Example sentences of "to the surface " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a question of whether it is better or worse to remain a virgin or a bachelor , he wrote , but rather of bringing the terror to the surface . |
| 2 | Thirty minutes in the fridge will ensure a pleasant cool temperature and encourage the yeast to form a hard ring at the bottom of the bottle that does not rise to the surface when pouring . |
| 3 | His inquiries and interpretations will inevitably draw polluting and contaminating ideas to the surface , for they are a result of his place as an ‘ institutional shaman ’ and mirror his position as a liminal mover in the organization . |
| 4 | If only she and Michael had more time together , time for her feelings to rise close enough to the surface for her to be sure of what they were . |
| 5 | It is also important that the areas where the varnish is being applied are dust-free and that you are not wearing clothes which will shed dust or fibres on to the surface . |
| 6 | Hold the brush at right angles to the surface and use circular motions |
| 7 | That ‘ inwardness ’ so prized by some English readers , and characteristically found by them ( implausibly ) in Lawrence , is an attention directed so far ‘ inward , that it can never come to the surface for long enough to notice how the sunlight breaks upon the edges and volumes of a piece of sculpture ; and that is why indeed such readers can not use the word ‘ aesthetic ’ except ‘ in a limiting sense ’ . |
| 8 | It can help us explain why the entrenched and the familiar can suddenly appear conditional and temporary , and inject meaning into those long-forgotten disputes which are bubbling to the surface , especially within the Soviet bloc . |
| 9 | When old nationalisms come to the surface , having been suppressed for decades , it can be in a pure and dangerous form . |
| 10 | But if you did that ( the farmer 's elder son reckons ) , the plough would simply bite deeper next time round , and bring another few hundred thousand to the surface . |
| 11 | Conoca said : ‘ A leak has developed inside one well of the unmanned platform and gas is leaking up to the surface . |
| 12 | In both cases it seems that the problem lay in the transmission of the activation signal across the target cell membrane , once insulin has bound to the surface receptor . |
| 13 | The widespread implications of the Famine were already coming to the surface . |
| 14 | It soaks in completely leaving a dry feel to the surface . |
| 15 | But there is more to be discovered by thinking their confusions and discriminations to the surface , and to that end I consider one further ‘ explanation ’ of homosexuality along similar lines . |
| 16 | ‘ Anglers broke the ice to fish and diesel bubbled up to the surface . |
| 17 | It immediately finds its way to the surface and emerges to mate in the months of June , July or August . |
| 18 | He did it by gently vibrating the soil , coaxing the worms to the surface . |
| 19 | He is a man whose emotions are close to the surface , and who plunges into profound troughs . |
| 20 | The film was a big success , partly because of its openness about sex ( made possible by the appointment of John Trevelyan to head up the BBFC ) , but also because the hero 's class resentment brought to the surface emotions that British cinema normally repressed . |
| 21 | What 's startling about 1986 is the manner in which the pop obsessions of self , want , luxury and aggression , have found their way to the surface of hip hop , with all the softer elements not germane to this violent push ruthlessly edited out . |
| 22 | After a period of time , the milk appears to skin ; this is the cream rising to the surface of the vat . |
| 23 | If he spoke the words of the invitation correctly , the dolphins would follow him with cries of joy to the surface . |
| 24 | Like all mammals , dolphins need air to live , and the first act of life of a newly-born dolphin is to find its way to the surface to breathe . |
| 25 | When a dolphin becomes trapped in a net , it drowns because it is unable to get back to the surface to refill its lungs when the supply of air runs out . |
| 26 | Once dolphins locate a school of fish , they spread out , some individuals diving down to the school of prey to herd it to the surface by swimming around and under the fish in an ever-tightening formation . |
| 27 | At birth the mother will help her calf to the surface to gain its first breath , taking about 10 seconds to do so . |
| 28 | The mother may be assisted by others ( usually non-pregnant females ) who often help take the calf to the surface for air . |
| 29 | They are always ready to rescue and support sick or injured animals and help them to the surface to breathe , in the same way that mothers and ‘ aunts ’ will help their young to take their first breath . |
| 30 | They 'll frequently jump cigar out of the water while swimming fast , enabling them to maintain their speed while coming to the surface to breathe . |