Example sentences of "add [prep] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Otherness is not so much something to be frightened of , a threat to the stability of the self , as something that can be added to or incorporated into the already existing .
2 New colours can be added to or deleted from the woolbox at any time , making it easy to experiment with as many different colour combinations on the screen as you like .
3 ‘ Nothing today has added to or subtracted from the controversy of the closure announcement . ’
4 After this time existing castles were added to and adapted as palatial residences .
5 The tables for Enumeration Districts and electoral wards ( in Scotland , postcode sectors and Output Areas ) have had 1 randomly added to and subtracted from any non-zero count , apart from the basic head counts .
6 As specified previously , items of any data type are added to and deleted from the associated partition of the cache in a pre-defined order .
7 It adjusts the heat needed to incubate the egg by adding to or subtracting from the amount of compost piled above it .
8 Add to or subtract from this list according to the needs and activities of your particular organisation .
9 His ego was and is such that the outside world can neither add to nor subtract from it .
10 How does the fact that the painting was executed directly from the unclothed model alter our understanding of it ; does it add to or detract from the value of the final exhibited work ?
11 The suite is traditional too in the sense that it 's a range of individual pieces which you can add to or divide for separate rooms as your family grows .
12 When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view .
13 Also , at the end of the day there may not be a great deal of difference between a system which requires all charges subject to exceptions to be registered as opposed to the present one which requires specified charges to be registered subject to the power of the Secretary of State to add to or delete from their number .
14 The list could go on , and it may indeed be appropriate to add to or subtract from it , but it is to be hoped that the general point is clear enough — that our first need is to have a very clear level of self-awareness about existing management structures and processes as a precondition for undertaking a review of these elements .
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