Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work on voting behaviour in Great Britain in the 1980s illustrates this , with the class divide much distorted according to power in the market place , which in turn has become increasingly spatially variable : Johnston and Pattie , 1988 , 1990 . ) |
| 2 | The B set did particularly badly on number of words correctly accessed according to definition ( i ) i.e. intended words ( 1% ) , but did better on definition ( ii ) i.e. valid words ( 20% ) . |
| 3 | He had a left hemiplegia , and was flaccid at first , although the flaccidity soon started changing to spasticity . |
| 4 | These forces in turn can react to various pathological processes such as infections , chronic irritants , including smoking , toxic agents , chronic irradiation , nutrients , etc. , which serve as activators in the process of carcinogenicity in accordance with the circumstances previously discussed relating to cell vulnerability . |
| 5 | They have an equal right not to dread going to bed alone , or waking up alone ; there need be no loneliness on quiet Sundays . |
| 6 | Henceforward , population would be the determining factor ( although the number of voters in a constituency still varied according to population density , from 80,000 people per constituency in the larger towns to 25,000 in the extreme south ) . |
| 7 | Slim people generally eat according to appetite , in a fairly relaxed fashion not governed by rules or diet sheets . |
| 8 | That suggests that a credit crunch is taking place , especially since banks are still under orders from the central bank not to increase lending to property companies beyond the overall rate of loan growth , which has itself been restricted since October . |
| 9 | There is a tendency not to offer housing to dementia sufferers ( especially where known behaviour problems exist ) , but on the other hand to try to help tenants who develop dementia as long as is reasonable . |
| 10 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |