Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most were intended to be exulting or to act as aids to the recognition of individual figures . |
| 2 | Director Chris Pond said : ‘ People will be faced with difficult choices , such as whether to use water for baths , or save it for cooking or to water the flower pots . ’ |
| 3 | The brown patch on his head is a mud pack used for cooling or to deter parasites . |
| 4 | This is the power to stop things happening or to delay or disrupt them . |
| 5 | Occasionally , when there had to be a drastic reassessment of public expenditure , it became evident from the leaks and rumours of resignations that something important was going on in Whitehall during the summer months , but neither backbenchers nor the House in general were able to find out what was happening or to discuss the changes being made in expenditure plans . |
| 6 | For there was absolutely no need at all for him to walk so close to where she was walking or to bump into her and so catch her off balance — the end result being that he had his arms around her , as if to save her , before she could stop him . |
| 7 | So you know there the recoveries are very good , very welcomed by us , but basically we 're two years now since this happened erm pensioners have been suffering extreme mental turmoil for that period , quite frankly they 're , they 're utterly confused , they do n't understand what 's happening and to ask those sort of people to rely and put their s their , their whole future security on the outcomings of out of court settlements where claims are made for two hundred million and there 's a thirty two million you know they 're getting totally confused and I think that that they just do not know what 's happening , they , they want long-term security , we 're now getting an increasing number of people who 've retired since the schemes were wound up and are therefore getting a hundred per cent of their , their money from the company fund , which we 're told is going to run out in two-and-a-half years time . |
| 8 | He would go some way to doing so if he told the House tonight that he intends to monitor carefully what is happening and to initiate independent research into the strengths and weaknesses of the new system in its initial stages . |
| 9 | From such an analysis we can pick out causes and action points : we are then in a better position to understand what is happening and to do something about it . |
| 10 | This is society 's attempt to recognize what is happening and to institute a mourning process . |
| 11 | Clearly while we do have gliders that spin , it is vital to give pilots enough experience to recognise what is happening and to make the right moves instead of panicking and doing nothing . |
| 12 | But even if Lenin was correct in his analysis of the capitalist-imperialist roots of the First World War , by the 1950s and 1960s the capitalist global system and the Third World had both changed so much that many Marxists felt the need to generate new theories to explain what was happening and to show the way forward from a political point of view . |
| 13 | And all the while we monitor to keep tabs on what is happening and to get the feedback we need to make in-flight adjustments . |
| 14 | A wire ‘ balloon ’ should be fitted into the top of each downpipe to prevent birds nesting and to keep out leaves and other debris . |
| 15 | AA Roadwatch advised motorists to use common sense when driving and to stay on the main roads . |
| 16 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 17 | At both extremes of anorexia or bulimia the sufferers may use medications to induce vomiting or to reduce body fluid or to purge themselves either with laxatives or enemas or both . |
| 18 | Throughout the war , there were constant efforts to limit the devastation it was causing or to bring it to a halt altogether . |
| 19 | Though often believed to be most beneficial for those who wish to give up smoking or to lose weight , hypnotherapy has , in fact , a multitude of uses — ranging from the comparatively minor ( for example , breaking the nail-biting habit ) through dealing with phobias , migraine , pre-menstrual problems and so on , to the severe , such as the physical results of a stroke , the symptoms of multiple sclerosis or some cases of cancer . |
| 20 | Regression therapy does not play a role in all hypnotic treatment : if the patient wishes to give up smoking or to pass his driving test , for instance , then regression does not come into it . |
| 21 | Momentarily undecided as to whether to go on looking or to give up the chase there and then , her eyes lingered on the stranger 's face , and for a heart-beat , or less , his features blurred , and in their flux , caught as if by the sun off a wing in the stratosphere , she saw Gentle , his hair swept back from his high forehead , his grey eyes all yearning , his mouth , which she 'd not known she missed till now , ready to break into a smile . |
| 22 | By introducing a per capita tax , it was the government 's aim to draw every adult 's attention to exactly how much their local services were costing and to encourage them to assess whether they were receiving value for money . |
| 23 | She had an eye for talent which they respected , she knew how to pick her designers , and could be relied on to spot a trend developing and to promote it . |
| 24 | To stop the gas from escaping and to let the acid in bit by bit . |
| 25 | The smoking minority should be entitled to choose whether and when they will give up smoking and to take short smoking breaks during work time . |
| 26 | 4 Long-Term follow-up : The initial effect of the heart attack is extremely effective in altering life-style in encouraging the patient to give up smoking and to change his eating habits and work patterns . |
| 27 | ( ii ) By reading and discussing good examples , pupils should come to understand the functions of the impersonal style of writing used in much academic — and particularly scientific — writing and to recognise the linguistic features , eg the passive , subordination , that characterise it . |
| 28 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 29 | She longed for the silly woman to stop prattling and to blow out the candle . |
| 30 | After another brief pause , the speaker continues , using and to indicate that what she is going to say is connected to what she has just said . |