Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an extraordinary plenum of the Tadjik CP central committee on Feb. 16 Makhkamov 's resignation was refused and Vaadad was criticized for contributing to the destabilization of the situation in Tadjikistan ; indeed a special commission was set up to investigate allegations that a group of Tadjik communists allied to Vaadad had plotted at the height of the Dushanbe unrest to seize power from Khayeyev 's government and install as Prime Minister Buri Karimov , currently a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Vaadad chairman . |
| 2 | APS can decide the most appropriate and most efficient method of payment , and provide immediate electronic advice of funds received for crediting to an account . |
| 3 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 4 | Tamar offered up a silent prayer that Stephen would not be cajoled into agreeing to the step , but she need not have worried . |
| 5 | All information , matters and circumstances relating to the Business which are or would on reasonable enquiry be known to the Vendor and which are material to be known by a purchaser for value of the Business have been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser . |
| 6 | She should be up to date with her vaccinations , and should be swabbed before going to the stud — vet 's visit plus consultation and advice , the swab , postage , lab fees — see how it adds up ? |
| 7 | Her booming voice , very frightening to children , was usually occupied in gossiping to every passer-by . |
| 8 | Oxford 's forwards were slow and scattered in getting to the breakdown . |
| 9 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 10 | Therefore the contraction in demand engineered by the government only succeeded in adding to the unemployment problem . |
| 11 | Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion . |
| 12 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 13 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 14 | Overnights can be arranged in Kathmandu , but longer trips should be booked by writing to the company at PO Box 2769 , Kathmandu , Nepal . |
| 15 | Last-minute decisions can be made about going to the cottage in the country , but a little more planning is needed to arrange a trip abroad . |
| 16 | Jim must have felt like accelerating to the point of wheelspin but restrained himself and drove sedately to the Hungarian post . |
| 17 | There , if they maintained their resistance , they were frequently treated with great brutality and , in a few cases , threatened with posting to the front , where they could be summarily shot . |
| 18 | Hau 's appointment was due to be confirmed by the National Assembly on May 25 , but he was prevented from speaking to the chamber by protesting opposition legislators . |
| 19 | Mozart was particularly angered when on one particular occasion he was prevented from playing to the emperor and was thereby deprived of a fee equal to half his annual salary . |
| 20 | The worried son of a deceased benefice-holder mobilised two great magnates , one of them well-placed at court , to ensure his succession to a beneficium non grande when he himself was prevented from coming to the palace . |
| 21 | Such consensus was originally explained as the product of a distinct personality which members of the police either possessed before coming to the force or quickly develop as a result of the job ( for a survey of the literature on this see Adlam 1981 ) . |
| 22 | This comfort assumes that the identities , which can be so effortlessly , even unconsciously , adopted in listening to a speech , are not in serious conflict : the categories of ‘ Conservative ’ , ‘ British ’ , ‘ right-thinking ’ all overlap and , in fact , without reflection might be assumed to be virtually synonymous . |
| 23 | A complaint must be made in writing to a councillor of the authority concerned for forwarding to the commissioner , although the commissioner may consider a complaint direct if he is satisfied that a councillor has been requested to pass it on , and has failed to do so . |
| 24 | ( 7 ) An application for an occasional licence under this section shall be made in writing to the clerk of the licensing board and shall specify the name and address of the applicant , the premises or place and occasion for which the licence is required , and the hours and period for which the licence is requested . |
| 25 | Requests for Party Visits should be made in writing to the Manager |
| 26 | This should be done by writing to the Address given below or by completing and returning the tear-off slip which was included with the Notification of Entry . |
| 27 | This is done by listening to a tape and writing on your application form a magic number . |
| 28 | As you gain experience some of the checking can well be done by listening to the recording , thus saving time working with the LH . |
| 29 | This is done by distributing to the membership a quarterly magazine ( Ada User ) , organising an annual conference and an exhibition . |
| 30 | DNA-binding polypeptides in affinity-purified DRTF1/E2F were assayed by crosslinking to the adenovirus E2A promoter distal E2A site ( binding site details indicated at bottom right ) either in the absence ( track 4 ) or presence of competing wild-type ( track 5 ) or mutant ( track 6 ) E2F binding sites ; M r standards shown in track 3 . |