Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 28 , 1990 , the Cabinet agreed to tighten procedures for ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe , requiring them to apply for West German citizenship in their country of residence rather than simply coming to West Germany . |
| 2 | If I can get through this season and maybe onto the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand , then I would hope to be in a position to start having a big influence on matches , rather than just reacting to events as they happen ’ . |
| 3 | You can actually address the person rather than just speaking to mister customer . |
| 4 | We heard him talking , but heard no response , so we guessed that he was on the phone to one of the chefs rather than just moaning to George . |
| 5 | Between four and eight sectors will be flown , but occasionally either more or less according to season . |
| 6 | A Fool 's Alphabet , say , in which events are narrated not chronologically but alphabetically according to place . |
| 7 | Erm as well as just going to night school . |
| 8 | The easy course , in fact , in a life of ‘ self-sufficiency ’ is to drift from day to day , working hard but always responding to circumstances ; on a subsistence holding like ours , there is always somewhere to be weeded ; something to be mended or maintained . |