Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a great step forward as advertising should reduce the level of ignorance of the investing public that apparently exists according to a survey by the Stock Exchange and the Association of Investment Trust Companies . |
| 2 | Furthermore a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ dress was not made according to a man 's stereotype of how a woman should look , although Laura believed that the covered-up , ‘ floaty ’ look was what men liked . |
| 3 | However , often the best way of challenging a dysfunctional attitude is to test out the validity of the attitude , for example a client who believed he could not stand going to a party might be invited to test this belief out by going , for at least part of the time . |
| 4 | She turned to the stranger who had just finished talking to a mechanic who was now giving her car the once-over . |
| 5 | ‘ Probably got talking to a neighbour and forgot all about you . |
| 6 | The characteristic level of bargaining is similarly ranked according to a scale representing national , industry or regional , and enterprise or workplace levels , with intermediate values depicting cases of ‘ mixed ’ bargaining . |
| 7 | It also advises talking to a number of franchisees in the proposed franchise . |
| 8 | Prominence must obviously be understood in relative terms : if features can register on a reader 's mind in his recognition of style , the degree to which they are salient will vary , and the degree to which the reader responds in a given reading will also vary according to a number of factors , such as his attentiveness , sensitivity to style and previous reading experience . |
| 9 | No I do n't fancy going to a party I do n't think . |
| 10 | He did n't mind responding to a panic call at such a late hour , especially not when it meant transporting three microwave ovens up to the Hall and so getting an advance peek at the preparations . |
| 11 | Now she did n't regret agreeing to a meeting . |
| 12 | And where every body panel is precisely positioned according to a computer model consisting of 12,000 reference points . |
| 13 | Expenditure related to the EAGGF ( Guarantee Section ) while officially justified according to a number of criteria ( Coleman 1983 ) , is certainly protectionist in effect . |
| 14 | The process was never completed owing to a lack of consensus in a number of important areas and only a few piecemeal changes have been made over the years , most recently the creation of Schools in 1989 . |
| 15 | ‘ Property therefore means belonging to a tribe , ’ [ p. 90 ] and even then it is not land which is property with pastoralists . |