Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the apparatus ‘ sees ’ is the decay of the Z o into an electron and a positron ( an antielectron ) flying off back to back from the point of the collision . |
| 2 | In two-road Dinsdale , the only crossroads was where the Roman road running straight north to Sadberge from the Tees was intersected by the east-west lane joining Stockton and Darlington . |
| 3 | So I have Posi the go-ahead , and we surged out through the Valve , coming almost face to face with the two ships . |
| 4 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 5 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |
| 6 | It suits the firm which has cut costs by firing regular employees and putting out work to people like her . |
| 7 | Neuroscientists may amuse themselves by thinking up objections to homologies between brainstem structures , but this is n't pursued that seriously . |
| 8 | But , whatever type of regime is decided upon , locking up 12- to 15-year-olds on the scale likely to result from the Government 's present proposals is an excessive reaction . |
| 9 | And we have increased the level of savings that is disregarded in working out entitlement to benefits for pensioners . |
| 10 | Great Universal Stores , the Burberry 's clothes group and mail order specialist , was a star performer , shooting ahead 28p to £21.30 following impressive results from Coats Viyella and in particular from its Jaegar and Viyella shops . |