Example sentences of "[adv] to [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pask more determinedly attempted to block Self 's attempts to assert control , which he saw as unnecessary complications at a time when their efforts should be directed single-mindedly to overcoming the serious generating plant backlog . |
| 2 | When at last they are released , they are positively maniacal , and gallop and buck around the paddock twice as much as usual before settling down to eating the grass . |
| 3 | For rich industrial nations , the problem of microelectronics and other new technologies boils down to managing the transition while many workers either change their employment , or join the ranks of the permanently unemployed . |
| 4 | What happens when it comes down to choosing the material you put on your albums ? |
| 5 | Keen to integrate the building into everyday life , he has made a diagonal route through it to encourage its use as a short-cut , and has redesigned the square outside , down to recreating the original pattern of Roman paving . |
| 6 | But we almost got down to saying the other day that probably need to have an action plan or a structure for the pre-meeting as well . |
| 7 | It was n't any use going back to the shop now ; she would phone Myra , then she would get down to designing the bridesmaids ' dresses that would match the bride 's gown she was commissioned to make for a big wedding in the autumn . |
| 8 | Creating a country-style look in your home is not just down to selecting the appropriate paint colours and fabrics . |
| 9 | Interpreting taxonomic richness thus comes down to identifying the ways by which diversity has been decreased . |
| 10 | McGeechan puts that down to identifying the likely lads early and raising their sights to higher planes . |
| 11 | ‘ But when we got down to signing the papers I saw there was £198 charged for the fittings and £223 VAT on the original sum I had been quoted . |
| 12 | Too many women have been brain-washed for centuries in to accepting the old saying : 'A son 's a son till he gets him a wife , but a daughter 's a daughter all her life . ’ |
| 13 | Awareness of the possible truth of paradox is a most helpful way in to appreciating the nature of religious language as it wrestles to express experience . |
| 14 | This project is concerned to explore these issues in greater depth as a contribution not only to reading the Archive but also to more general understanding of the everyday uses and meanings of literacy . |
| 15 | It would be a guerdon , second only to receiving the Legion d'honneur , to take and train this talented boy . |
| 16 | This applies not only to bringing the Springboks up to running speed on the international scene but also , and more crucially , to ensuring that the process of black and white integration stated by the formation of SARFU advances far beyond the fundamentally cosmetic union achieved to date . |
| 17 | He suggests that there is little evidence that any British Government ever managed the unemployment rate simply with a view only to winning the next election . |
| 18 | This , then , commits the sociologist , not only to studying the ‘ known facts ’ about deviant behaviour , but also the conceptual categories and interpretive procedures by which these facts become intelligible . |
| 19 | In addition , the goals , priorities , and even activities of the human resource manager may require major modification as a result of transformational change ; he or she may need to switch from controlling to facilitating , from providing services only to leading the change , and/or from simply implementing policies to actively initiating new mechanisms like improved reward systems . |
| 20 | But there 's also conceptual jargon , where you might go halfway to addressing the issue , but a very complicated concept , with various complications to the argument that you 're trying to put across . |
| 21 | The dust wagon came up to the warehouse today , the usual they 'd got halfway to emptying the first dustbin in the back |
| 22 | In order to keep things manageable , section 3.1 is devoted entirely to explaining the external constraint structure bearing on a plc , while section 3.2 provides the comparisons between plc 's and alternative institutions . |
| 23 | Second , the EEC 's retention of its subsidy policy in culture is the chief obstacle to agreement at the GATT talks and thus to freeing the world trading system , including providing new markets for British farmers . |
| 24 | A typical estimate of the amount of time necessary to complete all the stages — from the preparation of job descriptions and person specifications through to installing the expatriate in his new office abroad — is around four to six months . |
| 25 | If the story has gone through to printing the PRO 's stock will be even lower and he should not expect very good coverage in the future . |
| 26 | If support teachers are alert to the possibilities within their role , and allowed the flexibility to operate at the individual or whole-class level , then support for individual children can offer a way through to improving the quality of learning for all ( see , for example , Hodgson et al. |
| 27 | Proposals on these key determinants range from targets to improve overall literacy , employment , and housing through to describing the unequal health impact of the physical environment on different social groups . |
| 28 | The convention 's first section on the main areas of co-operation was headed by a chapter on environmental issues , in which both sides committed themselves not just to respecting the environment in the planning and execution of aid projects , but also to ensuring that " economic and social development is based on a sustainable balance between economic objectives , management of natural resources and enhancement of human resources ' . |
| 29 | Graham also reported that 12 of the 23 librarians had provided some form of budget estimates , though most of these had related largely to maintaining the existing value of materials funds by reporting on risen costs , from inflation such as the twice-yearly Average prices of British academic books and Blackwells 's information on periodical prices , together with other factors discussed in the section on public library budgeting above . |
| 30 | Leapor often compliments other women in her poems , and two poems , ‘ Song to Cloe , playing on her Spinnet ’ and ‘ Silvia and the Bee ’ , are given over to praising the beauty and the accomplishments of particular friends . |