Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , the Ian Charleson Memorial Award — named after another of the University 's graduates , who portrayed Liddell in the film ‘ Chariots of Fire ’ — will be presented to the participants contributing most to cross-cultural links . |
| 2 | We 've got inflation that I , it looks to be pressing perhaps to three , three and a half per cent , between four and three and a half per cent . |
| 3 | Clearly the range of the Act is very limited , applying only to lucid adult patients connected or about to be connected to a ventilator who are suffering from a terminal condition ( as defined ) and who execute the appropriate directive.33 A first step , however , has been taken in clarifying the law . |
| 4 | Birds nesting close to artificial light are conned into thinking that night is actually day . |
| 5 | After end of lake turn right up ridge : a tough path is marked with cairns to begin with , but make your own way , keeping close to steep slope on right , up to summit ( a stiffish scramble ) ( b ) 7 . |
| 6 | Magnetic storms occurring close to solar maximum are often isolated events because the solar disturbances responsible for them are intense but shortlived . |
| 7 | From this mockery they are unable to set free the immortal soul , even after it has attained wisdom , and believe it to be proceeding unceasingly to false blessedness and returning unceasingly to true misery … . |
| 8 | If you put yourself in each prisoner 's place , assuming both to be motivated by rational self-interest and remembering that they can not talk to one another to make a pact , you will see that neither has any choice but to betray the other , thereby condemning both to heavy sentences . |
| 9 | If you are keeping strictly to 1,000 calories a day and not shedding surplus fat … then the chances are you are NOT keeping strictly to 1,000 calories a day . |
| 10 | If you are keeping strictly to 1,000 calories a day and not shedding surplus fat … then the chances are you are NOT keeping strictly to 1,000 calories a day . |
| 11 | separate legal rules applying differently to different types of credit transaction should be replaced by a single set of rules covering equally all forms of ‘ security interest ’ ( how lenders try to secure what is owed to them , for example , by a right to repossess what is bought with the borrowed money ) . |
| 12 | On this basis , a notice issued under a procedure relating solely to general board notices but which operates de facto as a rule change could be open to challenge . |
| 13 | Reverting now to spatio-temporal relations , the assumption of their irreducibility to monadic predicates is linked with the assumption that they depict an objective order , and if such relations are taken to depict an objective order , then it is clear that we shall have to assume the possibility of a plurality of biographically distinct points of view , occupied by different percipients , before we can make any significant inferences about the ontological distinguishability of their terms . |
| 14 | One of its primary concerns is that any regulations should not upset the competitive trade balance , for example by applying solely to one type of fuel . |
| 15 | Returning now to that day in 1811 , the hair-raising events of those next few hours graphically unfold through the words of the voyagers themselves , taken from a contemporary account in The Gentleman 's Magazine : |
| 16 | This is happening particularly to those publications which print stories on the Kurdish intifada . |
| 17 | The partnership agreement will normally contain provisions ( applying equally to all signatories ) to restrict the ability of an outgoing partner to compete with the firm . |
| 18 | McLeish was walking the track , also keeping well to one edge , watching carefully . |
| 19 | Returning indirectly to Ulpian , it may be useful to contrast a statement made by Paul : ‘ Both trust and gift upon death are included in the term ‘ legacy' ’ . ' |
| 20 | Here care has to be taken to establish the effect of decisions relating initially to one area across the Course and to fix , relatively early in the year , firm targets for student recruitment in order to meet the Polytechnic 's plans for individual departments and schools . |
| 21 | As she dressed she found her thoughts returning again to that dreadful party . |
| 22 | Keeping parallel to Bagworthy Water , continue south , past the memorial to RD Blackmore to the site of the medieval village . |
| 23 | Returning specifically to inner city matters , the urban programme now constitutes the major thrust of planning policy for environmental recovery , but it has long since over-ridden traditional procedures in schemes for housing and redevelopment . |
| 24 | The Ness Historical Society has focussed on a small group of six unemployed young people who have gone round the villages collecting tape recordings and photographs relating specifically to past modes of employment and to emigration . |
| 25 | But more to the point , the flight and maintenance crews have great confidence in them and regard the reports they generate as being very important , contributing significantly to improved safety in the air . |
| 26 | Yet a number of head teachers believe that reluctance on the part of some LEAs at present to prosecute parents for the poor school attendance of their children is contributing significantly to high levels of truancy . |
| 27 | The results presented clearly demonstrate that the incorporation of d 3C A has a destabilising effect on oligonucleotide duplexes and the pH dependence of the T m values is consistent with protonation of 3-deazaadenine ( most probably at N-1 ) contributing significantly to this effect . |
| 28 | How often have I heard Father , after listening impatiently to similar warnings , exclaim , ‘ Oh , do n't be an idiot — let's get on with it , man ! ’ and stride ahead , swinging a machete . |
| 29 | The United Kingdom observatories at Lerwick , Eskdalemuir and Hartland are now operating close to this ideal as a result of continued developments in instrumentation , communications and data-processing software . |
| 30 | During learning , each training instance is presented just once , and the learning process consists of writing once to each RAM chip . |