Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [verb] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary . |
| 2 | Largely as a result of Wedd 's enthusiasm , I found myself becoming irresistibly attracted to the Scots pine — the solitary tree as well as the clump — not just as a potential ley mark point , but as something in its own right , I was not alone : legend seems to confirm the special nature of the pine . |
| 3 | They immediately decided to hand the child back until the matter was resolved to prevent their other two daughters becoming too attached to the new baby . |
| 4 | ‘ Normal ’ life was not lived there , but it continued to exist in surroundings which were less elegant , while remaining better suited to the everyday needs of the city 's inhabitants . |
| 5 | Certain particles in the sediment would not descend to the base of the cork , often remaining firmly stuck to the inner surface of the bottle . |
| 6 | The fashionable view of describing babies as dull and boring further adds to the young woman 's sense of wasting her abilities and failing to fulfil her potential , especially if she has enjoyed the benefits of higher education . |
| 7 | Attempts to mitigate what were recognized as disastrous divisions often took the form of a refusal to acknowledge the wide difference of ability that existed between pupils , which led to a style and content of teaching roughly directed to the middle band of children , the least and the most able being left to shift for themselves . |
| 8 | It seems reasonable to infer from the above that numerous corporate executives , having already responded to the situational demands necessary for career mobility within an organization by displaying sufficient degrees of competitive ambition , shrewdness , and moral flexibility will experience a further development of these characteristics when they have to respond to the relatively unaccountable and unconstrained power of being at or near the top of a large national , but especially transnational corporation . |
| 9 | The Australians even refused to sing their traditional victory song at the end of the Adelaide Test , having just gone to an unbeatable 3–0 series lead . |
| 10 | There were , of course , plenty of people who did not view catching a plane at the shriek of dawn , fighting for a patch of sand big enough to spread a handkerchief , suffering appalling hangovers from over-indulgence in Spanish ‘ champagne ’ , and arriving home burnt to a painful scarlet wearing a ridiculous hat and clutching a straw donkey too big to stand on the television , as travel . |
| 11 | Up to that moment it can be in a state evolving smoothly according to the Schrödinger equation , gently and continuously trimming the balance between " here " and " there " . |
| 12 | Firstly , the council had a large Labour majority with political decision making often restricted to the Labour group and with little debate in committees . |
| 13 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |