Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assistance was to be generally " selective " and " exceptional " , contributing to investment rather than running costs . |
| 2 | Basically my message said that I could make some general comments mainly relating to style rather than accuracy but if the deadline had passed so be it . |
| 3 | Governors should take any grievance relating to employment very seriously and give proper consideration to it through a fair grievance procedure . |
| 4 | Already , as Luke raised her hand to his mouth , response was quivering to life deep down in the heart of her femininity , flickering and then leaping as she felt the sensual brush of his lips . |
| 5 | Subsiding to dementia yet again ; |
| 6 | However , after 3 months we should be looking for positive indications from the policyholder 's medical attendant with regard to a date for returning to work i.e. issue a PAC 8 . |
| 7 | The abolition of national service , Commonwealth immigration , the entry into the labour market of the ‘ baby boom ’ generation , and the increasing numbers of married women remaining in or returning to work all provided additional supplies of labour . |
| 8 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
| 9 | The possibility of returning to football later was then still open . |
| 10 | He relapsed into a coma again , returning to consciousness only once to speak his wife 's name ; and on 4 January 1965 , he died . |
| 11 | Individuals returning to practice also face a personal challenge and have their own needs for support and encouragement so that their important transition from a break to return to practice is assisted . |
| 12 | The other side of that is that I was listening to Medicine Now on Radio Four , and they 've got a device where they you actually have er an earpiece put into your ear and it clicks continuously . |
| 13 | If everything had gone according to plan then Joe was well and truly out of the picture , and he , Michael , had the perfect alibi . |
| 14 | Such a move would force a re-appraisal of ageist assumptions and encourage more positive attitudes which judge individual ability according to performance rather than chronological age . |
| 15 | And company cars are to be taxed according to price instead of engine size . |
| 16 | A simple approach to the diversity of tundra communities is to classify them as dry , moist or wet , according to dampness underfoot . |
| 17 | Interviewed on Dec. 28 , central committee secretary Yegor Stroyev advocated changes to official policy on grain production in order to end the need for imports ( 36,000,000 tonnes in 1989 ) : farmers wanted better prices , varying according to quality rather than region . |
| 18 | According to paper like , they were right like at Southampton to get a result ! |
| 19 | As in the case of housing , local councils find it more difficult to operate a service according to need rather than demand . |
| 20 | Thus , during the late 1940s , five of every six newly-built dwellings were council houses or flats and they were allocated according to need rather than according to income . |
| 21 | Is the attempt to distribute resources according to need therefore impossible ? |
| 22 | According to information just released , only a quarter of the unemployed are supported by a National Insurance benefit , while two thirds are forced to rely on means-tested schemes . |
| 23 | It was n't like him , it was out of character , but she was n't acting to character either . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't mind going to church again if it means we get a house . |
| 25 | But you can achieve specific aims , and making people think about going to church instead of B & Q is a measurable objective . ’ |
| 26 | cos I have n't taken it out , but you know , I did n't think any more about it now we 're going to church right away ? |
| 27 | Going to church today . |
| 28 | Too superstitious you are , that 's what comes of going to church so much , mind . ’ |
| 29 | Margaret had a Presbyterian upbringing , going to church twice on Sundays but lost her faith when she was just 13 . |
| 30 | Rupert had not specified what the ‘ friends ’ consisted of , so nobody could have known about the anthropological colleague and his wife and their children aged seven , five , and three , or pictured Rupert going to church alone on Christmas morning , helping to wash up after the adequate but plain Christmas dinner , spending the evening talking shop , and retiring early to his hard uncomfortable bed . |