Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [noun] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the government has made it clear that these ‘ planning purposes ’ powers ( which are of particular importance in bringing land on to the market ) are generally to be used to assist the private sector . |
| 2 | Such an argument proved powerfully attractive ; both the Whiggish Burnet and the Williamite Tory , Edmund Bohun , believed that arguments from conquest had the greatest effect in bringing people over to the new government . |
| 3 | The most important factor in keeping arrears down to the lowest possible level was exercising proper care in granting mortgage loans , checking the applicant 's income , his previous borrowing record , verifying that the property was relevant to the borrower 's needs and his ability to maintain it in good order . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , difficulty is often experienced in getting fertilizer down to the roots without lifting and replanting in fresh compost or otherwise considerably fouling the water . |
| 5 | Er I therefore think that there should be a process by which the Secretary of State can be involved in getting people on to the police authority , but My Lords should those erm er people be in a position at any time to be the majority or the predominant voice on the authority . |
| 6 | Van Til ( 1976 ) , in reviewing reports up to the 1970s , concludes that the seven Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education , proposed by the Commission on the Reorganisation of Secondary Education in 1918 , still apply . |