Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The B set did particularly badly on number of words correctly accessed according to definition ( i ) i.e. intended words ( 1% ) , but did better on definition ( ii ) i.e. valid words ( 20% ) . |
| 2 | These forces in turn can react to various pathological processes such as infections , chronic irritants , including smoking , toxic agents , chronic irradiation , nutrients , etc. , which serve as activators in the process of carcinogenicity in accordance with the circumstances previously discussed relating to cell vulnerability . |
| 3 | Cutting public relations actually means saying to people in this city , you have got less access to information from the council . |
| 4 | The leaflets also need distributing to families that already use the school as a reminder of the facilities on offer . |
| 5 | In Hobbes 's view , humans always act according to desires , and so always act so as to produce the increase in vital motion , which is pleasure . |
| 6 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |