Example sentences of "[noun sg] going [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The similarities between the two groups of practices in the proportion going to private clinics in each individual specialty ( table VI ) were much more striking than the differences . |
| 2 | It 's important to encourage as much contact with the outside world as possible , for instance going to local events , taking evening classes , joining clubs and so on . |
| 3 | The Marquess of Lincolnshire , a former Liberal Minister ( as Earl Carrington ) and confidant of Asquith , wrote in his diary on 8 December with emphasis , ‘ The general opinion is that Baldwin has made such a mess of it that he must go at once ’ , and on 18 December , ‘ There is a Chamberlain-Birkenhead intrigue going on backed by the ‘ Daily Mail ’ . ’ |
| 4 | Local NGOs criticised the tiny proportion of the US$167 million funding going to indigenous people , just 1.8 per cent of the total , and called for stricter controls on the use of the funds by Brazilian government agencies . |
| 5 | The normal pattern for the distribution of funding is a form of the Normal Distribution Curve , with the bulk of funding going to middle-of-the-road research carried out in Departments which are already pre-eminent , as can be seen from the figures for NERC support for geology quoted earlier . |
| 6 | Ruth hurried after him , her heart going in great jolts ; the rain came down bewilderingly , making it difficult to know where they were . |
| 7 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 8 | A preference consists of anything done or suffered to be done by the vendor which has the effect of putting one of its creditors , or any surety or guarantor , into a position which , in the event of the vendor going into insolvent liquidiation , would be better than the position which such person would have been in if that thing had not been done . |
| 9 | Contracts could be with a specialist unit outside the area , which would be able to keep its facility going by attracting patients needing that care and bringing with them the cash to pay for their operation . |
| 10 | But as for the long-term , he acknowledges that non-IBM sales will be key to Havant 's success , and says that he hopes to see half of the plant 's output going to new customers . |
| 11 | There is certainly no question of a slump or the economy going into free fall . |
| 12 | With the game going into added time Michael Galwey , after good work by Geoghegan , Clarke and Bradley , got in for an Irish try . |
| 13 | He comments on the incorrect modelling of the airship going into great detail with regard to the number of ribs , panels , engine positions etc . |
| 14 | Nor is it any use going with non-riding friends or family , unless riding is just one part of a sporting package which also includes walking and fishing for example , or even wind surfing or canoeing . |
| 15 | WWF is giving money for conservation all the time in Northern Ireland , with much of the spending going into coastal projects , the theme of this year 's Walk for Wildlife campaign . |
| 16 | erm The fraction going into civil research , of this speculative kind , or of a development kind , is very small compared to all the countries of Western Europe . |
| 17 | The pattern is a repeat of twisted rib going into simple cables , with reverse stocking stitch between . |
| 18 | He is a man who stumbles through life going through various coincidences and improbabilities . |
| 19 | Apart from the influence of many young voters who have no memory of what it was like to live under a Labour government , the biggest thing going for Labour in this election is an Englishman 's sense of fair play . |
| 20 | It did so by drawing attention to the comparatively high percentage of gross domestic product invested abroad ( 1.4% on average over 1968 to 1978 as compared with 0.7% for the USA , 0.6% for Sweden , 0.5% for West Germany and 0.3% for — Japan and France ) and to the increasing proportion of this amount going to advanced economies , particularly to Western Europe . |
| 21 | At the time of our research one of the two most widely acknowledged and apparent problems for Shetlanders was one which was formulated in public and private discussion as good agricultural land going for new ( incomers ' ) housing . |
| 22 | The antigen and activity concentrations of both plasminogen activators in normal tissue showed a steady increase going from squamous oesophagus to the stomach and duodenum . |
| 23 | With X/Open Co Ltd 's help , the organisation will try and get a branding scheme going for POSC-compliant products using the SIP . |
| 24 | Section 239 gives the court a like power in respect of a transaction by a company which has put a creditor or guarantor into a better position in the event of the company going into insolvent liquidation than otherwise would have been the case . |
| 25 | They played out with sincerity the traumas of a couple going through rigorous assessment for adoptive parenthood , and of a single father , widowed and with a prison conviction , coming to terms with the loss of his children . |
| 26 | What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ? |
| 27 | What is being said is that it 's intended to keep what 's regarded as a highly successful regime going on existing lines . |
| 28 | The £3m or so net of expenses that it expects from the placing will go to eliminating existing bank loans , which stood at £952,200 on November 13 , with the balance going for working capital . |
| 29 | ‘ Our social workers felt it was a waste of time going for public law orders because the girls had made it clear they would flout them , ’ said assistant county secretary David Spicer . |