Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council has been found guilty of maladministration leading to injustice by the ombudsman and must pay £1,250 compensation for failing to assess and design adaptations to the home of a disabled man . |
| 2 | loss of confidence leading to loss of libido |
| 3 | Different levels of use according to sex of speaker are particularly evident in Ballymacarrett , where it appears to be younger female speakers who are most strongly associated with the incoming raised variants . |
| 4 | Experience in Europe and America suggests that a ratio of capital spending to GNP of about 12–15% is typical for a mature economy . |
| 5 | Whatever keys are used , consonances between parts will make for euphony , while dissonances will form different degrees of harshness according to frequency of use and degree of conflict . |
| 6 | The result was a further outbreak of hostilities between the three sons of Ferdinand , with Sancho pretending to side with Garcia against Alfonso , while really waiting his moment to annex Galicia and Portugal . |
| 7 | On retirement , a discretionary gift , varying in value according to length of continuous service , may be made by the Company to an employee . |
| 8 | The state is better able to protect the corporate ‘ grass ’ because he ( or she ) could be guaranteed a job for life as a reward for information leading to conviction for a serious corporate crime . |
| 9 | A BUSINESS almost cleaned out by burglars has put up a reward for information leading to conviction of the culprits . |
| 10 | In effect the authors reject the hypothesis about unemployment contributing to crime on theoretical ( or subjective ) grounds , but they imply that they tested it fully . |
| 11 | let's seal it , now you want some goats cheese with that , that 's what you 'll need , lying on the beach at midnight going to sleep in your sleeping bag , with a bottle of that and your goats cheese |