Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to their [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davidoff et al have shown that the Beau Ideal was underpinned by a morality of mutual duty and service , although the benefits and freedom which each participant drew from such an arrangement varied directly according to their position in the hierarchy . |
| 2 | And it can get awkward when people take things too Literally — you say , ‘ Hello , how are you ? ’ and twenty minutes later you 're still listening to their philosophy of life . |
| 3 | One way of summarizing the results of European economic progress before 1914 is to group nations roughly according to their increase in wealth . |
| 4 | The Begum family had rung a pizza delivery service three times on Saturday night when it was late delivering to their home in Heelands in Milton Keynes . |
| 5 | The first views a wealth tax as in paragraphs 1 or 2 , as a way of capturing income , with the object under this heading being to reduce the feedback effect of large wealth holders enjoying higher incomes and therefore adding to their wealth by saving . |