Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , the Soviet Union pledges its support for the sanctity of Iraq 's own borders , promises to veto any attempt to impose penalties on Iraq , including any trial of Mr Hussein himself , and commits itself to helping to arrange a subsequent international discussion of regional issues . |
| 2 | In addition , this company also contributed to the Association 's efforts on behalf of the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal by helping to arrange a Royal Film Gala night at their Shaftsbury Avenue cinema . |
| 3 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential document written by Anglian Water to the Scottish Office about the reorganisation of Scottish water . |
| 4 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential AW document to the Scottish Office about Scottish water . |
| 5 | You will play your part in helping to preserve a distinctive beer style for future generations to enjoy . |
| 6 | It remains to be seen to what extent the operation of the new mergers policy will prove successful in helping to preserve a competitive environment throughout the EC . |
| 7 | You do n't look to me like someone desperately struggling to nurse a company-patient back to life . |
| 8 | Each man tightened his grip or loosened it , pygmies struggling to coax a reluctant giant into a narrow cage . |
| 9 | My feeling is that Leeds are struggling to find a traditional centre-half , and until they do , will look in trouble whenever the ball is in their penalty box . |
| 10 | Are you struggling to find a particular product or feel you have a need which is n't being catered for ? |
| 11 | At Shortwood Farm at Pencombe in Herefordshire , Duchess the Shire horse is helping to revive an ancient tradition . |
| 12 | On training prisons such as Maidstone he found , generally , that most establishments were struggling to provide a basic level of regime activities . |
| 13 | This is then used to feed the rabbits which they are producing to provide a valuable source of protein . |
| 14 | Rubbing away a thin film of ice , he peered through a small frame of snow — and saw Tom Hanks entering the farmyard , plodding doggedly behind a horse that was struggling to pull an improvised wooden snow-plough ! |
| 15 | The process of assessment incorporates a number of key elements and involves the assessors ( including users and carers ) in bringing to bear a wide range of observational , communication , interpersonal , cognitive , and analytic skills . |
| 16 | This story concerns the sounds of footsteps walking in the ballast ; no one was seen but the sounds were very convincing and one respects the account of this mystery from Mr Leslie , who certainly did n't believe in the supernatural , preferring to find a logical explanation of this sort of thing . |
| 17 | The ‘ air diaphragm ’ of this port has an area equivalent to that of the midrange cone , thus matching its directional characteristics and helping to provide a seamless transition at the crossover . |
| 18 | This scene segued into the smoking wreckage of a fallen Warlord in Sagramoso City — now renamed Fidelis — up which an armoured Fist was climbing to plant a charred torn victory banner … |
| 19 | One day after her daughter 's death , she was driving to see a new house to which the family planned to move . |
| 20 | Carlisle Crown Court was told that the fighter ace — who was shot down over Italy — was spotted by police while driving to see a sick friend . |
| 21 | A general agreement to increase the volume of bilateral trade was signed as well as a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint fishing company . |
| 22 | The contract was extended for a third year and we shall be endeavouring to obtain a further extension beyond its current time limit ( October ) . |
| 23 | So what is happening to find a political solution ? |
| 24 | What Hollywood offered was ‘ a medley range of vague and variable impressions — a disconnected assemblage of ideas , feelings , vagaries and impulses ’ and it followed therefore that the movies were ‘ not endeavouring to provide a consistent philosophy of life ’ . |
| 25 | The play integrates the language and culture of the spoken word and signing to create an magical dual language environment . ’ |
| 26 | Lewis claimed that this was tantamount to ‘ breathing a lie through silver ’ , a riposte which Tolkien felt sufficiently challenging to require a written reply . |
| 27 | This was regarded by some observers as a shift in position , with President F. W. de Klerk 's government appearing to surrender a central tenet of its policy of rejecting interference in internal affairs . |
| 28 | They treat such dissertations in an entirely different way from Ph D theses , generally appearing to put a lower value on them as contributions to the science . |
| 29 | I spent a perplexing evening in a Georgia bar some years ago endeavouring to persuade a local that I could NOT have driven from London . |
| 30 | Here Butcher 's union put up a spirited resistance against the " adventurer from Sunderland , doing his utmost to cause a separation or division , by endeavouring to form a rival association " . |