Example sentences of "of [v-ing] to [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most living reptiles and all of the primitive ones lay eggs , and this amniote egg , from which perfectly-formed baby reptiles hatch , marks the complete emancipation from the necessity of returning to water for reproduction . |
| 2 | BRITISH hopes of returning to normalcy in negotiations with China over the future of Hong Kong appeared to have been thwarted yesterday as the 14th round of Sino-British talks ended with only limited signs of progress . |
| 3 | Two years of applying to courts for arrears of maintenance have come to nothing . |
| 4 | By February the Attorney General and the Lord Advocate were advising that ‘ the Directive is capable of applying to transfers from government departments into the private sector ’ , a view which undermined the government 's previous approach of ‘ construing the Directive as narrowly as possible ’ ( The Guardian , February 16 , 1993 ) |
| 5 | The existence of this body of appellate decisions in social security matters has the obvious effect of contributing to consistency of decision making not only by adjudication officers in their initial decisions on claims , but also by SSATs . |
| 6 | Within two or three years , all post-graduate trainees will be spending 80 per cent of their time in schools learning on the job instead of listening to lectures on education theory . |
| 7 | On the other hand , you may be looking for video material which gives your students the experience of listening to speech against background noise , coming from speakers who are making no concessions to their listeners . |
| 8 | Successive governments have refused to implement the recommendation of the Evershed Committee in 1953 that the costs of going to law over issues of general public importance should be paid out of public funds . |
| 9 | It is again the age of going to work by train . |
| 10 | Kevin Sarbutts , of Elmridge , Skelmersdale , Lancashire , is accused of lying to Court of Appeal judges when he claimed he was coerced by police into giving vital evidence against a man accused of killing a stallholder in 1987 . |
| 11 | Pin sides of lining to sides of valance , leaving a 2.5cm ( 1in ) margin of valance fabric showing . |
| 12 | It is not that these issues are being dismissed in terms of their general abstract importance as a way of getting to grips with capitalism as a system . |
| 13 | The keepers of all precious stones and gems , dwarves are chary of speaking to humans for fear their treasures will be stolen . |
| 14 | In view of the uncertain lagged response of spending to changes in interest rates ( real or nominal ) , there is an element of speculation in considering the size and timing of this change in interest rates and the effect on borrowing , spending , inflation , and the balance of trade . |
| 15 | I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm |
| 16 | Quite apart from the practical problems of care , the family is faced with the sadness of coming to terms with change in a person they have known and probably loved all their life . |
| 17 | All these months of coming to terms with Mark 's death , of setting her own life back on its tracks , even if it was only in a superficial way , and somehow , just when Robyn had thought she had it all under control , had regained her equilibrium , this arrogant man had appeared and set her world in turmoil with his derision and scorn . |
| 18 | His experiences of coming to terms with blindness are described in Touching the Rock , published by SPCK earlier this year . |
| 19 | For those who do not have much real competence in other languages , there is the possibility of coming to terms with poems in the older , more remote forms of English . |
| 20 | To those of us familiar with British Rail , the idea of travelling to Austria by train may be a strange concept . |
| 21 | I would be happy to discuss this further with you in my office , but accept that because of the distance this may not be possible , but if you have the opportunity of travelling to Yorkshire during office hours please contact my secretary , Pat Slater , who will be pleased to arrange a mutually convenient appointment for you . |
| 22 | If you qualify for Income Support then you may also receive , in addition to the allowances listed below , free NHS prescriptions , free dental treatment , help with the cost of travelling to hospital for NHS treatment and vouchers to help with the cost of glasses . |
| 23 | It is in a sense a perversion , by which instead of attending to situations in order to respond to them intelligently , one treats awareness itself as an end . |
| 24 | The Sea Rover episode was the only occasion I have known a smuggling vessel to be fired upon directly during my time with the customs , as a result of failing to heave-to for customs examination . |
| 25 | Henderson was swamped by back-slapping colleagues who have helped him through the difficulties of adapting to life in Zimbabwe in the last two weeks . |
| 26 | The result was that the man left walking the beat had little of interest to do by way of responding to requests for emergency services … |
| 27 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 28 | The children wanted sensible traditional meals and the contractors were faced with the problem of responding to demands in improvement in quality of delivery and organisation rather than an assumed change in taste for junk foods . |
| 29 | Moreover because the forms and principles of legitimacy present at any one time are likely to be varied , it is not simply a case of appealing to principles against practices , but can also be a matter of appealing against practices justified by one form of legitimacy to alternative practices justified by other principles . |
| 30 | ( We will return to the implications of referring to services as industries . ) |