Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could there really be a building site in the middle of this swamp rapidly reverting to nature after a brief and unsuccessful flirtation with civilization , Zen wondered ? |
| 2 | For this scheme it would seem sensible to order the foci within each facet differently according to the nature of the facet . |
| 3 | The possibilities opened up are exceptionally exciting and realisable provided certain strange notions of academic freedom ( in this case often amounting to a student fishing desperately around for an ‘ original ’ and totally useless subject like the history of his old school ) , can be avoided . |
| 4 | Today there are probably 12,000 healers in this country alone according to Denis Haviland , the director of the Confederation of Healing Organisations . |
| 5 | The second gate leads to a road , which you cross to another road opposite leading to Far Arnside Caravan Park . |
| 6 | ‘ Subject as above , ’ — and subsection ( 1 ) deals with the fact that certain provisions extend to Northern Ireland — ‘ and to any provision expressly relating to companies incorporated elsewhere than in Great Britain , nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland or applies to or in relation to companies registered or incorporated in Northern Ireland . |