Example sentences of "to [v-ing] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should also recognize that there is more to producing and understanding meaningful language — to communicating — than knowing how to make or recognize correct sentences . |
| 2 | The second chapter of Politics among Nations is devoted to explaining and justifying this claim . |
| 3 | To be sure , the vocabulary for defining such rhythmical effects is yet to seek ; but should not critics apply themselves to seeking and finding that vocabulary , instead of pursuing semantic and allusive niceties ? |
| 4 | has done its utmost actively to encourage the blossoming of black golfers , although apartheid , as it is known , is an official policy of racial segregation practised in the Republic of South Africa with a view to promoting and maintaining white ascendancy . |
| 5 | A vital means to expressing and achieving mutual support in the fight for the kingdom is the small group . |
| 6 | Instead , priority will be given to developing and testing new products with civilian applications ranging from clean-fuel cars to fibre optics and supercomputer networks to improve communications and information access . |
| 7 | During the last two years Yorkshire Image , a Ripon-based project dedicated to preserving and presenting historic film and photographs of traditional Yorkshire , has been mounting exhibitions of Louisa 's work in villages near Boroughbridge , where she took most of her pictures . |
| 8 | There is no doubt that Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc has all its marbles in the right place when it comes to designing and building fault-tolerant Unix systems — it would n't be an important partner of Hewlett-Packard Co if that were n't the case , but it still needs to get its act together on the marketing and finance side . |
| 9 | For example , a commitment to acknowledging and validating personal biography must not be a justification for intruding too deeply or too early into a woman 's personal history . |
| 10 | Space precludes a full account of the APT saga , but briefly stated the purpose of the tilting train is to run through speed-restricted curves in complete safety and without loss of passenger comfort at much higher speeds than can be achieved with conventional rolling stock , enabling journey times to be reduced without recourse to realigning and upgrading existing tracks at prohibitive cost . |
| 11 | Nobody can object to collecting and analysing such information ( despite a few worries about confidentiality ) . |
| 12 | Streat was devoting much effort to reorganising and streamlining British textiles ; he ruefully noted that part of the difficulty resulted from the attitudes of vested interests among trade unions and the less adventurous managements , which were dominated by ‘ narrow motives of selfish interest ’ . |
| 13 | In addition to deepening and extending historical knowledge and understanding , units are designed to provide a fuller understanding of the discipline of History and of the manner in which historians conduct their work . |
| 14 | Poltoranin 's deputy , Mikhail Fedotov , became the new Press and Information Minister , but his brief was to be limited to registering and licensing new media and promoting freedom of speech , while Poltoranin was to be responsible for state-owned television and the press . |
| 15 | There has been little attempt to review previous research with a view to formulating and testing specific hypotheses … frequently studies seem to start and finish with relatively untested common sense assumptions . |