Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coldness , blueness , or numbness of the injury , or the part beyond the injury , suggesting damage to the blood or nervous supply of that area . |
| 2 | Adding some hormone rooting powder to the wound can help the plant establish new roots . |
| 3 | It may be , however , that the dictum is an overstatement of the true position and that the agency principle does not require that the act of one partner be that of all for all purposes , but merely deems that to be the case for the limited purpose of attaching liability to the firm for the acts and omissions of one of its members . |
| 4 | The Group recognises the importance of continuing to invest in research and development programmes bringing improvements to the Group both in products supplied to the consumer and in production techniques . |
| 5 | The central difficulty is that of attributing responsibility to the ‘ centre ’ in such a ‘ devolved ’ organisation as the typical trade union , bearing in mind the likelihood that ‘ unofficial action ’ will be taken at individual plant level without prior consultation with the union 's central organs . |
| 6 | The conference centre is receiving its finishing touches and will be bringing income to the college in 1991 , and the adjoining area has been planted and landscaped with the help of the Superintendent of the Botanic Garden . |
| 7 | ‘ But they are not producing programmes to the extent that we would like . |
| 8 | We put a selection of the latest beauty and grooming products to the test |
| 9 | It was considered that there was a need for a public authority to play a role in securing access to and observance of the law , where the issues involved justified it , if individuals might otherwise be deterred from bringing cases to the courts because of their complexity , the financial costs involved or for any other reason . |
| 10 | And workmen were out repairing damage to the illuminations , due for switch-on at the end of the week . |
| 11 | Though the onus of proving entitlement to the benefit claimed is normally on the claimant , in a number of cases the burden of proof is placed on the adjudication officer to satisfy the tribunal on the balance of probabilities of particular facts . |
| 12 | He strengthened the forces holding the gateway fortresses and initiated the system of rotating units to the forts in succession so that the forces holding these valuable citadels would always be fresh and near to full strength . |
| 13 | Caradryel introduces the system of rotating units to the Gateway fortresses so that the garrisons are always at full strength . |
| 14 | He flailed for balance , snatched at the closest tablecloth and dragged a cascade of smashing china and chinking silver to the floor as he fell . |
| 15 | There has always been the equivalent of the Novices group , for example , allowing entrance to the soccer microculture for any boy willing to learn the rules of being a fan . |
| 16 | In July 1990 , the House of Lords held that a byelaw prohibiting entry to the Greenham Common military bars was invalid because it infringed rights of common . |
| 17 | She pushed on , dark in the darkness , through barbed and whipping branches to the door of her cottage . |
| 18 | A hollow hooray for Hollywood Joan McAlpine detects a cynical streak among the film-makers who make fortunes from bringing violence to the screen |
| 19 | But for making certain general platitudinous statements , [ senior prison administrators ] could not make any significant contribution in suggesting solutions to the chronic problems of prison management . |
| 20 | Furthermore , MailSort , the Post Office 's new bulk mailing rebate scheme which will come into full use in the Summer of '89 , is bringing computerisation to the direct marketing industry because it just is n't practical to sort mail by hand into thousands of individual postcodes . |
| 21 | We had examples of parents trusting schools to the extent of giving truthful rather than cosmetic reason for absence ( ‘ Susan had to go with her granny to collect her pension ’ ) — but keeping the children off nonetheless . |
| 22 | Their policies culminated in attempts to turn the young towns into vast cooperative centres , by bringing industry to the settlements . |
| 23 | Instead of giving priority to private enterprise , as it has done until now , the government should be channelling funds to the Soprintendenze , so that they can act effectively , working together with the universities , the regions , the church authorities , and research institutes active in this field . |
| 24 | The revenue from the ivory was used both for personal gain and as a means of channelling funds to the guerrillas . |
| 25 | Matthew 's theory drew upon a long tradition of applying evolutionism to the problems of biogeography begun by the first Darwinians . |
| 26 | The joint development agreement is designed to transfer Wollongong 's PathWay Access and PathWay Client NFS suite of networking products to the Artisoft network operating system . |
| 27 | Such incentives might be made up of a share of the surplus which the bureaucrats could appropriate ; ‘ deferred prizes ’ for keeping a bureau 's output within what was promised in a budget-output proposal and for returning money to the general fund during an official 's tenure of office ; and allocations towards supplementary activities such as travel budgets . |
| 28 | It is that legal fiction which the health authority relies upon in denying liability to the plaintiff . |
| 29 | In 1993 , Russia expected to reduce oil exports to Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries , while keeping exports to the West at 1992 levels . |
| 30 | She rose to her feet and began returning books to the shelves , her movements oddly uncoordinated . |