the 1850s the mining of copper was of greater importance than tin and , as was pointed out in 1810 , " the copper mines when in full working employ a good number of women and children who are useless about tin " . |