Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not common or garden holes , not those bodily orifices so absorbing to his contemporaries . |
| 2 | With legs slowly turning to jelly , I skied down hard , icy snow , followed by spring snow , then slush . |
| 3 | Lymphoblastoid α-IFN ( Wellferon , Wellcome , Beckenham , UK ) was given at a dose of 5 mega units daily according to the following regimen : a four week primer course , a four week rest period and a second interferon course lasting 16 weeks ; for five patients from Rotterdam the duration of the second course was prolonged up to 30 weeks . |
| 4 | Three girls came into the line of fire , each wearing a student nurse 's uniform , walking quickly , but gossiping as they went , and laughing , their heads constantly turning to whichever of them took up the conversation . |
| 5 | As Bloch has commented , ‘ To us accustomed to live with our eyes constantly turning to the clock , how remote from our civilization seems this society in which a court of law could not ascertain the time of day without discussion and inquiry ! ’ |
| 6 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 7 | 20.1 In the case of any dispute or difference arising between the parties hereto relating to this Agreement or any matter arising therefrom or incidental thereto the same may be submitted to the arbitration of a single arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of the United Kingdom Arbitration Act 1979 or any statutory modification thereof for the time being in force . |
| 8 | In a result reflecting both the republic 's ethnic diversity and a resounding rejection of the ruling Bosnia-Hercegovina League of Communists , the vast majority of seats went to the three main nationalist parties separately appealing to the Moslem , Serb and Croat populations . |
| 9 | This example might seem unrealistically pessimistic , as a new band may feel confident of being able to record and release their album in just a few months , with money from sales and royalties quickly starting to now in . |
| 10 | AND now the latest in corporate hospitality for pleasing clients always aspiring to something better : croquet . |
| 11 | For the thousands of fans still listening to Stones records today , it 's enough to know Brian Jones ' music . |
| 12 | Three models were found : a minimalist model based on limited contact between police officers and social workers through formal channels strictly according to the minimum demanded by procedural dictates ; a collaborative model involving close consultations on an informal as well as formal basis , about progress and proposed courses of action ; and an integrated model involving joint simultaneous investigation as a single operational entity . |
| 13 | Some pupils expressed strong negative views on having to deal with the two systems , and several tasks were tried out in two versions , one with metric units and one with Imperial units , the version with Imperial units often proving to be easier . |
| 14 | One way of summarizing the results of European economic progress before 1914 is to group nations roughly according to their increase in wealth . |
| 15 | Are shoppers really going to be offended by a ponytail ? |
| 16 | We began on a genuinely interdisciplinary basis with students taking , in effect , a series of one-term course units sometimes leading to joint honours but usually to a major-minor combination . |
| 17 | However , because it groups entries alphabtically according to the areas of responsibility given to particular topic editors , it can be slightly confusing . |
| 18 | I stammered out my history , my eyes occasionally wandering to a winter view of rooftops , an opaque winter sky behind his head . |
| 19 | If you read the paragraph carefully you will find your eyes continually moving to the pie chart for confirmation that you have understood what has been written . |
| 20 | In a statement on 14 May 1980 the DRA Government asserted that it was necessary ‘ in the process of a political settlement [ around Afghanistan ] to take into account the military-political activity in the region of the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf on the part of states not belonging to this region ’ . |
| 21 | The mountains hang everywhere , big vertical peaks just waiting to be climbed . |
| 22 | Well she were there for two hours just trying to . |
| 23 | Two countries not belonging to CITES , however , South Korea and Taiwan , were major markets for exotic products for use in traditional medicine , including bear gall bladder , rhino horn and tiger penis . |
| 24 | Companies not replying to the initial transmittal letter should be contacted only to establish if the letter has not been received , in which case a copy can be sent . |
| 25 | In this situation , a tax-free payment of up to £30,000 could be achieved only if paid ex gratia and in circumstances not amounting to the receipt of relevant benefits under an unapproved retirement benefits scheme ( see Inland Revenue Statement of Practice 13/91 ) . |
| 26 | In a deliberate attempt to embarrass Tories and High Anglicans , he cited Charles II 's Declaration of April 1681 , which had condemned the then Whig-dominated House of Commons for arresting people for matters not relating to Parliamentary privilege , whilst in defence of the right of petitioning he cited the case of the seven bishops of 1688 . |
| 27 | appraisal of circumstances possibly leading to a mitigation of sentence made by the Recorder , principal residing judge at the old Sessions House ( now the Central Criminal Court ) after the Lord Chief Justice . |
| 28 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 29 | Smiths are , unfortunately , helping to bolster up all those cruds still clinging to the starting line and holding the starting gun . |
| 30 | For the years 1984–6 , the statistical authorities have published ( Indeks , 1987 , nos. 3 and 9 ) the values of exports and imports both according to the traditional method and in terms of current dinars , i.e. at the rates of exchange ruling at the time of the export or import of the goods . |