Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since these are relatively common finds of a mundane form , the highly parochial local museum can often contribute its own sequence which is a version of the overall national pattern , thereby helping to embody in material form , and as an aid in teaching , that sense of history which underlies the collective identity presupposed by the state .
2 Deploying fighter aircraft for the first time since the 1991 Gulf war , with some flights north of the 36th parallel ( i.e. over the Kurdish " safe haven " area ) , the Iraqis also built up in early April their deployment of ground forces , surface-to-air missiles and radar tracking equipment directed north of the 36th parallel , apparently seeking to capitalize on US inaction over " skirmishes " with the Kurds .
3 In effect this is already starting to happen through television concentration on a few top clubs with only a brief nod in the direction of the rest .
4 A spokesman said : ‘ We are still waiting to hear from Durham County Council and other councils .
5 All this time we were still trying to fix up Denmark Street so that it became vaguely comfortable .
6 Unix International is also preparing to look beyond Unix System Laboratories in its quest for technologies on top of and around the core Unix System V Release 4 ( SVR4 ) operating system , say sources close to the organisation .
7 Faced with premiums of twelve million dollars next year , Wells Fargo 's even planning to go without compensation insurance .
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