Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 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 | Yes : I can help to write the script for movies yet to be made . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If we are interested in creating a democratic society there is clearly a great deal of work yet to be done . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Unburden yourself , tell me all that has passed — and later we will speak with a clear mind of matters close to our hearts . ’ |
| 11 | The heart of the Swaledale mining field is a vein called the Friarfold Vein running from the neighbourhood of Keld across to Arkengarthdale . |
| 12 | A piece of toast halfway to her mouth , Joanna nodded then , taking a large bite , she murmured , ‘ Uhmm . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When within binocular range it may be seen on the side of Theta opposite to the 6.5-magnitude star . |
| 15 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 16 | He states that ideology consists of the beliefs and values of a ruling group which ‘ obscures the real condition of society both to itself and others and thereby stabilizes it ’ . |
| 17 | My favourite tale , comes from Corner Pool , when Rob was fishing one cold March day : ‘ I was about to start at the top of the pool when I happened to spot a flicker of movement close to the north bank . |
| 18 | Summarizing , we can conclude that the GGGCCC motif seems to adopt a strongly curved conformation with a direction of curvature opposite to and the magnitude similar to the A-tracts . |
| 19 | HTV is also redeveloping a 21 acre parcel of land close to its studios at Culverhouse Cross which could realise more than £5m of profit . |
| 20 | Our case is that , while the nature of the social relations at the workplace is clearly an important differentiating characteristic of the Dukeries field , they are probably a necessary but insufficient factor to account for the response of miners there to the 1926 and 1984 calls to strike . |
| 21 | It provided for cuts in support prices to reduce overproduction , and payment of compensation directly to farmers , on condition that all but the smallest farmers " set aside " 15 per cent of their land from production . |
| 22 | For instance , there are examples of children with very low levels of vision in terms of measured acuity who use what vision they have remarkably effectively for learning , whilst there are others , less motivated , who use a higher recorded level of acuity apparently to very little effect in day-to-day tasks . |
| 23 | This had been the basic premise of a proposal made in late August by the Netherlands ( holder of the presidency of the Council of Ministers in the second half of 1991 ) specifying four conditions for economic convergence : ( i ) a high degree of price stability , indicated by a level of inflation close to that of the best-performing state for a two-year period ; ( ii ) a sustainable government financial position , indicated by budget deficits deemed not to be excessive ; ( iii ) currency within the 2.5 per cent fluctuation margins of the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European Monetary System for at least two years without devaluation against other member state 's currency ; and ( iv ) a close approximation of comparable interest rates to those member states with the best performance in terms of price stability . |
| 24 | Throughout there was a joyless kind of determination never to be proved wrong . |
| 25 | Hattie was not the kind of woman ever to be troubled by demons . |
| 26 | It seems to me a definite kind of immortality both to be remembered with great affection and to give that feeling ( which I and so many friends have ) that we ca n't believe he has died . |
| 27 | It seems these humans are often — unwell — a kind of failure even to non-scuttle . |
| 28 | In his view , in the 1970s the drop in children available for adoption led adoption pressure groups to advocate a kind of fostering closer to adoption , with the natural parents having fewer rights to intervene in the foster placement . |
| 29 | To hear it we travelled to Leighton Moss , that wonderful reserve belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds close to the shore of Morecambe Bay . |
| 30 | Take advantage of the enormous variety of fruit now to be found in the shops . |