Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poor Law was the most comprehensive official source for the relief of poverty , administered in England and Wales as laid down by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a succession of later amendments , in Scotland and Ireland according to different statutes and rather different principles . |
| 2 | EC organic land use will increase from 255,821 to 776,000 hectares , with greater output leading to lower prices and thereby further encouraging consumption . |
| 3 | We began on a genuinely interdisciplinary basis with students taking , in effect , a series of one-term course units sometimes leading to joint honours but usually to a major-minor combination . |
| 4 | He believed that the true art of novel writing was to draw characters who became ‘ beacons ’ pointing to moral truths as well as vehicles of ‘ amusement ’ , and that : |
| 5 | It was an enormously thorough and comprehensive review of the case , running to four volumes and more than 1200 pages , yet it would have been better if it had been half the length and taken half the time . |
| 6 | Some are diving to 50 metres or more . |
| 7 | To Norman he would behave in contrary fashion , agreeing to certain things and then turning on him , affronted , with the remark , ‘ How could you do this to me ? ’ , together with accusations of selfishness . |
| 8 | The difference in levels of achievement between highly able and well-motivated staff and those with lesser ability and motivation , albeit with everyone working to common systems and uniformly defined routines , can be remarkable . |