Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I 'm doing about what , about three hundred fi three hundred fifty miles a week just going to work and back |
| 2 | To claim that Britain has nurtured something in a matter ultimately pertaining to worship ( the choral singing of cathedral and chapel ) which is purified and controlled beyond anything possessed by Catholic Europe , which is purged of excessive artifice and rhetoric ( Continental reviewers consistently find English a cappella performances impassive ) and whose excellence gives Britain a mission these are among the ideas that have been the principal source of British national identity since the Act of Union in 1707 and were a foundation stone of English identity long before . |
| 3 | Progress on these areas of activity should be detailed , with a statement also relating to achievement of targets . |
| 4 | Death was treated with a certain deference , although the passing of a sitting MP was regarded either as a blessing in disguise ( ‘ never liked him ’ ) or , if the Party was unpopular , as a confounded nuisance , a by-election inevitably leading to exposure , expense and humiliating defeat . |
| 5 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |