Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money meks it difficult fe get down to de facts |
| 2 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
| 3 | They regretted TM 's ‘ eastern mystical ’ connotations but pointed out that it was ‘ a very simple , natural technique which allows mental activity to settle down to a state of increased inner quietness , producing deep mental and physical rest ’ . |
| 4 | The inclusion of sculptural elements into a given context makes one more conscious of time , not by slowing it down to a state of meditation , but rather by particularising time through the experience of the work in context . |
| 5 | After a time the circuit should settle down to a state in which the usual combinations of inputs to the cell are relatively ineffective , while any unusual combination can still set off a strong response . |
| 6 | He had not realized that the boundaries of the black hole according to the two definitions would be the same , and hence so would their areas , provided the black hole had settled down to a state in which it was not changing with time . |
| 7 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 8 | United went one down to a goal which up in Lancashire would be classed as an up and under … |
| 9 | They are down to a pair of Bananaramas after the departure of Jacqui O'Sullivan . |
| 10 | There were thirty pairs of animals in the body of the ark , ranging from a lion and a lioness almost as big as Noah himself , down to a pair of white mice no bigger than Melanie 's little finger-nail . |
| 11 | The speed of one wolf was recorded at between 1 5 and 30 miles an hour for a distance of 12 miles , after which the animal had to slow down to a trot . |
| 12 | So I mean you do n't want to go di di down to a size eight or a size ten , cos I think you 'd feel |
| 13 | Management is negotiating with the workforce a strategy to bring the structure of the business down to a size that matches its present turnover . |
| 14 | Well , she went right down to a size ten when she lost all that weight before . |
| 15 | Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter . |
| 16 | ‘ Build up to standard , not down to a price ’ was the motto of the Strand Theater Company , who had now so dramatically brought about the movie 's coming of age in Chicago . |
| 17 | Perhaps we should fence off all the roads , down to a depth of several feet and a height of many yards . |
| 18 | Shallow seas in the tropics may be almost hot — up to 30°C ; and the surface layers of the oceans , in the tropics , may be at about 17°C , down to a depth of around 400 m . |
| 19 | Cleared with the security guards at the desk he went into the lift that would take him down to a depth below the level of the Thames . |
| 20 | Judging from geological surveys , they expect to have to go down to a depth of 45 metres before they find it . |
| 21 | The Roe workings had , in the Deep Mine , been taken down to a depth of about 372 ft. from surface though the upper parts were of course , much older . |
| 22 | Temperatures were measured down to a depth of 5 kilometres , where seasonal fluctuations have no effect . |
| 23 | At twenty she 'd rather go riding or fishing with him than up to Dublin or down to a dance . |
| 24 | In the end , we went down to a chum in the country . ’ |
| 25 | The creation of structure was for a purpose : the hermetic principle of ‘ as above , so below ’ , imitating the macrocosm in the microcosm , bringing the vastness of nature and the universe down to a scale we can relate to . |
| 26 | The nouveau hippy thing you see on the surface is down to a trend . |
| 27 | ( Years later , he came down to a jam with The Pistols when I thought we needed a keyboard player . |
| 28 | It also boasts an hydraulic system which enables a 20-foot pod to be extended to increase the display area and allows the whole vehicle to lower itself down to a floor height of just 18 inches above the ground . |
| 29 | Golden Girl 's lead was down to a quarter of a mile . |
| 30 | When I 'm boat fishing I use a plain , bodied waggler , which I shot down to a quarter inch or so off the surface . |