Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Kosovo and Vojvodina under his belt and Montenegro to come ( perhaps after a referendum there leading to that republic 's formal incorporation into Serbia ) , he could have a respectable country to run . |
| 2 | At the hearing some national experts came out strongly in favour of a system also extending to drawings , etchings , engravings sculptures , original photographs and , possibly , one-off designs of furniture and craft . |
| 3 | As a way of dealing with a crisis this seemed repugnant — a bit like a child only turning to his parents when he or she wants something . |
| 4 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 5 | Progress on these areas of activity should be detailed , with a statement also relating to achievement of targets . |
| 6 | To claim that Britain has nurtured something in a matter ultimately pertaining to worship ( the choral singing of cathedral and chapel ) which is purified and controlled beyond anything possessed by Catholic Europe , which is purged of excessive artifice and rhetoric ( Continental reviewers consistently find English a cappella performances impassive ) and whose excellence gives Britain a mission these are among the ideas that have been the principal source of British national identity since the Act of Union in 1707 and were a foundation stone of English identity long before . |
| 7 | Frenchman Roger Yves Bost , a member of the French World Gold Medal winning team in 1990 , scorched round in a time more fitting to a speed class . |
| 8 | The European Community [ EC ] has embarked on a path inexorably leading to the eventual replacement of member countries ' currencies with a single European currency . |