Example sentences of "[adj] to [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prone to throwing the stage into complete darkness , he then allowed a single candle , or dancing firelight , to illuminate his face , while the stage manager cast a white calcium beam on the actor 's head . |
| 2 | The figures may be particularly prone to underestimating the income of the highest earners , who have more opportunities to hide substantial amounts of income than middle and lower income groups . |
| 3 | Our way now should be clear to accepting the propriety of applying these principles to the modern-day working environment , calling the slaves , workers and the masters , bosses . |
| 4 | He feels searing anger , not constructive , not realistic , not tolerant ; no way clear to seeing the other point of view . |
| 5 | ‘ It reaches more people than other media too , ’ she suggested , never averse to singing the praises of radio . |
| 6 | Charles the Cheesemonger was not averse to using the parish church to record the existence of his children , but on this occasion he may have been under more pressure than usual from the Anglican minister to arrange this triple baptism . |
| 7 | By instinct , the Americans are geared to winning , the British to playing the game . |
| 8 | First of all there is the project document of which the format and content are so often quite unsuited to tackling the formidable tasks required for a successful conservation programme . |
| 9 | And then they would come from North Ronaldsay and that to the different to working the harvest again . |
| 10 | But listening to you make that case it 's very similar to reading the great debate on franchise reform in this House in the last century , when people said we should be included and that people like us should be able to have the vote and put people into Parliament , it 's I mean it was just that you were you were making that plea about pro that the Board should be representative as being like the group who are benefiting . |
| 11 | Her attitude is central to breaking the deadlock . |
| 12 | We will begin by discussing the role of sugar puckering which we have recently suggested is central to characterising the fine structure of the DNA double helix ( 17 ) . |
| 13 | Isolation of those at the foot of the pyramid of authority , the Panopticon principle , was central to maintaining the image of the force on the street . |
| 14 | Hegemony has to be won and is central to maintaining the status quo in legal enactment . |
| 15 | Also , the Commission has taken the view that pure R&D agreements involving no restrictions on the behaviour of the parties may nevertheless be caught by Article 85(1) where the R&D is central to developing the market in question and the market is oligopolistic in structure . |
| 16 | To classify and measure the extent of immorality — to quite literally put it into discourse — was central to getting the problem under control . |
| 17 | To appreciate why certain questions are currently preoccupying psychobiologists , why they favour the particular answers that are in vogue , and why they seem to have neglected , until recently , many of the issues that non-psychologists would consider central to understanding the biological bases of behaviour , a short lesson on the history of psychobiology is relevant . |
| 18 | All of these descriptions of literacy practice , which I shall deal with in more detail below , suggest that attention to the ‘ interpersonal ’ , socially-conditioned aspects of literacy is central to understanding the nature of that practice . |
| 19 | As a result , women 's issues are often seen as irrelevant , or at best of low priority , and yet tacking women 's needs is central to improving the status of the most deprived — most of whom are women . |
| 20 | The main menu ( fig 6 ) presents some options additional to starting the text analysis , and figure 7 shows the next screen where a request is made for input specifying the required forms of output and the text file specification . |
| 21 | But where the BBC Governors appointed a Director-General to run the service , the ITA selected companies from competing applicants and awarded franchises to run the service in different geographical regions , subject to meeting the ITA 's programme standards . |
| 22 | To that end she had a place at Norwich City College to read for a B A in hospitality management subject to achieving the right grades in her A levels and achieving O level maths or its equivalent . |
| 23 | Part II privilege extends , subject to affording the victim a reasonable right of reply , to fair and accurate reports of : Findings or decisions ( not necessarily the evidence on which they are based ) of any association ( or committees of associations ) formed in the United Kingdom , and empowered by its constitution to exercise control over , or adjudicate on matters relating to : ( a ) art , science , religion or learning ( b ) any trade , business , industry or profession ( c ) persons connected with games , sports or pastimes and who are contractually subject to the Association . |
| 24 | Record the salient terms of the sale ( eg the purchase price , whether the property is freehold or leasehold , desired date of completion , etc ; in the case of a buyer , that the purchase is subject to selling the buyer 's own house or seeking a mortgage and to keep you informed as to his or her success ) . |
| 25 | Obviously , if there is not such a situation , the company should invest in every positive-NPV product available to it , subject to having the capacity to manage investment on that scale . |
| 26 | I see my job here at ‘ The Tip ’ as akin to building the Taj Mahal from scratch . |
| 27 | Weirder — and better — still , watching NICK CAVE while standing 18 inches away from the stage is akin to catching the alarmingly gaunt one down the blinking Bull & Gate . |
| 28 | The effect was akin to handing the keys of a fast car to a young and irresponsible driver . |
| 29 | Control in most cases is ex post and akin to closing the stable door when the horse has bolted . |
| 30 | Therefore , finding a job is akin to winning the pools . |