Example sentences of "the [noun] to [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | More than three years had already passed , and further delays could only risk exposing the government to exactly the charges now being levelled against it . |
| 32 | A great urgency gripped Gabriel , who unlatched the gate and ran off round the barn to where the moor streamed towards him like downhill water . |
| 33 | But by then she was so inwardly tense at the deception which through love and loyalty she had to perform that she barely noticed the grand buildings as she drove up out of the valley to where the town ended and a tarmacked road through woodland began . |
| 34 | I kept walking , past the old mill , right up around the bend to where the council property starts , and I thought , oh , shit , council houses . |
| 35 | I did not know what it could be , but I tried to reassure her and went up the road to where the policeman lived . |
| 36 | They turned and made their way along the platform , through the small waiting-room and so into the road to where the horse and trap waited . |
| 37 | In the Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners the International Court of Justice advised that oral hearings before the Committee for South West Africa could be granted to inhabitants of the territory to further the development of the international institution , and to render effective the General Assembly 's supervisory role . |
| 38 | They would give equal rights and opportunities to all qualified Nigerians to participate in the political process in the run-up to when the military hands over to civilian rule in 1992 , the President said . |
| 39 | ‘ So am I. ’ Heather turned again to the opening and gazed hard over the fields to where the spirals of smoke were rising behind the bushes . |
| 40 | From the start , pick up a crate and kill the policeman , continue right , dodging the dog on the way , climb the ladder to where the mugger prowls , dodge him and grab the ‘ ? ’ ( 50 points ) and the records , climb upwards , collecting records on the way , kill the workman with the crate and thus gain access to the roof of the building , avoid climbing the crane ( there 's nothing of interest there ) , climb up the ladder and kill the policeman , run right and jump off the edge to the end of the building . |
| 41 | I managed some breakfast , met up with Colin 's coach Malcolm Arnold who was taking me down to the track , and we walked in the sunshine to where the buses waited to run the shuttle to the Olympic Stadium . |
| 42 | The overall effect of the distortions to both the income statement and balance sheet is to give firm A a return on assets of 16.67 per cent and firm B a return on assets of 9.09 per cent even though both firms are identical in every way except for the inventory valuation method used . |
| 43 | They rounded the corner to where the car was parked . |
| 44 | Davis seized one end and started down the bank to where the horse was fast in the mud . |
| 45 | She swung round and marched along the path to where the boat was moored , and this time did n't make the mistake of turning back when she heard him laugh . |
| 46 | In an agony of excitement , I searched in the long grass bordering the river , following the line to where the fish lay , gasping . |
| 47 | Lio ! rt and Liartes were already striding back across the turf to where the servants stood waiting with their mounts . |
| 48 | If this happens , reduce the allowance to twice the drift . |
| 49 | Doctors said the biopsy was carried out in a different part of the brain to where the rupture of the aneurysm occurred and was not responsible for the death . |
| 50 | This was firmly rejected by the House of Lords : discretion was vested in the Minister to further the policy of the legislation and could not be thwarted by ministerial misconstruction of the legislation . |
| 51 | She looked across the lawn to where the fallen pink camellia blooms lay like a mat beneath the dark green leaves . |
| 52 | They did n't even bother to use the gate but swung their legs over the low railing and walked straight in among the stones to where the girl was . |
| 53 | Then I noticed that Helen had n't much room by my side , so I stepped to the left to where the grating should have been and slid gracefully down into the cellar . |
| 54 | The Land Rover bumped along the track to where the young detective constable , looking chilled and ti red , was waiting for them . |
| 55 | On the first day of the Easter holidays , Mister Johnny took Nick up the mountain to where the galls nested , on an island in a small lake . |
| 56 | I can not remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor . |
| 57 | He then went down the slope to where the ferrymaster was preparing to beach his craft . |