Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] to [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strengthened the forces holding the gateway fortresses and initiated the system of rotating units to the forts in succession so that the forces holding these valuable citadels would always be fresh and near to full strength . |
| 2 | Matthew 's theory drew upon a long tradition of applying evolutionism to the problems of biogeography begun by the first Darwinians . |
| 3 | Thus , the difficulty of deciphering the cultural code has been compounded by the difficulty of gaining access to the devices for its decoding . |
| 4 | That centre for one of the staff who work there , make quite profound impact on the quality of life for many people living on our estates and I can not see anything more short sighted than denying access to the sorts of services and the sorts of pleasures that people can get from use of a community centre like that by cutting back on staffing so that we ca n't actually use the capital resources that we 've b the capital that we 've invested in facilities like that . |
| 5 | After some preparatory work in Napier , they will learn at first hand about how organisations work , relating theory to the aims of their particular community partner organisation and how it achieves those aims . |
| 6 | This November should see some of the works in the new galleries , from the ‘ Primitives ’ to Poussin , transferred to a suite of twenty rooms on the second floor of the Richelieu wing , which will be reached by escalators and lifts bringing visitors to the galleries of French paintings directly from the Pyramid . |
| 7 | In addition , the offence was not in any way concerned with his employment and seems to have been fairly trivial , viz , causing damage to the windscreen-wipers on his girlfriend 's car . |
| 8 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 9 | A political scandal broke in mid-1991 over allegations that Schlüter had misled the parliament in 1989 , when he had denied that immigration officials had broken the immigration laws by refusing entry to the families of Tamil workers from Sri Lanka who were already resident in the country . |
| 10 | As well as raising funds for elderly people in need through this promotion , the shops will be assisting in alerting people to the dangers of cold weather by providing information on help available in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | ( 1 ) In this Order — ’ allotted day ’ means any day ( other than a Friday ) on which the Bill is put down as first Government Order of the day , provided that a Motion for allotting time to the proceedings on the Bill to be taken on that day either has been agreed on a previous day , or is set down for consideration on that day ; ’ the Bill ’ means the Local Government Finance Bill . |
| 12 | But the executive also turned its collective mind to the task of responding to a resolution at the conference which had been sponsored by the Preston Trades Council , drawing attention to the deficiencies of the party in facing a general election , and asking that the machinery should be improved so that the party might ‘ make a determined bid for a Labour majority at the next General Election ’ . |
| 13 | There are other delicious gestures drawing attention to the feet in La Fille Mal Gardée such as Mother Simone gently tapping her clogs as if thanking them for allowing her to show off her particular style of dance . |
| 14 | This not only reminds us of the existence of a non-state section of education ( which as we write in mid-1987 seems set only to increase in size ) , but also in drawing attention to the relations between the state and non-state sectors , points out features of the conditions under which the former operates that are frequently taken for granted . |
| 15 | Thus when you are the only person to get up when a lady comes into the room , or when everyone has half finished their food and you are still waiting for Grace , by standing up , for failing to lift fork and knife , you are drawing attention to the sins of omission of the others and silently rebuking them . |
| 16 | Cassiodorus , Theodoric 's spokesman , thought the causes of the conflict were minor , and tried , unsuccessfully , to prevent war breaking out by drawing attention to the ties of marriage which united the kings . |
| 17 | We have been drawing attention to the defects of the Labour party campaign , and I shall give just one example . |
| 18 | At Garrigues , most of us tried to hold out as long as possible , preferring constipation to the risks of having a crap . |
| 19 | Puffin marketing is awarding champagne to the booksellers with the 10 best creative ideas to supplement the adverts — local advertising , competitions and so on . |
| 20 | In one sense the educational approach is the polar opposite of the medical one , in directing attention to the possibilities of improvement and change , rather than to the physiological account of permanent impairment . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'd better drink Madame 's offering , ’ he added , directing Miranda to the glasses of brilliant cordial ; she sipped and made a face . |
| 22 | For cartons of Kent cigarettes and a few videos , it was always possible to circumvent the regulations limiting abortion to the victims of rape or incest , or life-threatening complications . |
| 23 | Some messenger services or mail bike companies will do runs based on a supplied mailing list at so much per address and such a service might be used for rushing material to the offices of national daily newspapers Failing such a service an executive or senior secretary in a cab can do the job equally well . |
| 24 | Whereas Americans have grown accustomed to participation at the cost of policy coherence , and Europeans to a more professional and collegial structure which risks shackling politicians to the imperatives of officials , the Soviet system at its best avoids both of these pitfalls . |
| 25 | But the Hilder revealed itself , running down like a tinsel thread , crossed at one point by stepping stones , at another by the massive stone pillars that once had supported an aqueduct bringing water to the buildings of the Goughdale Mine . |
| 26 | Since he was also responsible for teaching a weekly class of seven young women at Lady Margaret Hall ( a women 's college in North Oxford ) and for teaching philosophy to the undergraduates of Magdalen , his first few years at the College were strenuous . |
| 27 | The rivalry of the Great Powers now led all contenders to pursue the British , French and Dutch to the world beyond Europe , spreading empires to the limits of the globe . |
| 28 | SSRs may be sent out at any time ( not only as a reply to an SPR ) providing information to the users of software about its current status . |
| 29 | ‘ The government 's main preoccupation is getting supplies to the cities before winter , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The state of goth — as catch-all historical movement for the too-ugly and the too-grim and as a modern phenom — is given little credence by UK Decay , the ridiculous Virgin Prunes , the talentless and misguided Christian Death , The Neff 's rubbish psychobilly and the new blood 's slavering adherence to the Sisters Of Mercy songbook ( eg Rosetta Stone , James Ray , Nosferatu ) . |