Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bradford City supporters are constantly writing to the rag complaining of too much coverage for Leeds ( It really does piss them off ) . |
| 2 | But , they do seem to stress the way the changes in democratic practices were merely responding to the need to adapt the US model to Japanese values as though there were a collectively agreed set of values to call upon . |
| 3 | We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage . |
| 4 | There will be no compromise between safety and commercial motivation , but occasionally the divulging of information might be commercially damaging to the business involved . |
| 5 | Still keeping to the ridge descend a little and then curve around west to reach Trum y Ddysgl and go south-west on grass and descend again to reach the summit of Mynydd Tal-y-mignedd . |
| 6 | After all , the Minister is always returning to the House to tell us what a wonderful deal he has got for the British farmer and consumer . |
| 7 | She told the Opposition 's Lord Carter that farmers often worked in isolation and were traditionally independent , ‘ possibly leading to a reluctance to seek help at time of depression . |
| 8 | She was still whispering to the gibbon to soothe it , but her innocent face was puzzled , as though she could not quite grasp everything that had happened . |
| 9 | At daybreak , though , they passed out into the ocean proper , still heating to the north-west to get out of the miserable cold . |
| 10 | Three models were found : a minimalist model based on limited contact between police officers and social workers through formal channels strictly according to the minimum demanded by procedural dictates ; a collaborative model involving close consultations on an informal as well as formal basis , about progress and proposed courses of action ; and an integrated model involving joint simultaneous investigation as a single operational entity . |
| 11 | ‘ Shear Dismay : For Bill Clinton , little things like a fancy haircut and a tempest in his travel office loom large , ’ said Time magazine , also referring to the uproar caused by the president 's sacking of the White House travel office and putting a distant cousin in charge . |
| 12 | Let us deal with the suggestion that it would be psychologically damaging to the country to show that the House condones homosexuality . |
| 13 | A so called ‘ rationalisation ’ of the market is now leading to the price charged in Britain rising at over twice the rate of inflation towards what is charged in other countries . |
| 14 | It is difficult to believe that every time Tinbergen presented a model bill to a chick his activity coincided with a third , unobserved variable that was really signalling to the chick to start pecking ; that would however be possible for the natural observation that chicks peck when their parent arrives . |
| 15 | Many of the cases involve compassionate assistance , of the kind which may be necessary and justifiable if the right to self-determination is to have any meaning for those who are weak or bedridden ( e.g. responding to a request to bring pills ) , but not all are like this . |
| 16 | Most health chiefs believe the reforms have gone too far and too fast according to a report published yesterday . |
| 17 | But none of this is possible on the dole ; even going to the park carries the risk of unexpected expenditures — ice creams and bus fares back . |
| 18 | They milled together and dismounted , the two Myrcans immediately running to the rear to intercept the pursuit . |
| 19 | Oxyhaemoglobin was prepared from bovine haemoglobin ( 75% methaemoglobin , Sigma Chemicals Ltd ) and its purity was assessed spectrophotometrically according to the method described by Martin et al . |
| 20 | ( According to the so-called " linking rule " , a spell of employment lasting less than this time is considered an interruption to a single spell of unemployment , whilst a spell of employment lasting longer than this but then coming to an end opens up a new spell of unemployment . ) |
| 21 | Absolute values of CBV were determined repetitively according to the method proposed by Wyatt . |
| 22 | Ultimately , the Laws of Negligence ( which may vary considerably according to the jurisdiction involved ) will influence the standards . |