Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] from [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peckle , Throgmorton and others joined us , though I was surprised to see Millet , the effeminate clerk , dressed as if returning from a visit to the city . |
| 2 | Here , we sequentially optimise the criteria , starting with the highest priority objective and imposing ( 10.4 ) , which says that we do not permit any reduction in the kth criterion , when passing from the kth to ( k + l ) st criterion . |
| 3 | for example , the maintenance of blood pressure when changing from a lying to a standing position is achieved less rapidly as we age ; as a result the blood supply to the brain is decreased for a longer time and there is a greater tendency to feel dizzy . |
| 4 | In any such change , there are three states that must be dealt with : ( 1 ) the present state , which is things as they are ; ( 2 ) the future state , which is what the changed condition will be ; and ( 3 ) the transitional state , which is the one that exists when evolving from the present to the future — the state during which the actual changing takes place . |
| 5 | The North American Free Trade Zone ( Nafta ) was envisaged as stretching from the Yukon to the Yucatán peninsula [ for background see pp. 37849 ; 38140 ] . |
| 6 | He leaned forward with a sudden movement , politely offered round cigarettes and cigars , and then sat back as though retiring from the proceedings to his usual position of observer . |