Example sentences of "[v-ing] to the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The data relating to the patients ' dietary habits were collected after endoscopically confirmed ulcer healing in 985 patients to assess their habitual intake in relation to their normal physical activity , in the absence of active ulceration . |
2 | In the event of a change in the standard terms applying to the Insurers ' usual forms of Household Buildings insurances the Society will be notified and this notice will be deemed to be sufficient notification in respect of all such policies as may be subject to this Agreement . |
3 | According to the Bolsheviks ' own admission , the local militia was incapacitated . |
4 | … . The best system in my opinion is not therefore full integration but a kind of core course with extensions varying according to the students ' other studies . |
5 | If no candidate wins more than half the first preference votes , the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is excluded , and his or her votes are transferred to the remaining candidates , according to the voters ' second preferences . |
6 | The difficult part about this one is that people all have odd shaped heads , now and you find that if you put them on too high they squidge off like that , and you 've got to think of bandaging an egg basically , if you had an egg with a little hole in one end and you 've got to put a bandage round you 'd have to put it very carefully round the widest bit would n't you for it to stay firm and that 's the secret , everyone 's heads different and as you put it round you 've got to see where you can get it , where , sometimes it 's over the ears , sometimes it 's above the ears according to the peoples ' shaped , different shaped heads everyone 's different , anything else ? |
7 | The massive door gave way , and the Russians were upon them , stumbling through the debris , some falling to the defenders ' final volley . |