Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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1 | It is important to identify your personal reasons for wanting to be slimmer and feel healthier . |
2 | The main reasons for writing to the Lancet are frustration that we have been discredited , that our grants depend on this work and also that all the evidence is in writing . ’ |
3 | There are other reasons for belonging to a choir . |
4 | However , British people probably have reasons for reacting to black immigrants in this way . |
5 | He gave me two good reasons for moving to the city . |
6 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
7 | There are substantial reasons for attributing to Evesham the monuments to Hester Salusbury ( died 1614 , Stansted Mountfitchet , Essex ) ; Robert Rich , first Earl of Warwick ( died 1619 , Snarford , Lincolnshire ) ; Sir Justinian Lewin ( died 1620 , Otterden , Kent ) ; John Troughton ( died 1621 , Ingatestone , Essex ) , and the black stone panel engraved with allegorical devices in commemoration of Guy Carleton ( died 1628 , Cuckfield , East Sussex ) . |
8 | Vice Chair , I have given the Council , I believe , many good reasons for electing to the office of Lord Mayor for this year . |
9 | 10 REASONS FOR SUBSCRIBING TO MARXISM TODAY THIS MONTH |
10 | Guy Burgess had told my Gateshead chorus-boy friend , Jack Hewit , that Philby must have had very good reasons for going to Franco in Salamanca . |
11 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
12 | Sandison felt relieved that there was to be no pursuit of his reasons for coming to Naples . |
13 | But there were other reasons for coming to City Europe . |
14 | reasons for applying to a particular institution |
15 | reasons for applying to a particular course |
16 | Reasons for applying to particular institutions and courses |
17 | All at once Jehan realised that Jehana had not yet given her reasons for consenting to betrothal with Alexei . |
18 | One of the best reasons for upgrading to version 4.5 is its dramatic increase in speed over previous versions . |
19 | AT present the family have no plans for returning to England in 1997 , but I think they could decide pretty quickly if they needed to . |
20 | And three words per second is the way that television presenters make er , their scripts for presenting to the public in a news bulletin . |
21 | At the moment , the cheery assumption is that wasteland can be found somewhere within existing cities for housing to be built on . |
22 | The child needs to be motivated and so receiving rewards for going to the lavatory when reminded or for staying dry can be an incentive for the younger child . |
23 | For instance , there are particles because physics has tests for the existence of particles and rules for referring to particles . |
24 | Some USM companies do feel neglected by the financial community , but the easing of the rules for transferring to a full listing may assuage them . |
25 | The victimized workers may not have won their jobs back , but they and other workers learned about the value of self-organization at work as well as about strategies for relating to trade unions . |
26 | Prior to the collapse of the Geneva talks , forestry ministers from 37 European countries signed four " general guidelines " — on sustainable management of forests in Europe ; conservation of biodiversity ; help for central and eastern Europe , and strategies for adapting to climatic change — but rejected a target of using only sustainable timber by 2000 . |
27 | Many small businesses do not have the production levels to warrant a full container of their products for exporting to a single destination . |
28 | The Revenue has already introduced new target turnaround times for replying to all letters — the aim is now to reply to all letters sent to tax and collection offices within 28 days . |
29 | A 19-year-old single girl took an overdose of tablets after claiming to be in love with a priest — despite the fact she had not spoken to him for four years . |
30 | Some of the most successful war artists were appointed from combatant ranks after proving to be inept soldiers . |