Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other walkers were struggling up the dusty track , sweating and wheezing their way to the high plateau . |
| 2 | There was something very attractive about delaying her return to the poisonous atmosphere of the office . |
| 3 | It is a well-established convention that a minister should be an MP or a peer ; the Ministers of the Crown Act , 1964 ( in limiting the number of ministers and parliamentary secretaries that can sit in the Commons ) forces the Prime Minister to select a nucleus of ministers from the Lords ; leading figures in the majority party practically demand a Cabinet place — and a ministry of their choice ; new young members need to be nurtured ; and even leaders of factions within the party might have to be given office if only in the hope of softening their opposition to the broad drift of government policy . |
| 4 | They looked at each other , then returning their gaze to the far distance there was a silence between them before Mick went on again , ‘ As I see it now , real education is what you get from life : not what life gives you , but what you give to it . |
| 5 | Denying his guilt to the last , he said he did n't bear his wife any ill will . |
| 6 | ‘ I will do whatever is necessary to preserve the value of the pound , ’ Mr Smith said , reaffirming his commitment to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 7 | Unfortunately he damaged his knee in Sweden and underwent surgery to cure the problem during the summer , delaying his return to the Premier League . |
| 8 | The State Department is pleased the Turkish government is not letting the legal costs deter it from pursuing its claim to the Lydian hoard . |
| 9 | I think you 're sort of drawing drawing their attention to the public concern over that sort of phrase . |
| 10 | The University of Nottingham is meeting these challenges by maintaining its commitment to the highest quality teaching and research . |
| 11 | The Hungarians reacted by calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) and submitting its case to the International Court of Justice . |
| 12 | He was twenty-one — a man — and it was high time he started living his life to the full . |
| 13 | I wondered if he was too obtuse to pick up what I was driving at ; he was a simple soldier , after all , serving his country to the best of his ability , etc. , etc . |
| 14 | Add to that all manner of other goodies — like fitting your spreadsheet to the printed page , automatic formatting ( in other words choosing colour schemes and text styles in order to make the sheet look better ) and so on , and you have an application that sets the standard for others to follow . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not a mind-reader , ’ she said eventually , then with a defensive jerk of the head she slipped the catch before he could reply and was suddenly free , breathing in the cold , clear air , turning her face to the rising sun , wishing he would release her from the spell that still ensnared her . |
| 16 | He was dead , and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next . |
| 17 | Finally tonight , thousands of people are lining the streets to cheer Swindon Town , as the team tour the streets in an open-top bus , celebrating their promotion to the Premier League . |
| 18 | And runners like Wimpey Homes site manager Paul Hatfield are turning their attention to the 30 mile , 50km , 40/50 mile and 100km ( 62.1 mile ) distances — for fun ! |
| 19 | The vast 100ft gallery allowed one to move from each painting as from event to event , marking its relation to the last . |
| 20 | Over in Nottinghamshire , Hucknall Town are marking their elevation to the Central Midlands League by producing a programme that would put many full-time clubs to shame . |
| 21 | At the subsequent party conference the National Executive made a point of reasserting its adherence to the electoral truce . |
| 22 | Linnaeus considered the American collector to be ‘ the best natural botanist in the world ’ and was no doubt instrumental in securing his election to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1768 . |
| 23 | The search for a synthesis had angered supporters of the Shatalin plan , Yeltsin on Sept. 1 dismissing it as trying to " mate a hedgehog with a snake " , and adding his voice to the growing public clamour for Ryzhkov and his government to resign . |
| 24 | First heard of in the Domesday Book , listed as Torne , eventually a Baron Gumald settled in the area , adding his title to the original , and thus emerged its present name . |
| 25 | I note here how eloquently he yields to the muted viola and cello duo at 2'07 ’ , withdrawing his tone to the merest thread of sound , barely grazing the string . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd need to think on that , ’ Richard replied , still without turning his gaze to the older man . |
| 27 | Turning his attention to the industrialized world , Camdessus regulation and underlined the importance of spending on health and education to develop " human capital " . |
| 28 | Here they expanded their activities into general building work , John Green turning his attention to the architectural side of the business ; but c .1820 he moved to Newcastle upon Tyne , from where he established his extensive professional practice in the area of Northumberland and county Durham . |
| 29 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 30 | Sometimes an expedition under orders from the Sibirskii prikaz ( Siberian Department ) in Moscow would be the first to penetrate into a region ; at other times hunters and traders would investigate a new river system on their own , later reporting their success to the local military governor ( voevoda ) , who would then penetrate the region asserting government control over the inhabitants . |