Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 2 | So we to the hardware shop and we bought some mats and dishes and God knows what ! |
| 3 | If you can get it back that 's why I say do the graph if you can get it back to erm but it 's not just something to the fifth , it 's really It 's something to the tenth . |
| 4 | At least it leaves a little something to the imagination . |
| 5 | It would be hard to fault anything they did and although the unit bears the fiddle player 's name , every member of the band was given his own chance to add a little something to the songs under Pierre 's subtle method of musical direction . |
| 6 | It would appear that this parental love exists throughout the animal kingdom , including homo sapiens , in degrees of intensity varying from near nothing to the immeasurably great . |
| 7 | Chair , where , where erm , agreements er , leave things open wherever possible , the courts will interpret them as the parties intended to act reasonably one to the other , and er , if there were a formal agreement and that was then tested it would be a matter for the courts to decide what was reasonable , obviously asking for , what was it you 're suggesting , ten million ? |
| 8 | I knew the first time was seldom ideal and I wanted to get past it to the second and third times , and all the times after that , when our love could go forward and mature and develop . |
| 9 | It was all sorted out after some confusion and a lot of ill-feeling ; the BMW people moved their boat forward so cars and trailers could get past it to the road . |
| 10 | He eyed the sword-point warily before peering past it to the body on the floor . |
| 11 | When my chap turned to confront the Manston sentry — who was on guard with a rifle and one round , and obviously felt that the chap on the wrong side of the wire could be one of those attacking his airfield — my chap said sharply something to the effect : " Can you get us out of here ? " and explained that he only meant his oppoes , not the Stirling . |
| 12 | The training ground and low-cost facilities which this will provide will allow access for just about anyone to the means of moving image expression . |
| 13 | Dawson 's achievement owed virtually nothing to the academic world , apart from a short part-time lectureship in the history of culture at the University College in Exeter ( 1925–33 ) . |
| 14 | That at least was an attitude that owed almost nothing to the Civil Service . |
| 15 | At the end of those ten minutes , though , they had taken a turn to the right , then one to the left , and it was apparent that Naylor knew his way around the area . |
| 16 | Today in order to meet the burgeoning demand for more and more creamy pints of Guinness , St. James 's Gate , through the recent investment of IR£200 million , has become one of the world 's most technologically advanced breweries , having the flexibility to brew virtually anything to the highest international standards . |
| 17 | The White House denounced the charge as ‘ completely scurrilous and irresponsible ’ , adding : ‘ There is absolutely nothing to the allegations . ’ |