Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businessmen are banding together to bring to book those who illegally dump wagon loads of waste , and the Merseyside Development Corporation have backed the initiative with the introduction of video cameras to monitor the twilight activity . |
| 2 | These schemes and the benefits they provide , in general , are organised hierarchically according to employment status and occupational class ( James , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) . |
| 4 | The facts — that Chrissie has been caught taking food home , the higher than average food costs , etc. — show that things have n't been going entirely according to plan , but what are the causes ? |
| 5 | Certain diseases are hereditary ( or at least familial ) ; sadly , it is being discovered that some babies are born already addicted to heroin or with the AIDS virus . |
| 6 | Pepsinogen synthesis has been found closely linked to secretion and depletion of stores by a well regulated feedback mechanism under in vitro conditions . |
| 7 | They said Nicola had been found brutally stabbed to death in her office although neither newspaper disclosed that the murder weapon was a pair of scissors . |
| 8 | On completion of the consultation process with members the paper will be redrafted then submitted to Government . |
| 9 | I 'm lying there frightened to death and then I 'm worn out . |
| 10 | In practice , the word seems to be used mostly to refer to animal sonar . |
| 11 | THE number of patients waiting for hospital treatment has been cut considerably according to health officials . |
| 12 | ‘ The helicopter I 'd been watching suddenly veered to port and its rotor blades did n't look the same . |
| 13 | The slog , however , is slow and the ghost of RPG is proving hard to lay to rest . |
| 14 | So everything 's going really according to plan . |
| 15 | Therefore , by the mid-1970s , Cramlington was proceeding much according to plan , with a number of firms being attracted to the area and the consequent job creation being associated with extensive housing developments by both the private and , public sectors . |