Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This pump-leak system allows K + ions to recycle across the basolateral membrane , promotes hyperpolarisation of the parietal cell , and thereby contributes to the maintenance of the electrochemical gradient that favours Cl - exit at the apical membrane during acid secretion .
2 He very rarely goes to the Rosemount wing . ’
3 The duty arises from the real concern that management may benefit from an opportunity which properly belongs to the company and its shareholders .
4 In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off .
5 Moreover , Edmund 's association with the Welsh may also cast light on why Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa apparently refers to the battle of Assandun being followed by another at Danaskógar ( skógr = wood , forest ) .
6 Our discourse irreducibly belongs to the system of metaphysical oppositions .
7 ‘ Rivalry within the PDPA is a phenomenon that more or less belongs to the past , ’ he said .
8 They are frequently semi-derelict , insanitary and damp and their restoration not only contributes to the renewal of the local housing stock but provides employment for local builders and traders .
9 The fact that so few complied not only testifies to the courage of those who signed , but also gives the lie to the notion that they were somehow conned into signing or that they did so out of temporary frustration with events immediately following the Danish vote .
10 This is a problem that rightfully belongs to the subject of the electrical properties of materials , so I can not say very much about it .
11 For years company pension schemes have argued that a pension fund surplus rightfully belongs to the employer — hence the proliferation of contribution holidays .
12 Although acid precipitation obviously refers to the process of wet deposition of acidic material on the earth 's surface , it also includes the process of dry deposition .
13 This form of characterisation greatly contributes to the enjoyment of this novel .
14 Minute one six O r below refers to the suggestion that some or all of the uncommitted savings might be used to finance the purchase of equipment to facilitate the early introduction of a speed enforcement camera trial site .
15 Any study of Abwehr intelligence affairs during the Second World War constantly refers to the work of SOE , the Special Operations Executive set up by British Intelligence in 1940 on Churchill 's instructions to coordinate resistance and the underground movement in Europe . ’
16 The implications of ‘ story ’ have hardened to the extent that Federman constantly refers to the narrative as a ‘ recitation ’ , as if he were writing over earlier texts such as Beat novels .
17 ‘ This lift only goes to the penthouse , ’ he mocked as they came to a smooth halt .
18 Its practical bearing follows from these aims ; for by constructing concepts , forms of argument and criteria of evidence which attain some degree of objectivity and universality , political sociology , to the extent that it is diffused through society , has an effect on ideologies and on political consciousness generally , and so contributes to the shaping of political action .
19 He then suddenly drops to the ground on the left knee , placing the left hand on the floor in front of him .
20 Regardless of whether the minor or anyone else with authority to do so consents to the treatment , that practitioner will be liable to the minor in negligence if he fails to advise with reasonable skill and care and to have due regard to the best interests of his patient .
21 The power of the bureaucracy merely corresponds to the power of the state as a whole and so may be quite compatible with the power ( or lack of it ) exercised elsewhere in the state apparatus .
22 But the greater birthweight variability within monozygous twins merely adds to the difficulty of distinguishing between the effects of genes and early environment , and is a further reason for distrusting estimates of heritability derived from twin studies .
23 It merely adds to the deprivation in the world .
24 The third is the possibility , suggested also by Katib Celebi 's account of the office and supported to some degree by several contemporary documents , that there may have been a separate official muftilik of Edirne during the period : unfortunately , so shadowy is the evidence for its existence that as matters now stand it merely adds to the confusion , though could the facts about it be discovered , they might go some way toward resolving some of the problems in this vexed period .
25 The money supply is of no intrinsic significance : it only matters to the extent that it may be manipulated in such a way as to achieve other intermediate objectives of macroeconomic policy such as interest rate or exchange rate stability .
26 TIP : When choosing a hair cut , avoid any thinning or razoring techniques as this only adds to the problem by making the hair lighter in weight and so ever more flyaway .
27 There are so many unwanted dogs on the streets that an extra litter of unplanned puppies only adds to the problem .
28 The Guitar Guru 's Guide tells us Levin made archtops and a cutaway model ; the Ultimate Guitar Book only adds to the enigma by adding nothing new .
29 But that only adds to the wonder of the story that God took a willing young woman and poured into her his grace and love .
30 This only adds to the suffering , because early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are necessary to prevent long-term complications .
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