Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turkish forces mounted a large-scale security operation in the south-eastern Cudi mountain region from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 , after 500 PKK guerrillas attacked a border post on Aug. 30 near Semdinli close to the Turkish borders with Iran and Iraq . |
| 2 | The next mill downstream is Cheshers Mill , later referred to as The Old Mill , one of the few in Blockley never to be used for silk . |
| 3 | as his delegate , they are not exercisable in relation either to an authorised person who is a member of a self-regulating organisation or to certain appointed representatives : section 64(4) . |
| 4 | It is certainly true that states have in the past used methods and means of warfare not outlawed by any specific prohibition although running counter to general principles , and they have sought to justify this by reference either to the principle of reprisal or that of military effectiveness . |
| 5 | The Wellcome Trust , set up by the will of Sir Henry Wellcome to devote the profits of the Burroughs Wellcome businesses to medical and veterinary research , became a major sponsor , second in Britain only to the Medical Research Council itself , and with notable influence elsewhere in the world . |
| 6 | Vertical pitches descend 250 feet to an immense cavern , second in dimensions only to the chamber in Gaping Gill . |
| 7 | Shoppers approaching what LET have named The Galleries from New Street and High Street will be channeled along a brand new street flanked by granite and stone-clad pseudo-Classical shops and offices , entering the new mall under a vast glazed dome , second in diameter only to that of St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 8 | As sources of essential sociable interaction and ‘ informal ’ support and care , these networks are second in importance only to the nuclear family . |
| 9 | Its confidence appeared to be growing , for in 1864 the tsar enacted three measures that were second in importance only to the emancipation itself . |
| 10 | Conditions provided plenty of drama on the reach out of the Crouch , with a cold and vicious south-westerly and a lumpy sea which spread-eagled the unwary in broaches both to windward and to leeward , and a variety of spectacular gybes and blow-outs . |
| 11 | These were widely ( though never universally ) held to be demonstrable by appeal either to direct awareness or intuition , or , more often , by indirect argument starting off from ordinary human experience of ourselves and the world around us . |
| 12 | Just as the temporary status of the seasonal labour in the service sector was by no means always obvious by reference only to their contracts of employment , neither was that of the " new temporary labour force in manufacturing . |
| 13 | Within the Convergence only five species of birds feed on land or in fresh water , all on islands close to the Convergence ; they include two species of pintail ducks , two of sheathbills and a single species of pipit ( Stonehouse , 1972 ) . |
| 14 | of sixteen without regard either to the size of the area with which they were concerned or the numbers of the population . |
| 15 | Counts of E coli , and a few rare isolates of other enterobacteria , were low compared with the total flora and were commonly present at levels close to the limit of detection . |
| 16 | In such cases it is important for food only to be given when the child is seated at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 17 | The Nd and Sr isotopic compositions for Madeira , the Cameroon line and Trinidade , situated in areas of old lithosphere , are not significantly different from those for islands closer to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge such as the Azores , Ascension and St Helena ( Fig. 2 a ) . |
| 18 | He is too full of hate even to be afraid , he would have accused him to his face . ’ |
| 19 | Wine supplier Bibendum 's buyer Simon Farr says : ‘ Friulian whites , particularly those from Collio close to the Yugoslav border , are wonderfully clean and restrained . |
| 20 | Through Mambo Leo and its other newspapers , this government also aimed to present British news and the British way of life to the people of the country , in particular to those without access either to the British press or the BBC . |
| 21 | Although the gaps in the evidence surrounding Les nopces de village do not permit unambiguous conclusions regarding the musical forces Lully used in its performance or how they were deployed , it is at least possible to edge closer to answering questions about the scoring . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But there is another reason why communities like Belfast are difficult to deal with , and this is that the phonology of such communities is not usually adequately described and codified beforehand , whereas more information of this kind is available for varieties closer to ‘ standard ’ English . |
| 24 | Mrs Gould who I am happy to say is quite well has been fully occupied in making drawings of the soft parts of the birds together with appropriate plants flowers berries etc. which will be introduced into my work and I trust from the fund of information I shall be enabled to add that the book will not be void of interest especially to all lovers of ornithology … |
| 25 | Contamina-XXXX tion is highest in areas closest to the plant . |
| 26 | Subsequently , revivals reinvest in meanings closer to the originals but inevitably transformed by the effects of the intervening struggles over the ownership of rock 'n' roll and of its meanings . |
| 27 | Removing his helmet , he held out his hand , first to Travis then to Paige . |
| 28 | Paradoxically , danger and discomfort are often severest at temperatures close to freezing point , when outer clothing , wetted by rain or melting snow , loses some of its insulating properties . |
| 29 | The normal mouse has 40 chromosomes which are all acrocentric with centromeres close to the terminus and almost invisible short arms . |
| 30 | ‘ If superior in kind both to other men and to the environment of other men ’ , declares Mr Frye , ‘ the hero is a divine being and the story about him will be a myth . ’ |