Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further along , Simon could see Mr Bishop 's kiosk , abandoned to the elements , its shutters still down , its back door flapping open , banging to and fro in the wind . |
| 2 | What we are endeavouring to and the company has not as yet went out and dispersed of apprentices willy-nilly . |
| 3 | He knows it chiefly as a source of seasonal traffic jams about which Marjorie sometimes complains ( the University day begins too late and finishes too early to inconvenience Vic himself ) and of distractingly pretty girls about whose safety he worries , seeing them walking to and fro between their halls of residence and the Students ' Union in the evenings . |
| 4 | He stood at the lit window of his hotel room and saw his own reflection , and beyond it the room , and in that ghost-world the image of Tom Carey walking to and fro , a glassy shadow . |
| 5 | Walking to and from Miss Lucchesi 's is n't my idea of seeing you . |
| 6 | Frankenstein was walking to and fro now , muttering to himself . |
| 7 | Toddlers start to fret , and some women are walking to and fro soothing restless babies . |
| 8 | From his cell in Gloucester , he could see women walking to and from the Castlemeads car park . |
| 9 | Stand in the bar and you can look out at the full expanse of San Antonio running around the bay and watch the ferries plying to and from the very centre of town to the landing stage only 50 metres away . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the colonization , settlement and economic exploitation of the Siberian mainland continued throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , binding the territory ever more closely to metropolitan Russia and reflecting , contributing to or suffering from every stage of the nation 's overall historical development . |
| 11 | ‘ Experiences , relationships etc are considered to be supportive when the individual involved sees the experience tin terms of his values , goals , expectations , and aspirations ) as contributing to or maintaining his sense of personal worth and importance . ’ |
| 12 | If the teacher does not evaluate what children do , how can he determine if what he is doing is contributing to or hampering their growth in art . |
| 13 | ‘ publication of information relating to and the form , preparation keeping and certification of accounts ' |
| 14 | ( i ) General skills Relating to and handling clients who have suffered trauma Negotiation Interviewing Advising clients Drafting Advocacy Appraisal of issues |
| 15 | ‘ ( a ) relating to or having any connection with the 1987 year end audit of Atlantic … and the production of the audited accounts for Atlantic … including any material relating to its subsidiaries ; ( b ) which relate to or have any connection with the acquisition by [ B. & C. ] of Atlantic … including but not limited to the working capital review conducted by [ the appellants ] and the production of a working capital letter ; ( c ) which relate to or have any connection with the 1988 year end audit of Atlantic … and the production of the audited accounts for Atlantic … including any material relating to its subsidiaries . |
| 16 | VITAL STATISTICS — Facts systematically collected and compiled in numerical form relating to or derived from registration records of vital events , such as live birth , death , fetal death , marriage , divorce , etc . |
| 17 | ‘ Unpublished price sensitive information ’ is information which relates to specific matters relating to or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say it is not of a general nature relating to or of concern to that company and is not generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in those securities but which if it were generally known to them would be likely to affect the price of those securities . |
| 18 | ‘ Unpublished price sensitive information ’ is information which relates to specific matters relating to or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say it is not of a general nature relating to or of concern to that company and is not generally known to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal in those securities but which if it were generally known to them would be likely to affect the price of those securities . |
| 19 | Accordingly , the parties agree that each of them will accept my decision on the matters referred to me hereunder as conclusive and binding and that neither will bring any action or proceeding or make any claim against me as expert relating to or arising from the performance of my duties hereunder . |
| 20 | They acknowledge that elephants and man , for instance , have a very close relationship , having climbed the evolutionary ladder side by side , losing hair together , returning to and re-emerging from the sea again , growing warm blood , emotion and long memories . |
| 21 | She needed at least three full days here and the thought of driving to and fro from Palma every day … no , it was out of the question … impossible . |
| 22 | Brückner was moaning , tossing to and fro . |
| 23 | While a lack of entry qualifications did not rank as the most important reason overall for not doing a course , the 14% who did need entry qualifications may suggest that some of the non-enrollers had insufficient information about the courses they were applying to and , consequently , applied to courses for which they had insufficient entry qualifications . |
| 24 | The street lamps were already lit , and a few cars crawled through the rough-mirror streets with their lights on and their wipers flapping to and fro . |
| 25 | You 're no more worth listening to than any bored , spoiled young woman , whining because the routine of married life has gone stale on you . |
| 26 | The hope is that the professionals who are part of the group are not only listening to but also acting on the ideas that are put forward by members of the group . |
| 27 | When she starts listening to that I say to her , ’ Hey , why do n't you listen to Bad Company or Led Zeppelin or something decent for a change ? ’ |
| 28 | For the abrupt , hasty manner of Pound 's criticism seems to some readers to carry the implication ( to which Pound in fact did not subscribe ) that no critic is worth listening to unless he has laboured at the maker 's workbench ; that all worthwhile criticism of stories comes from story-tellers , that only poets are worth listening to about poems . |
| 29 | The Government , he said , was not predisposed to pay attention and believed that no idea was worth listening to unless Ministers had thought of it themselves . |
| 30 | After years of listening to and reading Anglo-Saxon women letting it all hang out , it was refreshing to be among women who so rigorously kept it all in . |