Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently giving way to Ukrainian pressure , the Crimean Supreme Soviet on May 20 ( the deadline set by Ukraine ) voted by 98 out of 157 to repeal the independence declaration . |
| 2 | 9.16 Developing neighbouring property Landlords frequently include a proviso stating that nothing contained in the lease shall prevent them from altering , adding to , refurbishing and generally executing works to neighbouring property . |
| 3 | Neurotic anxiety is probably progressively giving way to social discontent , and as the centre of the conflict moves away from the ego into the society as a whole individual psychotherapy of whatever kind probably becomes increasingly difficult . |
| 4 | This early form of international banking was aided by Europe 's relatively compact size in which different countries used their individual currencies , thus giving rise to foreign exchange transactions . |
| 5 | An Arab summit conference met in Baghdad to consider its impact , finally consigning Egypt to political quarantine . |
| 6 | There are numerous experiments in which the cells of the four-to eight-cell stage embryo are rearranged and recombined , always giving rise to normal development . |
| 7 | Wives were assisting with the lambing , looking after calves , and most probably administering drugs to young stock when needed . |
| 8 | Experience has shown that surer progress can be made towards introducing the policy throughout the CAB by carefully tailoring courses to local readiness , and allowing workers to grow towards a greater social awareness at their own pace . |
| 9 | warning lights do not appear on the dashboard unless they are actually needed , thereby giving priority to essential information such as vehicle speed , engine speed and fuel . |
| 10 | These are two respects in which the reformed law would not achieve maximum certainty , and those who argue that the terms would ‘ cause little problem of interpretation ’ are surely giving way to unwarranted optimism . |
| 11 | Poor average man , cast into outer darkness because he likes what he likes and has the temerity to prefer a little diverting decoration to soulless functionalism . |
| 12 | Following the principle of decorum ( to be found , for instance , in Horace 's Ars Poetica ) , the classical view was that the style which dealt with serious matters had to be non-realistic , in the sense of systematically eliminating references to everyday life and using a type of language much more elaborate and re fined than that of everyday usage ; non-serious subjects could be dealt with realistically , in ordinary language , but on no account could the different levels of style be mixed together . |