Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those special events are treats that we save up for look forward to are also subject to the ravages of inflation . |
| 2 | For reasons yet to be explained , the ‘ contract ’ affidavit concerning Mrs Mandela , given by Dlamini to a police lieutenant , was not presented at the trial . |
| 3 | The Old Town , built in a time of strife , occupies a fairly small area and nestles for protection close to the Castle . |
| 4 | In June his mother enquired about progress only to be told ‘ Why , he is not even thinking of it … so far we know nothing either about the cast or about the libretto ’ . |
| 5 | Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content . |
| 6 | Jim remains an enigma , penetrated through action only to a certain point . |
| 7 | prepare for entry both to employment and higher education |
| 8 | Will the Minister assure the House that empty houses will be handed over to local councils or housing associations for rent either to redundant service men or to others ? |
| 9 | Please thank Renata very much too for doing one ; her point about the reference count being on the small side for usefulness even to the general learner is a crucial one ; likewise yours about the belt-and-braces reassuringness of the transitive/intransitive label . |
| 10 | The desk would have to be large enough to hold all the equipment necessary and also allow space behind for books etc to be stored . |
| 11 | They operate a 24 hour call-out scheme and charges range from £55 for cremation only to £85 for clients who want the ashes . |
| 12 | Public parks came in the 1840s , and public libraries a few years later ; later still perhaps the grandiose Town Hall , by no means always to be despised as architecture . |
| 13 | In addition , the CEGB has more than doubled , from £3.1 billion to £6.4 billion , the extra provisions needed ‘ for work still to be carried out on nuclear fuel and wastes from past years ’ . |
| 14 | A perusal of street guides for areas close to active and disused airfields has produced a rich crop of them , ranging from aircraft names to personalities . |
| 15 | Artemesia Gentileschi was a painter of extraordinary talent , considered in the 17th Century as second only to Caravaggio . |
| 16 | Not only future proposals but also information about the present financial position of schools must be made available for reference both to parents and to others , in education offices and public libraries . |
| 17 | Those who are interested in doubt only from a practical standpoint may want to pass from this definition of doubt as doublemindedness directly to an examination of the categories of doubt in part two . |
| 18 | Then Hereford substitute Colin Anderson ran into a crowd of defenders only to be brought down by Barrow . |
| 19 | The heart of the Swaledale mining field is a vein called the Friarfold Vein running from the neighbourhood of Keld across to Arkengarthdale . |
| 20 | Under such circumstances characteristics of adult language input would be reflected in differential rates of progress only to the extent that they coincided with the child 's existing ‘ style ’ of learning language ( Gleitman et al . |
| 21 | A package eventually announced on Aug. 29 covered only volunteer medical teams and transport support , as well as finance for aid to affected countries and for refugee relief ( Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama , touring the region , having given assurances of support particularly to Jordan on Aug. 21 and to Egypt on Aug. 22 ) . |
| 22 | We shall be co-operating with Lothian Regional Council , who already are preparing schemes for upgrading sections of towpath close to Edinburgh . |
| 23 | The Dennis Bellamy/Revis Barber Halls are licensed for the sale of liquor either to residents or guests or , during permitted hours , to those taking table meals . |
| 24 | It 's true I think er as Mr said at some length er that er this measure would not prevent hunting in in most of the area in which it it takes place , through plenty of it happens of course well to the West of the A six er perhaps it might even get out there from time to time but our duty clearly is to see er that the right thing is done in the territory which is our responsibility and our other responsibility is surely to set an example of decent humanity . |
| 25 | This option is now available to them — and of course also to hearing mothers using the unit . |
| 26 | Though their decline is inevitable , and must usher in a period of unrest for the community , the maintenance of their own power adds of course directly to the utility of the governing elite and is a necessary condition for the order and stability of the community . |
| 27 | York is of course home to one of Britain 's oldest and best racecourses and this year there is more than £2 million prize money at stake during the various meetings . |
| 28 | ‘ I enjoy it ’ and ‘ It hurts ’ testify of course only to awareness of the immediate stimuli , and will always be outweighed if enlargement of awareness changes the response . |
| 29 | It 's of course only to be expected that people should moan about the tax they 've got to pay and people always complain that it seems to go up every year . |
| 30 | This appears when a holiday firm either itself generates , or is absorbed into a sequence of activities parallel to its own business . |