Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not , in fact , a problem , since LIFESPAN provides the tools for creating other DCs as the need arises and attaching them to the same package . |
| 2 | So we do have a problem and and we need to grasp that the a conclusion talking about rolling programme we are concerned about resources we 're , we 're , we 're concerned about using them to the best advantage . |
| 3 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 4 | The DOE continues to support a study of the migration of the natural decay-series radionuclides of uranium and thorium in a variety of sedimentary settings in Cornwall and Scotland in order to test our ideas and modelling capabilities with a view to applying them to the geological disposal of radioactive waste . |
| 5 | He made imprints of the keys in bars of soap before returning them to the sleeping prison officer . |
| 6 | Within this context of greater freedom for all schools , we will end the two-tier system created by Grant Maintained Schools and City Technology Colleges by returning them to the strategic planning framework of the local elected education authority . |
| 7 | First , the practice of grazing calves from May until late July on permanent pasture , then moving these to hay or silage aftermath before returning them to the original grazing in late autumn . |
| 8 | We want to lay emphasis on the concept of community education : it represents a whole attitude to education which makes science , maths and all the other subjects students learn , meaningful by relating them to the real experiences of life outside school . |
| 9 | These workers regarded themselves as temporarily relieving their parents of the burden of supporting them and perhaps contributing something to the overall family budget . |
| 10 | The Guild consists of around 140 writers and winning projects have to be environmentally sound as well as contributing something to the local economy . |
| 11 | She used her feet , dancing away and flying back , anchoring herself to the broken lamp-post as she launched four rapid kicks to the Daughter 's torso . |
| 12 | Teversham and his sergeant closed round Morgan , shepherding him to the waiting Land Rover with meaningless gentle instructions to watch the step , up you go now . |
| 13 | In a related development , President Snegur in his address marking the anniversary of the 1989 legislation making Moldovan ( Romanian ) the official language and returning it to the Latin script , regretted the slow implementation of the legislation . |
| 14 | Applying it to the particular example , already considered , and so that as before . |
| 15 | The hands Maria had raised to Luke 's shoulders strayed eagerly to the back of his neck and up into the thickness of his dark hair , her fingers pressing themselves to the perfect shaping of his skull as she sought and claimed a deeper kiss , drawing him far into the warm moist depths of her mouth . |
| 16 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 17 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | But there is always room for more and the Managing Director of the Resource Centre , Sr Anna Doherty would like to hear from any individuals , groups , clubs or organisations interested in organising an event or contributing anything to the general fun of the weekend . |
| 19 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 20 | Part of the process has been to leave melodies incomplete , in an enigmatic and obscure fashion , sacrificing them to the technical prowess of symphonic ‘ textures ’ which perhaps have a greater degree of interest and a more intellectually appealing complexity . |
| 21 | It is to the processes of this second reformation that Hilton now turns in chapter seventeen onwards , likening them to the gradual progress in recovery of full health after the medicine that effects the basic cure of the disease ( spiritually speaking , penance ) . |
| 22 | Pioneered by National Children 's Home and co-funded in partnership with Cambridgeshire council , the scheme homes to deter children as young as five from crime by alerting them to the long-term consequences to their victims and the effect of crime on their own future . |
| 23 | Or , you can use a stopwatch in which case you can increase the accuracy by doing the timings on slo-mo and correcting them to the normal-speed equivalents . |
| 24 | Dealing generally with the question of art teaching , when addressing himself to the abortive attempt to found a Fine Art course at Oxford in 1922 , he postulated that art schools should , above all else avoid , ‘ The temptation to consider the number of students as a test of success , what I may call a kind of moral and social capitation grant . |
| 25 | Again , apart from alerting you to the likely development of a problem here , such inspections will help to ensure that even with a painful condition , the dog will have sufficient confidence to allow you to treat it without attempting to snap or simply pulling its head away repeatedly . |
| 26 | Miranda began , again , addressing herself to the young girl , ‘ While I 'm getting ready , would you like to come up and see my room ? ’ |
| 27 | Ross had taken her home , gently helping her out of the taxi and escorting her to the front door . |
| 28 | Those Israelis whom this behaviour most appals have long been likening it to the earlier stages of Nazism , an analogy that found startling vindication with the recent disclosure that some units in the occupied territories draw on Nazi precedents for their own self-image , one calling itself the ‘ Mengele detachment ’ and another ‘ the Auschwitz company ’ . |
| 29 | There is great potential in the land around the port in Belfast and it is important that , when that land is sold , it is sold to a company capable of developing it to the best advantage of the people of Belfast and Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations . |