Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Trudgill ( 1974 ) has shown ( see figure 5.2 ) , [ h ] -loss in Norwich is socially stratified , with lower-class speakers tending strongly to loss of [ h ] , despite the fact that surrounding rural dialects tend to preserve [ h ] . |
| 2 | Worried about the impact of television on social habits , and disillusioned with British life , they constructed films depicting the destruction of traditional cultural forms , the dead-end nature of the proletarian life and the tawdriness of sexual relationships leading inevitably to closure in marriage . |
| 3 | At the end of 1987 they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup and then played two drawn series against India and Pakistan , in the latter case coming close to defeat before squeezing a two-wicket victory to square the rubber . |
| 4 | The essence of the model is that customer satisfaction , people [ employee ] satisfaction and impact on society are achieved through leadership driving policy and strategy , people management , resources and processes leading ultimately to excellence in business results . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , many teachers ( and others ) foresaw , when they read the assessment proposals in TNC , the possibility of a ‘ national maths ( or science , etc. ) day ’ when all pupils would take the nationally prescribed tests leading eventually to publication of results for each class ( and their teacher ) , each school and each LEA . |
| 6 | The development of relevant critical factors needs to be based on a properly sequenced series of requirements leading logically to success in the market place and hence NPV . |
| 7 | Care should be taken for claims relating solely to loss of cash . |
| 8 | THERE should be excitement leading eventually to excitation in the scientific community following President Reagan 's statement last week of his faith in science and scientists . |
| 9 | On reaching corner of hedge , right of way proceeds quarter left , aiming for left-hand side of small conifer plantation just in front of which cross footbridge and proceed to left of plantation to pick up track leading uphill to village of Bag Enderby ( a ) . |
| 10 | Yet , whenever she contemplated a resumption of the life she had enjoyed before her initial meeting with Johnny , she felt a rising panic and a disinclination amounting almost to hostility at the very idea . |