Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] to the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 2 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 3 | They got down awkwardly , hanging on to the edge of the sill and dropping on to the road . |
| 4 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 5 | Callaghan stood , hanging on to the rags of his self-respect . |
| 6 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 7 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 8 | Driving up to the gates of the camp , I saw my first legionnaire in parade uniform ; he was wearing a white képi , a green tie and blue cummerbund . |
| 9 | The surfaced road ends at Sadgill from where it continues as a rough enclosed trackway , climbing up to the head of the valley . |
| 10 | Walking back to the end of the train , he found the guard standing on the track beside his brakevan . |
| 11 | In this short example , we see the apparently sturdy John ( who has , in effect , chaired the meeting throughout ) struggling through to the expression of his anxiety about the death and burial of animals : this was after much chat and jockeying for position . |
| 12 | The move towards NVQs and SVQs is taking place across all industries at all levels within the industry , from engineering and manufacturing through to the provision of health and social care , from the operative to the manager . |
| 13 | Have to find him yon old folkery with the picture-window looking on to the stand of immemorial beeches , the dingle dell , the plashing brook , the wishing-well , the verdant sward … |
| 14 | The next time lesbians and gays are involved in any attempt to effect major change , we will be better served not by fitting on to the agenda of others , but by organizing independently and making alliances with other groups seeking progressive , structural , social changes . |
| 15 | Before passing on to the maze of closely clustered streets of the old town , spare another glance at the tower . |
| 16 | ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence . |
| 17 | There is a huge sign here below the Allt Coire Giubhsachan , a steep , slabby waterfall cascading down to the edge of the car park , that yells , ‘ WARNING ! |
| 18 | The gardens outside my window are bowing down to the heat of the afternoon , but my mind is racing in this stillness , like a dust devil on the apparently windless plains . |
| 19 | But primitive man guards himself against that by listening in to the being of the person who is uttering the words and by adding this to his evaluation of the words . |
| 20 | Looking over to the block of flats opposite , I can see a window with a dark , damp patch underneath it as big as the window itself : it was n't raining , but somehow it was wet . |
| 21 | The problem was often of living up to the construction of masculinity . |
| 22 | Arts teachers are also not seen as helping their own cause in as much as classroom practices in the arts might not be living up to the expectations of other professional staff . |
| 23 | They may be retained there for days or weeks before swimming up to the top of the tract and fertilising an egg . |
| 24 | and there 's no facilities for kids , you know young kids ranging up to the age of er about sixteen seventeen . |
| 25 | But looking back to the principles of Beveridge 's plan for welfare , one of the main conditions which the originators made , in order that a workable system might evolve , was that reasonably full employment be maintained . |
| 26 | Looking back to the start of the day , cold and frosty just about says it all . |
| 27 | Looking back to the Constitution of 1884 which [ Dicey ] was analysing … |
| 28 | Part of a coffee grinder is also understood to have been found in the house along with newspapers dating back to the beginning of May . |
| 29 | I explain that this is due to an old charter , dating back to the time of Sir Hugo de Courcy Rune , third earl of Penge . |
| 30 | The objects offered in the present sale have been culled from ‘ [ secret ] warehouses dating back to the start of the Revolution in 1949 and also from the time of the Cultural Revolution ’ . |