Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [art] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That damn' word brought me back to the harsh reality of my situation : not just the discovery of a traitor or bringing a murderer to book but vengeance for Agnes and , of course , the Herculean task which the Great Killer had assigned me ! |
| 2 | The matter of paying rent , rates , bills of any sort , or taking a child to dentist or doctor , or when need be , to the school in order to enquire into the progress ( or otherwise ) of his offspring were not part of his world . |
| 3 | And others on the scientific level who would claim the excuse of a school run , or taking the wife to Surgery . |
| 4 | And it is because the new humanity is made up of free men and women that God wishes that all should be saved : his delay in invading the world and bringing an end to history is to allow time for the new humanity to supplant the old . |
| 5 | Rain and wind swirled in , scattering papers and banging the door to Class 2 's room . |
| 6 | The third khthon was also swaying and chanting a welcome to death . |
| 7 | Instead of dispensing advice and controlling the purse strings , elders may find themselves servicing the young family by doing shopping and escorting the children to school . |
| 8 | De Klerk denied that this proved the existence of a " third force " operating within the SADF with the objective of fostering violence and impeding the transition to democracy [ ibid . ] . |
| 9 | Intended for middle managers with at least two years ' relevant experience it is based on distance learning course and assessment materials which can be integrated with the individual 's work-place activities , thereby minimising career disruptions and maximising the benefits to employee and employer alike . |
| 10 | This pursuit of around 700 life histories occupied his spare time for years : ‘ I spent 10 years in Nottingham library going through the old newspapers and noting every reference to cricket up to 1880 . |
| 11 | He said Labour would boost agriculture by encouraging the production of food at home to improve Britain 's balance of payments deficit ; reforming the common agricultural policy , and shifting the emphasis to decision making at national and regional level . |
| 12 | One is starting from an ordered behaviour , with period 3 , and observing a transition to chaos as the voltage is decreased . |
| 13 | The system is based on Intuitive 's IS/2 development tools , which can be used for customising and tailoring the system to client needs . |
| 14 | Singing and performing the actions to nursery songs form an important part of the class . |
| 15 | The new law legalizes the already common practice of felling native forests and converting the land to plantation use , reflecting the lobbying of an expanding and powerful forestry industry . |
| 16 | They say they could be in business within 5 years , moving water from the wet north to the dry south and putting an end to drought . |
| 17 | This not only produces a balanced form to the plant , carrying and showing the blooms to advantage , but reduces hindrance to air movement to a minimum . |
| 18 | The CRP value is a surrogate for direct assessment of cytokine generation , and is valuable in confirming the presence of inflammation , assessing its severity , and monitoring the response to treatment and the development of complications . |
| 19 | Not that it would have mattered so much : we could have gone on , wrangling over terms and leaving the outcome to chance , and there is , after all , quite a lot to be said for anticipation . |