Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot 's practice , as his remarks just quoted make clear , was always ‘ freed ’ verse : verse freed indeed from the constraints of traditional prosody , yet rather constantly recalling to the reader 's ear one of the traditional patterns it was departing from . |
| 2 | With Iraq not currently exporting [ see p. 38598 ] and Kuwait only gradually returning to the market , OPEC 's other 11 member states had felt able to defer any reimposition of output restrictions , particularly in view of the serious uncertainty about Soviet supplies . |
| 3 | Rickie , apparently still vibrating to the music , sprang up from the stateroom couch . |
| 4 | To describe this as sewing is perhaps slightly flattering to the bird , for the silken thread is never used for more than one stitch at a time . |
| 5 | A LED or laser which behaves in linear fashion is more difficult to make , and thus more expensive , than a device with a light output only roughly corresponding to the power input . |
| 6 | So now turning to the point which er I think you asked us to address . |
| 7 | The movement became a tradition which is only now degenerating to a faction , and it is from that tradition Dr Runcie springs . |
| 8 | On this basis the rural development projects which became fashionable among most donors in the 1970s , and which were supposed to have a direct impact on the rural poor , are only now coming to the stage where a meaningful evaluation can be conducted . |
| 9 | It felt the cold from outside still clinging to the canvas that the man wore . |
| 10 | Erm , yeah , I was gon na say , it 's not even just like listening to the radio , is it , because they 're catering for the , for the sighted , they 're not , you know , if it was on radio , they 'd say more , but I mean , it 's television , but |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm just about coming to the Ks . ’ |
| 12 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 13 | And yet it was persons who died in such numbers , without ever necessarily subscribing to the consequences of their own actions . |
| 14 | Although their long galleries and multitude of rooms provided a greater degree of privacy for the gentry families , the homes were still very much public places , the more so according to the rank of the owner . |
| 15 | Cos you know , you know how she 's always like going to the toilet yeah with the door open and like showing her tits to people and running round the school |
| 16 | He had become for most a distant , shadowy figure , only seldom to be seen now in newsreels , hardly ever speaking to the nation , and no longer being seen in public . |
| 17 | By this , he could mean Hewlett-Packard Co 's Posix-compliant version of its proprietary MPE operating system , MPE/ix ( CI No 1,983 ) , but is more probably referring to the fruits of the group 's agreement with Digital Equipment Corp . |
| 18 | She made her way , still seemingly dancing to the tune , the huge crocodile-skin handbag on her arm swaying heavily in time , to the door down to the saloon . |
| 19 | So it was swinging back and forth almost coming to the rock and we thought well if that mine goes off that 's the end of it . |
| 20 | An hour later she was still happily chatting to the woman , finding out about the terrible Harry who had ‘ torn the heart ’ right out of her daughter and gone off with a woman from Cork , which naturally led on to the dreadful and often incomprehensible ways of men and the stupid way women always put up with it . |
| 21 | The Chinese believe that the Western habit of nearly always punching to the face is of little use , since there are no vital organs housed there save for the eyes and nose . |
| 22 | It is especially difficult given that several of the most important Idealists were also actively contributing to the reinterpretation of Liberal principles . |
| 23 | As such it is neater than the confusion presented by a reality which can be seen as not belonging to the self ; or as perhaps belonging to the self ; or as , if belonging to the self , equally incapable of assimilation by it or separation from it . |
| 24 | Alongside this opening of the official archives , interest is now increasingly turning to the whereabouts and availability of private papers . |
| 25 | But with the interest bill now well over £600m a year , it is surely now getting to the stage where there is some doubt whether revenue will be sufficient to cover running costs and pay back some of the monumental debt . |
| 26 | Marine algal blooms , previously thought to act as a carbon sink , have been found actually to produce carbon dioxide , thereby potentially adding to the greenhouse effect . |
| 27 | Typical lengths are between 100 and 200 metres whilst widths vary quite widely according to the number of racks and cranes in the system . |
| 28 | This is the start of the walkers ' way to the Falls of Glomach , first up a forest road to cross a ridge and then gradually declining to the top of the waterfall . |
| 29 | He would place two cigarettes in his mouth , light them both , then hand one to the sex-starved spinster , sometimes even going to the length of installing it between her lips . |
| 30 | And then almost rushing to the foot of the stairs , she hissed , ‘ Are you blaming me ? ’ |