Example sentences of "[vb base] to the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Factions of labour that have through struggle or out of scarcity managed to create islands of privilege within a sea of exploitation will also just as surely rally to the cause of the alliance to preserve their gains . |
| 2 | They eventually leave their holes , develop true eyes and long rippling fins along the back , grow to the size of an eel and turn into lampreys . |
| 3 | The Red Rose and the Rosa Mundi commonly grow from three to four feet high , but seldom exceed that ; but the Damask , Provence and Frankfurt Roses grow to the height of seven or eight feet , so that in planting them , great care should be taken to place their several kinds , according to their various growth , amongst other shrubs , that they may appear beautiful to the eye . |
| 4 | " Suppose I were to break the bones in my wings , and then fly to the top of the mountain and back . |
| 5 | ( iv ) With a micropipette , carefully expel a drop of suspension and gently touch to the surface of the spreading solution . |
| 6 | I plummet to the bottom of a deep , deep well . |
| 7 | The outstretched arms of the great statue of Christ overlooking Rio no longer appear to the inhabitants of the favelas below to be open in benediction or welcome ; in this city of violence , insecurity and ravaged humanity , it appears to be rather a gesture of resignation and despair . |
| 8 | ( 4 ) Where any such property is disposed of , the Funding Council shall pay to the Secretary of State such portion of the proceeds or value of the consideration for the disposal , after deduction of such expenses as appear to the Secretary of State to have been reasonably incurred in the disposal , as the Secretary of State may , after consultation with the Funding Council , determine . |
| 9 | The President would ( i ) submit to the Congress of People 's Deputies annual reports on the state of the country , and would brief the USSR Supreme Soviet " on the most important matters of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy " ; ( ii ) propose to the USSR Supreme Soviet ( and subsequently to the Congress for confirmation ) candidates for the posts of the Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , Chair of the USSR Committee of People 's Control , Chair of the USSR Supreme Court , USSR Procurator General and USSR Chief State Arbiter , as well as recommend to the USSR Supreme Soviet and to the Congress the removal of these officials ( with the exception of the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court ) ; ( iii ) place before the USSR Supreme Soviet the question of forcing or of accepting the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers , and would appoint and remove in conjunction with the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers members of that body ( subject to confirmation by the USSR Supreme Soviet ) ; ( iv ) sign USSR laws , being entitled within a period of no more than two weeks to refer a law and objections to it back to the USSR Supreme Soviet for further discussion and voting ( should the USSR Supreme Soviet confirm its earlier decision by a two-thirds majority in both its chambers the President would be obliged to sign the law ) ; ( v ) enjoy the right to suspend the operation of USSR Council of Ministers resolutions and instructions ; and ( vi ) propose to the Congress of People 's Deputies the dissolution and re-election of the USSR Supreme Soviet in the event of an irreconcilable dispute over legislation arising between that body 's two chambers . |
| 10 | Next , you know they race to the top of there like well I reckon it 's the one just past it . |
| 11 | You can force the CLI to look for input by appending an INKEY(0) command to the end of your OSCLI command line . |
| 12 | By some mysterious process we simply awaken to the fact of interdependence and the ‘ ineluctable solidarity of things ’ . |
| 13 | We first find Hawkeye demonstrating his skills by gunning down a fleeting deer , whereupon his Mohican adopted father Chingachgook ( Means ) and blood brother Uncas ( Schweig ) apologise to the spirit of the valiant animal , neatly establishing relationships and characters . |
| 14 | Overbreak to the front of the wall shall be backfilled in C7.5P concrete to allow adequate resistance to sliding . |
| 15 | The simple models so far considered ( which illustrate rather than justify the linear differential Equation ( 3.1 ) ) approximate to the behaviour of real materials but do not describe it exactly . |
| 16 | Corinthian vase-painters use more colour , and on plaques approximate to the manner of panel painters . |
| 17 | In general there seems to be a tendency for structural rock surfaces to be stripped where they approximate to the profile of the wavecut bench . |
| 18 | In , the numbers of postcrania approximate to the numbers of cranial elements in most of the predator bone assemblages . |
| 19 | okay , sentence , sentence , I want to the end of the sentence . |
| 20 | Class together again — the second partners report to the rest of the class what they have heard . |
| 21 | Report to the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 22 | Report to the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 23 | First , the report should carry a suitable title , so that its form is readily ascertainable ; for instance , ‘ Independent auditors ’ report to the members of XYZ plc — unqualified opinion' , or ‘ Independent auditors ’ report to the members of XYZ plc — total disclaimer of opinion' . |
| 24 | First , the report should carry a suitable title , so that its form is readily ascertainable ; for instance , ‘ Independent auditors ’ report to the members of XYZ plc — unqualified opinion' , or ‘ Independent auditors ’ report to the members of XYZ plc — total disclaimer of opinion' . |
| 25 | Male Thai teens head to the fleshpots of Bangkok to make is as transvestite beauty queens in Ladyboys . |
| 26 | Curve round west to post 23 and then head to the summit of Lord 's Seat . |
| 27 | He felt his cock strain and press to the back of the boy 's throat . |
| 28 | We fund to the tune of £1.9 million about 40 voluntary organisations which help spread the message about the importance of HRT and the prevention of osteoporosis . |
| 29 | Inevitably those few insiders who do undertake postgraduate research in the social sciences are aware that they are involved in the creation of ‘ clap trap ’ , and must know that this denigration stems from the implicit threat they pose to the structures of pedagogy and institutional power . |
| 30 | Cut out and glue to the back of the ring . |