Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 2 | She was still struggling to adjust to this love , this , the biggest happening of her life . |
| 3 | I find myself being another son — a good son , courteous and thoughtful , holding doors open , appearing to defer to all her wishes . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) To require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) To require any other person ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 6 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 7 | Whatever his views on the subject , Labour 's Scottish leader is not in the market for appearing to waltz to any tune called by his Nationalist counterpart . |
| 8 | BUTCH REYNOLDS , the world 400m record-holder , is vowing to return to international athletics . |
| 9 | You 're not going to hurt Mother Francis by refusing to go to this place she 's sending you . |
| 10 | While the engine was spooling up , igniting to go to full power , he saw the right-hand thrust-reverser warning-light flash on and off very quickly . |
| 11 | The snag is that many local managers are refusing to agree to this concession . |
| 12 | The remaining issue is how this power should be exercised in the context of a case in which a minor is refusing treatment or , whilst consenting to one form of treatment , is refusing to consent to another . |
| 13 | So you 're wanting to go to that swimming class on Monday ? |
| 14 | Thus was I punished for wanting to go to these places , which I knew to be prisons for God . |
| 15 | We began the year with the Department of the Environment withdrawing the Comber-Dundonald portion of the track-bed from the market and refusing to come to any form of agreement with the Trust regarding the future of this portion of the line . |
| 16 | I could however moan on about the likelihood of anyone ever wanting to listen to this collection straight through at one sitting , or that Miss Battle could have done rather more in the way of characterising each aria ( and her diction is also hardly crystal clear ) . |
| 17 | Mary Midgley is alone amongst prominent liberationists in refusing to truckle to moral theories that , as she sees it , unduly promote one aspect of the problem ( consequences for the utilitarians , the value of life for Regan ) at the expense of others equally important : |
| 18 | On the one hand , a school curriculum must fulfil its primary function of serving to open to new ideas the minds of those who follow it . |
| 19 | Out to provoke Theo into a declaration of loyalty , and at the same time sting him for continuing to belong to a hated class , he charged him with hypocrisy and self-righteousness in refusing to belong to either side . |
| 20 | There was sure to be a considerable though decreasing number of households to which the credit system was indispensable , and whose custom tradesmen must lose if refusing to accede to these terms . |
| 21 | ( 4 ) Included within the ‘ extraordinary ’ or ‘ special ’ category might be , for example , cases where the child is proposing to submit to a sterilisation , an abortion , the removal of an organ for donation , or some similar non-therapeutic procedure , or where the child is refusing to submit to some procedure necessary to prolong or save the child 's life or to protect the child from really serious and irreparable harm . |
| 22 | In sweltering heat she walked around the edge of the vast parade ground pausing to chat to some of the 600 troops gathered in her honour . |
| 23 | In seeking to contribute to this research agenda we need to address a number of issues which emerge both from this earlier literature and from some initial observation in a number of social work teams organized in differing ways . |
| 24 | Sloosh twice a day after brushing to get to all the areas your toothbrush ca n't reach and make your mouth a fresh , clean , plaque-free zone . |
| 25 | Friends of the Earth , also opposed to nuclear power , wants to see coal mines saved because of concern about the fate of mining communities , an issue on which Greenpeace does not express a view , preferring to stick to environmental issues . |
| 26 | So er I 'm actually going to go to that meeting , Jane asked if , you know there 's anybody i really , really invited anyone from C S M T to go . |
| 27 | Oh we , we was going to go to that were n't we ? |
| 28 | As soon as I 'm going to be interested by what you first said and then where are you going to go to next . |
| 29 | The half of the residue is going to go to those issue , children grand children whatever . |
| 30 | you do n't think the other thing is that people who erm you know there there is everybody 's got wedding fairs in their own area , first of all , they 're going to go to those anyway and buy from their own local person . |