Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From March 1992 all bottles of acids will come with the proven ‘ safe-break ’ plastic coating , designed to keep splashing to a minimum if the bottle is dropped or broken . |
| 2 | The colour co-ordinated hotplate has been designed to keep cleaning to a minimum . |
| 3 | Try to keep drinking to a minimum when you are pregnant , for the sake of your own health and your baby 's . |
| 4 | Hosepipe bans over recent summers have meant keeping watering to a minimum — and digging out the old watering can . |
| 5 | HOUSE prices appear to have steadied according to a survey by Britain 's biggest building society . |
| 6 | MARIS OTTER , once the most popular of malting barleys , continues to decline according to a survey . |
| 7 | All the walls in this room had grained wainscoting to a height of three feet . |
| 8 | At the same time you may have reached the stage when your children are now independent , your mortgage is substantially paid off and you have stopped subscribing to a life assurance policy . |