Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maltese parliamentary secretary for the environment , Dr Stanley Zammit , has met with members of the country 's shooters ' and trappers ' association to discuss transferring government-owned woodland to association members . |
| 2 | This essay will seek to show Ministers would indeed have good reason to be terrified if ordinary people began preferring constitutional theory to government practice and acted on their preferences in their judgment of politicians . |
| 3 | As a matter of common courtesy , for example , a teacher would avoid giving private coaching to child in a colleague 's class . |
| 4 | He immediately began making anonymous donations to charity — but stayed as an agent with Kleeneze . |
| 5 | Or that London bobbies were too often to be found whispering sweet nothings to kitchen maids , and tucking into pastries in servants ' quarters on foggy nights , when they should have been out walking the beat . |
| 6 | As a growing proportion of the population escapes premature mortality to live out their natural life span , Fries ( 1989 ) argues that this need not mean adding infirm years to life . |
| 7 | This stage of the manufacturing process involved tailoring complex systems to customer specifications , testing , order consolidation and shipping . |
| 8 | It is also supposed to announce it has finished porting Top End to Pyramid Technology Corp machines . |