Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [v-ing] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On bushes and standards , prune strong new stems to 4–6in , shorten weaker growths and remove very spindly tips on climbers ; shorten weak growth by half and stronger stems by a third or more according to desired height . |
| 2 | In my own particular section of the clothing and textiles the union fought long and hard to gain the same rights and conditions for temporary workers , and so leading to permanent employment in most cases . |
| 3 | Rural-urban migrants were able to take advantage of the former , often sending financial assistance back to their relatives in the countryside and so contributing to increased income levels there . |
| 4 | It should therefore be advertised internally and externally according to agreed recruitment practices , to adhere to CA 's equal opportunities policy . |
| 5 | From Shrewsbury School Hillary in 1937 went up to Trinity College , Oxford , starting to read philosophy , politics , and economics and then moving to modern history . |
| 6 | And abruptly reverting to painful gravity : ‘ Was the boy already dead ? ’ |
| 7 | There were political motives : some wished ( like Pope Urban ) to save the Eastern Empire ; others wished to disembody the Eastern Empire and carve out principalities for themselves — contradictory motives , perhaps , but both leading to similar activity . |
| 8 | In some areas of the world , e.g. West Africa , it is helpful to file words not only alphabetically but also according to major word classes , because nouns and verbs have different phonological structures . |