Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were boundaries as to how far he would go , but in his own way Branson was as much committed to creating a spectacle as McLaren and Reid , if for very different reasons . |
| 2 | The action taken by general practitioners was generally limited to taking a urine sample , referring to a specialist , or prescribing tablets . |
| 3 | For a while I got deep into The Coasters and The Platters and all this old doo-wop stuff , and that somehow led to writing a song for Tin Machine 's second album . |
| 4 | Marx 's concern in Formen with defining two types of existence and two types of property is , however , not limited to establishing a contrast . |
| 5 | At the trial R submitted that the converting of hydrochloride into free base cocaine did not amount to producing a Class A drug because all that was involved was changing one form of cocaine into another . |
| 6 | This does not extend to feeding a patient against his will , which I regard as a form of aggressive treatment . |
| 7 | Mich eventually resorted to placing a hook on tension , then continuing to tension from the hook to reach the first real crack line for ten pitches . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it will be harder because Plymouth will work their socks off they are struggling for points and will be totally committed to getting a result . |
| 9 | The twentysomethings of the X generation may be more predisposed to quitting a job and drifting . |
| 10 | " The opening of the road for friendship and co-operation between us and the Soviet Union , " he said , " is directly related to opening a road for peace and unification of the Korean peninsula . " |
| 11 | This series of texts comes as close as Roman law ever did to suggesting a principle of tracing . |
| 12 | He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten . |
| 13 | He is now resigned to selecting a side for the World Cup qualifier without the Juventus midfielder and described the news as ‘ a body blow ’ . |
| 14 | Ferguson is now resolved to buying a goalscorer . |
| 15 | The Roman army was now committed to establishing a frontier in difficult terrain and their losses steadily mounted until Scapula , worn out with bitterness and frustration , collapsed and died . |
| 16 | Adult education classes can increase skills in subjects like photograph , badminton , or a language , often leading to joining a club or group devoted to that interest . |
| 17 | Keith will now set to creating a painting for a FlyPast reader . |
| 18 | A few people do seem to be able to remember everything ( they have ‘ photographic memories ’ ) but this can often lead to remembering a mass of unwanted material and so things have to be actively ‘ unremembered ’ . |
| 19 | All the abilities Hubble had exercised in doing the astronomy he here applied to producing a model presentation . |
| 20 | Such testing is only indirectly related to providing a measure of particular competencies or curricular objectives and not at all to providing a description of them . |
| 21 | The Town Moor draw 's favours are so unpredictable that you may as well stick to choosing a horse for its name alone . |
| 22 | Conflicts spread over thousands of years have still not resolved the problems arising from that claim , and justification of it from the scriptures , has proved completely ineffective , and surely this is bound to happen , for the human race , whether in part or as a whole will never meekly submit to having a religion or political system simply thrust upon it . |
| 23 | That is why I am passionately committed to establishing a Parliament in Scotland , and home rule for Scotland within the United Kingdom and within Europe . |
| 24 | Cobbett indicates that , at least in Kent , the working class was not yet reconciled to exchanging a cottage on earth for a mansion in heaven : ‘ they appeared to me to be thinking much more about getting houses for themselves in this world first : just to see a little before they entered , or endeavoured to enter , or even thought much about , those ‘ houses ’ of which the parson was speaking ; houses with pig-styes and little snug gardens attached to them , together with all the other domestic and conjugal circumstances . ’ |
| 25 | at least even I never stooped to sending a circular round Community and Environment saying we do not want the danger of officers actually talking to the public and if there 's any credit , Councillor got to have it . |
| 26 | No matter how deep his respect for an act , Stephen Street would never admit to pursuing a band he particularly wanted to work with . |