Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Farrers were generous benefactors , providing the inhabitants with electricity from a private turbine at the waterfall and contributing generously to the common good , but most notably in the lovely environs they created by planting natural woodlands , and constructing a lake and other amenities on their extensive estate nearby . |
| 2 | In my dreams , I am still out there now , jinking into the chicane in second , piling on the power through third and into the pit straight , drifting left for the marker cone , turning in , clipping the apex and howling away to the second corner . |
| 3 | But she is settling in much better now and looking forward to the best Christmas dinner money can buy . ’ |
| 4 | He had the good lecturer 's habit of referring back to the previous lecture , and looking forward to the next , so that the course flowed smoothly on . |
| 5 | I believe that the whole country thinks that with the uncertainties in the world — in the middle east and elsewhere , as well as in the Soviet Union — and looking ahead to the next 10 years , it is essential that we maintain our minimum credible nuclear deterrent . |
| 6 | The theme of lateness is developed here , of an existence which was once vibrant , as in summer , now mellow and dwindling away to the barren emptiness of winter . |
| 7 | Dame Joan gave a compelling performance , handling the coloratura apparently without effort , and rising superbly to the final altissimo E flat — a stratospheric note which she then repeated in the encore . |
| 8 | I have attempted to guard against this temptation by qualifying the foregoing arguments , and pointing ahead to the later chapters in which the particular social forces ( as opposed to economic classes ) active in British society will receive a fuller treatment . |
| 9 | Is this a conclusion which Nozick must simply accept , abandoning his claim to total success and pointing merely to the admitted partial success ? |
| 10 | Although the landscapes on both sides of the Border are very similar , from the lowlands north and east of Carlisle through fells rising to the Cheviot range and falling again to the coastal plain , it is still noticeable that permanent settlements of any size are fewer along the Scottish side . |