Example sentences of "to the [noun sg] [prep] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1980 and 1985 I was a librarian in Brent 's Bibliographic Department , and thus reasonably close to the centre of things in matters of stock . |
| 2 | their attitudes would , would lead you believe that they have changed and they have become more receptive to the kind of things women have been saying over the years . |
| 3 | I hope that privatisation will not lead to the kind of things that happened after deregulation . |
| 4 | Levi is drawn to the truths of science as an antidote to Fascist lies ; Sandro gets to the core of things by climbing mountains . |
| 5 | Only the continued succession of days and nights , and a crowded ark bobbing on the surface of the waters , prevent a complete return to the state of things before God began his great work of creation . |
| 6 | Yet understanding where older customers fit in to the scheme of things is very important if discrimination is to be avoided , because it will influence both the products and the marketing approach . |
| 7 | Thinking regarded as internal manipulation of events and ideas does not necessarily depend on language , but if it is not entirely ego orientated , that is not concentrated on the relationship of the person to the scheme of things , then it usually invokes iconic representation . |
| 8 | ‘ See , we 've found a few seeps of underground water that 's close enough to the surface for things to grow . |
| 9 | To get to the top of things , use all the extension tubes . |
| 10 | But there is reason to think that our senses do not take us to the heart of things . |
| 11 | That if you get to the heart of things you find sadness for ever and ever , everywhere ; but a beautiful silver sadness , like a Christ face . |
| 12 | It somehow did n't surprise her that he should go straight to the heart of things . |
| 13 | ‘ I say , Miss Abbott , you certainly go to the heart of things — ’ |
| 14 | This way of putting it is meant to attribute causal properties to things ( or to the structure of things ) , falling short of a grand determinist scheme but still thinking in terms of real productive powers . |
| 15 | In January 1852 he writes to Louise and explains , yet again , his incorrigibility : he is as he is , he can not change , he does not have a say in the matter , he is subject to the gravity of things , that gravity ‘ which makes the polar bear inhabit the icy regions and the camel walk upon the sand ’ . |
| 16 | And either you say to yourself ‘ I ca n't find it ’ or you can go on and get to the middle of things and keep trying to find it . |
| 17 | But he 's worked hard to adapt to the pace of things in England and because of that , his skill has suffered a bit . |
| 18 | In vacations he still went for interviews with his psychiatrist , who did not feel that he had quite got ‘ to the bottom of things ’ . |
| 19 | It is a very useful behaviour when trying to get to the bottom of things and when you need to tease information out of the other person . |
| 20 | Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . |
| 21 | " I have , of course , contributed to the difficulty by taking my suspicions to the police — I ca n't blame you for wanting to get to the bottom of things . |
| 22 | Her brother did not know the reason and needed a woman to get close to her , and he was prepared to put up with both Mitch and herself to get to the bottom of things . |
| 23 | ‘ We just want to get to the bottom of things ’ |
| 24 | Last night Marine Ian Mallard 's father , Malcolm , declared : ‘ I want to get to the bottom of things once and for all . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We want to find out what happened , we just want to get to the bottom of things . ’ |
| 26 | You can just about cling on to the periphery of things if you 're in Bristol , but once you 're past there forget it . |
| 27 | It is said to model and coordinate all components of a work process intuitively , including the people , procedures and data , and offers real-time access to the status of things . |
| 28 | Therefore , you have something very special to contribute to the sum of things . |
| 29 | ‘ Because she has no wish to add to the sum of things in the world unless they answer . |
| 30 | So , this was something else to add to the list of things that Guido cared about . |