Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The concept of continuing professional development has been fostered by the Board of Fellows in its recent work and members should now keep records of all their reading , lectures , seminars and conferences attended in order to support applications they may wish to make in due course for upgrading to fellowship . |
| 2 | Differential strengths of binding to mucus may explain this , particularly since zinc and copper have greater affinity for most polyanionic metal binding substrates than magnesium and calcium . |
| 3 | He even put the woman 's view to a certain extent : ‘ Miriam knew that their marriage was dead , but took comfort in the old rituals of going to bed together and getting up in the morning . ’ |
| 4 | FOUR ex-servicemen have been booted out of a British Legion social club after going to war over what they believe are missing funds of up to £250,000 . |
| 5 | The main topics covered are finance , health and leisure , together with the social aspects of adjusting to retirement . |
| 6 | She found no sexual pleasure in going to bed with strangers , but , in contrast with the rest of her week , she was comforted by the feeling of being thought desirable , of having someone 's arms around her , of warm cuddling beneath the quilt . |
| 7 | A patient described by Bub and Kertesz ( 1982 ) made semantic errors in writing to dictation ; for example ‘ desk' — chair , ‘ give ’ — take and ‘ yacht ’ — boat . |
| 8 | We begin by talking about their daily routine of coming to school and returning home , which they enact individually and in pairs . |
| 9 | ‘ SOME FRIENDLY ’ itself , the album that only ten days alter would shock Beggars Banquet and raise a half interested eyebrow by galloping to number one , is an affirmation of The Charlatans ' pop groove . |
| 10 | ‘ SOME FRIENDLY ’ itself , the album that only ten days alter would shock Beggars Banquet and raise a half interested eyebrow by galloping to number one , is an affirmation of The Charlatans ' pop groove . |
| 11 | THE daily frustration of commuting to work on gridlocked roads and crowded trains is a thing of the past for Melinda Palmer . |
| 12 | You do n't expect players to be warned for excessive aggression at this level , but they were , and the first to be admonished was an old hand at listening to finger pointing lectures . |
| 13 | In our own Ulster Nation we would have a free hand in bringing to justice and finally ridding the country of these butchers . |
| 14 | For a while it looked as though Germany were going to sidestep all the unpleasant consequences of going to war against its neighbours — the most predictable being the payment of reparations — by avoiding a full surrender . |
| 15 | The existence of a research study is significant , because in the past critics of the high cost of going to law have tended to support their views with horror stories . |
| 16 | BRITISH hopes of returning to normalcy in negotiations with China over the future of Hong Kong appeared to have been thwarted yesterday as the 14th round of Sino-British talks ended with only limited signs of progress . |
| 17 | Their objective was to lure Beatty to the scene so that they might trap and destroy some small portion of the British Fleet before retiring to sanctuary in their harbours on the German mainland . |
| 18 | The couple were helped to explore constructive methods of dealing with future crises without resorting to self-poisoning . |
| 19 | His only real chance of coming to grief was that of being struck by a stray round-shot , an unlikely mishap , for they sank as soon as they landed . |
| 20 | A warm drink before going to bed may help to keep you warm . |
| 21 | And although this particular episode in the end solved no major scientific problem , it serves a crucial role in bringing to light the many aspects of what science is all about and what it means to do good science . |
| 22 | Circumstances such as these can lead to real apprehension about returning to practice . |
| 23 | But these results left unanswered a second question , namely , is it possible to reproduce the results of quantum mechanics by associating definite but unknown positions and momenta with individual particles without resorting to non-locality ? |
| 24 | I know of one child who had it and who had to plug the offending ear before going to school , otherwise it gave out an audible whistle which disturbed other children although the child was not aware of it himself . |
| 25 | Similarly , for those workers moving off unemployment pay and into work , the effects of tax , loss of income support , plus the additional cost of going to work , have given rise to what is called the ‘ unemployment trap ’ . |
| 26 | His account of ideology on the other hand is much more rewarding , locating it as he does in the presuppositions necessary for social life and avoiding the philosophical consequences of attempting to privilege one perspective . |
| 27 | It is sometimes referred to as ‘ non-interventionist ’ observation , though I find that a rather jargonish term and I think bird-watching is a good simple way of referring to observation which is very similar to that of the ornithologist who constructs a ‘ hide ’ so as to be able to observe birds in their natural habitat without disturbing them in any way . |
| 28 | Charles , advised by the Queen , decided to develop his career as a Naval officer by going to sea . |
| 29 | The existence of this body of appellate decisions in social security matters has the obvious effect of contributing to consistency of decision making not only by adjudication officers in their initial decisions on claims , but also by SSATs . |
| 30 | He does not require an imperative to make him avoid the sickness from the thought of which he already shrinks in nausea ; what he has to force himself to do is hold on to the fact that sickness is the likely outcome of yielding to temptation . |