Example sentences of "the [noun] to [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am delighted to have the opportunity to further the work of collaborative ministry in the Church . |
| 2 | Should the screening test result be confirmed the family are offered genetic counselling and the opportunity to further the diagnostic process , initially by molecular genetic mutation analysis and subsequently by muscle biopsy and dystrophin analysis . |
| 3 | The reduction to just the two land-cover categories , concerned with housing , loses only 3 per cent explanation when compared with the Shotgun model . |
| 4 | There might appear to be very little to navigate by , from the quarter-point to past the three-quarter point , but that is n't true . |
| 5 | They walked across the field to where the wall stopped , sliced in its eternal stride by some giant wire cutters . |
| 6 | Even so , in 979 a body was moved from Wareham to the nunnery at Shaftesbury , and in 1001 transferred again from the churchyard to inside the abbey . |
| 7 | Together these two concepts give the key to both the sculpture and the inspiration for its bold commission by The Royal Bank of Scotland through the good offices of a non-executive director , Angus Grossart . |
| 8 | They are both trusted men and the key to both the gallery door and another for Sir Ralph 's chamber hang on a hook beside them . |
| 9 | Well after a while the bricks got hot enough that you could just adjust the valve to where the stove would get almost cherry red and it was a very nice fire . |
| 10 | That position is to be contrasted with what has happened in New Zealand and Australia ( which have relaxed the rule to approximately the extent that I favour ) : there is no evidence of any complaints of this nature coming from those countries . |
| 11 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 12 | Wycliffe walked the length of the waterfront to where the road petered out in a footpath to the headland . |
| 13 | The wood in the barn was soaked and we stood there in our dripping combat jackets close to despair ; we had been made to wear our helmets for the duration , and the oversized tin hats kept slipping over our faces , as we scrambled in the mud taking the wood to where the petulant staff were demanding hot coffee . |
| 14 | The first to offline the Primary copy and the second to offline the Secondary copy . |
| 15 | Jonathan 's still in his football boots , laces trailing , so I have a head start as I rush across the playground to where the crossing lady stands with her lollipop . |
| 16 | Then he moved a little up the canyon to where the jutting rocks made a rough natural staircase and held out his hand . |
| 17 | In the second case , ask the manager of the package to offline the package on your behalf . |
| 18 | Lucy looked across the room to where the older man sat at the corner table . |
| 19 | The Disabled Persons Registration Act 1944 provides that a disabled person can not be dismissed ( unless there is ‘ reasonable cause ’ for so doing ) if that would reduce the number of disabled workers in the business to below the fixed quota of 3 per cent . |
| 20 | The Strategy Committee has therefore embarked upon a detailed review of the plan , looking at the effects on the profession , of the proposed changes in legal aid , the cost of default , and the importance to both the Society and practitioners of continuing to provide a quality service . |
| 21 | In his main screen , on high magnification , he saw beyond the Warlords to where the squad upon squad of Imperial Fists were advancing , some under cover of Land Raiders and Rhinos , others leapfrogging squad by squad from one hard-fought nook to the next . |
| 22 | She walked further up the hill to where the golden light still came unhindered , following from one patch of sunlight to another as they fell through gaps in the houses , until she was in a little cul-de-sac quite open to it , ending at a railway . |
| 23 | There were no roads direct from the station to where the world began , but the carriage drivers , squatting over their breakfasts , directed us to an abandoned railway line which cut across country . |
| 24 | She was going , at some time that summer , to follow the Piero della Francesca trail across the Mountains of the Moon to undoubtedly the world 's greatest small picture . |
| 25 | Finally , after conjuring up an image of the royal baptism , he exhorts the king to further the cause of catholicism , while praising his recent action of freeing an unnamed captive people . |
| 26 | We all stood up and walked around the wall to where the car had been . |
| 27 | So to expand a typical definition from the OALD to just the second level would involve the processing of ( 21.81 ) 2 words , i.e. approximately 475 . |
| 28 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 29 | Up and down the canal , as far as my binoculars can reach , the water is white with floating cottony flecks , and we can be sure that they have carpeted the ground to much the same radius in other directions too . |
| 30 | There was no way that Nigel , in his coffin and with the coffin in a horizontal position , could be carried out of the room and around all the corners and down the stairs to where the Volvo was waiting . |