Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [v-ing] to " in BNC.

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1 This suggests that it is the major influence of the transmural pressure on this parameter calculated according to the Law of LaPlace .
2 The gradings recommended for coarse aggregates arranged according to specified nominal diameters in BS 882:1973 are indicated in Fig. 3.14 and those for the four zones of fine aggregates of BS 812 : 1975 in Fig. 3.15 .
3 The pace of change varied according to the region so that a building layout considered out of date in one area might still be fashionable in another .
4 With the exception of parts of the coastal plain , the late Saxon ‘ open field ’ pattern , with two or three large units divided into strips scattered according to a complex local hierarchy , was practically unknown in Sussex .
5 The use of strategies varied according to the occupational category : at the professional and managerial level , 82 per cent of employers used strategy 2 , and at the technician level it was used by 74 per cent .
6 The grant varied according to the employee 's grade .
7 Surely , as prime evidence of date and function the artefacts must be integrated into the excavation report itself and the artificial division into materials replaced by objects grouped according to function and deposit .
8 More recently , tests have been made to check that orbits calculated according to GR simultaneously fit the planetary orbital data from a wide range of measurements ( Section 8.4 ) .
9 The level of detail may be compared to an encyclopaedia , with the entries arranged according to their content , rather than alphabetically .
10 They produce a leaflet called The Accommodation Barns Guide 1991 which contains useful information and lists of camping barns and bunkhouses grouped according to county .
11 Moreover , the significance of public meetings in the late eighteenth and earlier nineteenth centuries differed according to both their type and the changing general political context .
12 The baseline characteristics of the subjects varied according to severity of periodontal disease ( table I ) .
13 There is a progressive increase in the percentage of cases with defective cardia in all parameters evaluated according to the severity of endoscopic oesophagitis , which is significantly more pronounced in patients with oesophagitis Grade III and IV ( p<0.001 ) .
14 In order to extend the open reading frame 3' to the POU domain , first strand cDNA was prepared from P3/NS-1/1-Ag-4.1 cells and Oct-11 cDNA sequences amplified according to the RACE procedure ( 31 ) .
15 Carolyn sat with her eyes closed listening to the water running and the traffic outside .
16 And even the most hardened cynic must agree that lying down with your eyes closed listening to music is a lot more appealing than grunting and straining over a set of weights in your local sports centre .
17 use the new schedules to classify new stock , but leave the old stock classified according to earlier editions of the schedules ; or
18 Although libraries may classify new stock by the latest edition of DC , earlier editions remain important because many libraries are reluctant to reclassify , and thus leave stock classified according to earlier editions long after they have been superseded .
19 The Oxford English Dictionary defines a game as ‘ a contest played according to rules and decided by superior skill , strength or good fortune ’ .
20 Introducing Wired , his biography of John Belushi , Bob Woodward recalls how the rigours of research involved going to bed early so as to rise at 4am to visit one of the comedian 's favourite watering holes .
21 Most countries , particularly the LDCs , have fixed the external value of their currencies to one specific currency such as the dollar , the French franc or a composite unit of currencies weighted according to individual trade flows .
22 An estimated enrolment figure is calculated by the addition to the UF figure of the U- figure weighted according to previous experience .
23 When considering the on-cost on stocks the builder must take into account the employment costs of storekeepers , stock lost owing to obsolescence and deterioration , insurance , interest on capital invested , and overhead costs associated with administration and floor space .
24 The idea of a siege as a ritual conducted according to well-defined rules is clearly illustrated by the answer of the commander of the Spanish garrison at Gaeta in southern Italy when faced in the 1730s with an Austrian demand for surrender : ‘ It is not yet time , since no batteries have been formed and no cannon are yet in place which would be a cause for surrender .
25 The subsidy of 1513 was assessed partly on status and partly on income : peers paid according to their rank , commoners according to property or revenue .
26 India has a quasi-federal set-up , with a central government and a number of states organized according to language .
27 The method of hunting varied according to the nature of the country .
28 Both the Great Western and the Midland were involved in the carriage of produce from the Vale of Evesham virtually all the year round , but the actual cargoes varied according to the time of year .
29 The attitudes of subordinates towards their work varied according to the style of leadership they thought their boss exercised .
30 The proportion allocated according to a need formula will drop to 40% .
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