Example sentences of "to the [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one he selected , instantly burst into life and the propeller whizzed round to the utter amazement of all those working in the vicinity . |
| 2 | When it came I tried frantically to remember all that had been forced into me by my mentor , and to the utter amazement of all — around but mainly myself — I passed into the 17th Entry at Halton in January 1928 with , I believe , 305 out of a total of just under 400 starters . |
| 3 | Very lonely people turn to the tranquillising help of alcohol particularly , according to psychiatrists , men who live alone . |
| 4 | In fading winter light that seemed wise advice and we retraced our steps to the gentler landscape of Teesdale itself . |
| 5 | The terrain is very varied from the great expanse of Dartmoor to the gentler stretch of Exmoor . |
| 6 | It descends into Bernese Oberland territory in sweeping bends that present a close view of the Stein glacier , then along the Gadmen valley to the gentler scenery of the valley of the Aare at Innertkirchen ( near Meiringen ) . |
| 7 | During his time in Israel Baker received no formal response from Shamir to the Syrian acceptance of the US plan . |
| 8 | Without open debate and education , the local community can not move to the clearer understanding of the nature of child sexual abuse that is necessary for professionals to receive the help and support they need from the public . |
| 9 | He preferred the slow , peaceful life of the Devon countryside to the frenetic bustle of the metropolis : playing for Exeter seemed better than the likelihood of being very small fish in the big Arsenal pool . |
| 10 | If this is so , then we shall almost certainly get a cookbook , and the standard-setters will be doomed forever to the thankless task of blocking , after the event , all the ingenious but undesirable accounting schemes that the wit of man can devise . |
| 11 | Due to the geographical size of Eastern region all but Steven are ‘ on detachment ’ , working from their homes . |
| 12 | Cases were tried at other localities according to the geographical distribution of serious crime . |
| 13 | Reflecting local interests and expertise , the project will focus on the analysis of point maps , and will emphasise applications to the geographical distribution of disease . |
| 14 | It could be argued that the west lost the golden opportunity to contribute to the peaceful solution of the Balkan crisis because it did not de-recognise Yugoslavia ( and , with it , outlaw the Yugoslav army ) , while recognising all the six former Yugoslav republics before the war started in earnest . |
| 15 | Gorbachev had made an official visit to India in November 1986 , concluding with the signature of a ‘ Delhi Declaration ’ in which both sides pledged themselves to the peaceful resolution of international disputes . |
| 16 | " We have no aggressive intentions and we commit ourselves to the peaceful resolution of all disputes . |
| 17 | The English pair , who have played a major part in England 's promotion to the Super Division of the European League , were beaten 21–18 , 22–20 by German pair Peter Franz and Torben Wosik . |
| 18 | He is probably right , too , in thinking that she would be far better known in art historical terms had she stayed in France , where her daring move into abstraction was more appreciated , than returning dutifully to the provincial inertia of Dublin . |
| 19 | This included an increased degree of autonomy for Quebec ( and any of the other provinces which sought it ) through the proposed transfer of numerous powers and areas of responsibility from the federal to the provincial sphere of government . |
| 20 | He was a final-year student there when he went down to the provincial town of Kecskemet to earn some pocket money by delivering lectures . |
| 21 | The JC pronunciation is [ la : ] — in other words , it belongs to the lexical set of THOUGHT , not NORTH . |
| 22 | David Coleman , the BBC commentator and Question of Sport host , added to the sporting flavour of the honours by winning an OBE. |
| 23 | Jones was a religious man who published a treatise on natural theology and was hostile to the evolutionary work of Charles Darwin [ q.v . ] . |
| 24 | Against Darwin 's five years in Beagle , Wallace had spent four years exploring the Amazon basin , followed by eight years , largely alone , travelling throughout the Indonesian islands expressly seeking a solution to the evolutionary divergence of species . |
| 25 | Sir Charles Sherrington ( 1906 ) paid close attention to the evolutionary importance of the development of the ‘ head ’ . |
| 26 | An English solicitor might find it impossible to exercise the appropriate degree of supervision and control were the order to be executed abroad ; and a local agent acting on his behalf might not be subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the English court to which the Court also attached weight . |
| 27 | Dickinson ducked down and screwed up his face bracing himself against she shock , listening to the widening roar of the other engine . |
| 28 | There is even a case for deliberately making elements in a computer program ( including non-literal elements ) different to the equivalent part of competing programs if this does not compromise the functionality , usability and attractiveness of the program . |
| 29 | All attendance allowance beneficiaries aged under 65 and all mobility allowance beneficiaries will transfer automatically to the equivalent level of disability living allowance . |
| 30 | The results presented here show the 140k DNA binding domain has a lower DNA binding specificity compared to the equivalent domain of Vmw175 . |