Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Quality Scotland Foundation , of which Scottish Nuclear was one of the earliest members , will shortly announce the launch of the Scottish Digital Quality Award for presentation annually to the company operating the best total quality management scheme . |
| 2 | Disregarding his work as Member of Parliament for Abingdon almost to the point of neglect , he helped Amy with every decision and chore . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The negotiations allowed Bouterse to adopt an increased political role at the expense of the civilian government , but on Feb. 14 , 1990 , he handed the mandate for negotiations back to the government claiming that the government was not supporting him fully . |
| 5 | Yes : I can help to write the script for movies yet to be made . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The most notable capture was that of Caen which fell at the end of July , and which , according to the chronicler Froissart , was the source of much material gain which was taken down the river Orne to the coast for shipment back to England . |
| 8 | ( c ) master equipment for recording and reproducing , e.g. recording a programme off air on to tape and then transferring to cassettes for use at the satellites . |
| 9 | Perhaps they could now get each episode of Eldorado down to that length . |
| 10 | If we are interested in creating a democratic society there is clearly a great deal of work yet to be done . |
| 11 | She slammed the saucepan of potatoes on to the draining board . |
| 12 | For example , manufacturing industry in the UK was severely hit by the real appreciation of sterling up to mid 1980 . |
| 13 | Compensation for loss of office/position up to £30,000 ; |
| 14 | 1.56 If it is a fatal accident case , full details of the dependants and the loss of dependency up to the date of the application must be included . |
| 15 | Perhaps non-clinical legionellosis follows exposure to small numbers of bacteria alone , the clinical form occurring as a result of exposure either to a large dose of bacteria or to legionellae packaged in amoebae . |
| 16 | A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition . |
| 17 | In 1326–7 he was not a king-maker ( or -saver ) , partly because a legitimate heir was to hand , but possibly because he could not muster the opposition of prelates generally to Edward II 's removal . |
| 18 | There has been a delegation of powers downwards to the Réunion and individual museums , and in 1991 the Réunion changed its statute to operate more like a private enterprise . |
| 19 | Unburden yourself , tell me all that has passed — and later we will speak with a clear mind of matters close to our hearts . ’ |
| 20 | Every British geology student knows about the " liver-coloured " quartzite pebbles which are found in our Triassic conglomerates ( referred to earlier ) and which are said to have come all the way from the Ordovician " Gres Armoricain " and " Gres de May " of Brittany ( plate 1.13 ) , even though this implies the transportation of pebbles up to 20 or 30 cm diameter for several hundred kilometres up to the English Midlands . |
| 21 | The heart of the Swaledale mining field is a vein called the Friarfold Vein running from the neighbourhood of Keld across to Arkengarthdale . |
| 22 | When I approached and held a piece of chicken out to him he opened his eyes in surprise and at first refused to take it . |
| 23 | A piece of toast halfway to her mouth , Joanna nodded then , taking a large bite , she murmured , ‘ Uhmm . ’ |
| 24 | She pulled a piece of parchment over to her . |
| 25 | He threw a piece of paper on to the floor . |
| 26 | h ) If the machine is a Silver Reed or Knitmaster : Put a tiny piece of vaseline on to the lever attached to the back of the machine that trips the lever that the punchcard rotates on . |
| 27 | She deposited the tray on the desk , then took her own tea and a small piece of cake back to her former post , slotted a new tape into the machine for the next instalment of the story and settled down to enjoy the rest of the afternoon in peace . |
| 28 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 29 | When within binocular range it may be seen on the side of Theta opposite to the 6.5-magnitude star . |
| 30 | BR forecasts continuing increases in demand in the congested South-east , and half the planned investment of £2billion up to 1994/95 will go on new rolling stock . |