Example sentences of "to [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Marie Gibbs ' time course was right , I should expect to find a sequence of cellular changes in left and perhaps right IMHV and/ or LPO , associated with the several phases of memory formation , in the minutes to hours following the bird 's pecking at the bitter bead . |
| 2 | He 'd then had to drive back down to Harlow again the following morning to sort out further problems with the system . |
| 3 | Drawing from his experience of Japan , Johnson ( 1984 : p. 8 ) considered that this ‘ means the initiation and co-ordination of governmental activities to leverage upward the productivity and competitiveness of the whole economy and of particular industries in it … |
| 4 | To be sacked on the spot , or with inadequate notice , is likely to distress even the most resilient of businessmen . |
| 5 | If Melrose beat Currie this weekend and Gala lose to Dundee High the title race could , however , be over apart from a mathematical possibility of Edinburgh Accies stepping in . |
| 6 | Children combed the shoreline for strong shells which the women would sharpen and affix to spears twice the height of a man . |
| 7 | In the morning they will journey together to G.Q.G. Meanwhile the night imposes its own duties . |
| 8 | , Chief Publicity Officer of the Scottish Office came to lunch here the other day and it was really good to see him . |
| 9 | is a way of demonstrating to parents both the methodology of drama and the value of it ; it 's a way of getting parents to argue for a greater emphasis on drama in the school . |
| 10 | One more summer term to winter still the house had not looked upon anyone she saw as suitable enough to take on a satisfactory residence within her proud walls , if only she was . |
| 11 | A small number of faint grid lines ( or lines of white space on solid bar charts ) may sometimes be added if it is important that the reader should be able to gauge precisely the level of particular points . |
| 12 | If O sues Y for conversion ( i.e. for selling O's goods to Z ) , then O will obtain judgment against Y for damages equal to the value of the goods on the date of the sale to Z less the deduction of an improvemenh is attributable to the improvement by Y. If O does not sue Y but instead sues Z for conversion , then Z gets the benefit of the improvement allowant allowance . |
| 13 | But the breathless battering of the shower had done a lot to sluice away the weariness and discomfort of the past couple of days , and perhaps she felt bold enough to try . |
| 14 | The persuasion rests on the assumptions that the forms of consultation practised and of participation prompted by the best employers are a measure of industrial democracy , but not enough : that the representation of employees on company boards is necessary to establish complete industrial democracy ; that total industrial democracy , in this prescription , will so far improve industrial efficiency as to benefit materially the general interest ; and that the implicit loss or diminution of the rights of ownership should not be allowed to preclude the realisation of that benefit . |
| 15 | In this example we can start at P , go to M and then to D. So the angle is called PMD. of course we could just as easily start at D , go to M and then to P and call the angle DMP . |
| 16 | " If only I could get to Hatfield then the journey from there to London is easy . |
| 17 | The capacity to recircuit neurophysiologically the ongoing experiencing of the senses in such a way that the subject becomes ‘ aware ’ of its situation through introspection of this analogue . |
| 18 | On one side it was surrounded by a strong wall , on the other it was washed by a fish pond the size of lake , well stocked with all kinds of fish and game birds , to feast both the eye and the palate . |
| 19 | If before receiving payment from the US importer the dollar appreciates to DM4.08–4.12 then the exporter will receive DM40.8m , an overall gain of DM1m . |
| 20 | This precautionary demand for money will also be related to money incomes since : ( a ) the higher your regular income then normally the more expensive are the items you own , e.g. the Rolls-Royce is usually more expensive to repair than the Mini ; ( b ) if money incomes rise due to inflation then the same items cost more to replace or repair . |
| 21 | If they are near to maturity then the yield will reflect short-term interest rates , though again the gross yield will be lower than on money market instruments . |
| 22 | Oldham 's joy was complete when , 10 minutes later , the effervescent Ritchie fed Irwin and then ran on to head home the full-back 's cross for his second goal and Oldham 's third . |
| 23 | TOP rugby coach Mostyn Richards has made a plea for all clubs to back fully the Mid-Wales District representative team . |
| 24 | THE CURRENT recession has certainly laid to rest forever the myth that public relations is a lightweight ‘ luxury ’ service used to indulge the chief executive . |
| 25 | Burying his face into the warm living darkness of Wolf 's fur , he tried desperately to wall away the sickening pulse . |
| 26 | I 'd never have come back to Liverpool only the firm sent me here to fix something up on the docks twelve months before this lot started , so I was just unlucky . ’ |
| 27 | First of all , Marx 's theory of historical materialism was one of the very first theories of society and change to be formulated which provided a historical overview and , at the same time , attempted to mesh together the workings of social , economic and political phenomena . |
| 28 | Pretty comfortable ways to while away the summer |
| 29 | Among the restaurants is the Savini , Milan 's most prestigious , where opera-goers congregate after a performance to while away the rest of the evening in expensive surroundings . |
| 30 | Bottom Deck games , including tennis and quoits , helped to while away the time during the voyage . |