Example sentences of "to [noun pl] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our attempts to draw the design activity back to a single integrated whole we have to look back to parallels close to that point of initial separation . |
| 2 | Still farther to the northeast the reflectances increase to values up to 4.8% Rm . |
| 3 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |
| 4 | Although he found much to admire in the oriental-megalomaniac architecture of Kim 's Korea or Mao 's China , in his quest for a style suitable for a monumental Bucharest he looked to precedents closer to home . |
| 5 | Although few of us would expect an Eskimo to react or think in the same way as we do , we are nevertheless continually guilty of the same foolish assumption in regard to nationalities closer to home . |
| 6 | The Fohn is the name given to the south wind from the Mediterranean which , when it meets the Alps , precipitates much moisture on the southern aspects and brings dry warmth to areas immediately to the north of the Alps . |
| 7 | This applies to obligations both to those trading with the firm ( creditors , bankers and so on ) and to those within it ( partners and staff ) . |
| 8 | She puts the American syndrome of being addicted to addictions down to the growing influence of many of the New Age therapies . |
| 9 | American Express sets its margin at about 3.5 per cent , and the banks have forced their rates to retailers down to 1.8 per cent . |
| 10 | The work 's already led to queues up to eight miles long . |
| 11 | They also appealed to holidaymakers not to be put off the resort by the disaster . |
| 12 | The quota , in short , forced some British filmmakers to be realistic about the economic constraints operating in British filmmaking , and to look to what could be achieved within them rather than simply hoping that film budgets could rise on some magic carpet to figures close to those of Hollywood pictures . |
| 13 | The latter included exhortations to consumers to switch off appliances , reductions in supply voltages by 5 per cent ( which was considered the maximum tolerable limit ) , and encouragement to industrialists voluntarily to stagger their factory hours away from peak times . |
| 14 | Now if we are going to say that this rolling programme , we we do n't mean this rolling programme because it it 's all going back to committees again to be to be looked at then we are putting our at a disadvantage they will disband and the cost to us for refurbishment will increase . |
| 15 | Courses leading to qualifications up to and including A level or its equivalent are generally referred to as non-advanced further education ( NAFE ) ; qualifications above A-level standard as advanced further education ( AFE ) . |
| 16 | Until recently acetylcysteine was not recommended for use more than 15 hours after overdose , but there is now evidence that it can safely be given to patients up to 24 hours after ingestion and perhaps even later than this . |
| 17 | I ca n't believe Celtic lost 1–0 to Rangers down to 10 men in the midst of their worst run for ten years . |
| 18 | Its telescope will have a mirror 60 cm across , and will be cooled by liquid helium to a temperature of only a few degrees above absolute zero ; and its detectors will be sensitive to wavelengths up to a maximum of 120 micrometres . |
| 19 | General surface markers ( e.g. lectins or anti-mouse species antibodies ) applied to embryos up to the 8-cell stage will stain all blastomeres homogeneously prior to compaction and in a polarized fashion thereafter . |
| 20 | With an eye on recent developments in neighbouring Romania , trade union leaders appealed to strikers not to stage demonstrations , apparently fearful of a spread of unrest . |
| 21 | Hipparcos was launched in 1989 to measure the distances to stars up to 300 light-years away . |
| 22 | The unexpected finding of differences in the pretend play of boys and girls called for further research to test the robustness of the effect , and the apparent precocity of the girls prompted an extension to children up to 48 months of age . |
| 23 | The duty applies to children up to the age of 18 years . |
| 24 | A total of 50 European Child of Achievement Awards are presented annually to children up to the age of 16 . |
| 25 | On December the eighth , nineteen thirty-six , time of the ab abdication , the Times published a singularly apt quotation from A Hopeless , Throneless King , Loathsome to Men Below To God 's Above a Sad Example of the Slights of Life . |
| 26 | ‘ Sets + Things ’ is at the Heinz Gallery , Portman Square , London W1 , Mondays to Fridays 11am to 5pm ; Saturdays 10am to 1pm . |
| 27 | Are we really nice to others only to the extent that they carry the genes we do , or to the extent that our ‘ niceness ’ will definitely be reciprocated . |
| 28 | Taking age into account does not lead to estimates closer to unity , and hence the effects can not be attributed to confounding . |
| 29 | Cohesion funds from Brussels , provided to close the gap between the EC richer and poorer States , will give ferry services in the Republic access to grants up to 85pc . |
| 30 | Section 41 regulates the extension of all these provisions to juveniles up to the age of 21 even when support was not previously received below the age of 18 . |