Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spectacular display of exotic and native creatures awaits you at The Living World , where according to season , fascinating living exhibits include giant silkmoths , tropical butterflies , praying mantids , tarantulas , bees , marine and fresh water aquaria and much more . |
| 2 | This is particularly evident where funding to agencies depends on clients served . |
| 3 | Erm , I er have never known such a question asked in this council chamber where referring to members of parliament er in in er and that is why I did n't feel it necessary |
| 4 | He freely admits the increasing extravagance of the average suburban wedding has more to do with keeping up with the girl in the semi next door than sticking to tradition . |
| 5 | I know many Scottish women who will spend more than two thousand pounds going on a skiing holiday abroad and the risk is far greater than submitting to surgery . |
| 6 | The Acts of Parliament , although applying to Scotland , use the English spelling , as do the various forms laid down in the Acts in connection with the representation at Westminster . |
| 7 | Work is more important than socialising to A types , so if you 've got to make a choice between the two , it 's the work . |
| 8 | Similarly no one who has attended the Yeats Summer School in Sligo will deny that the seminars and lectures are less profitable than driving to Glencar , or Gort , and walking in those places , or wandering in the demesne of Lissadell and under the shoulder of Ben Bulben . |
| 9 | They found a closer association between GHQ scores and events when those events were categorised according to their emotionally distressing impact than according to change in lifestyle . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Letting agencies should never charge tenants a finder 's fee , although according to Galsworthy , many agencies do . |
| 12 | Solaris release schedules are another victim of SunSoft 's process change , although according to Bourne , one further revision is required to achieve simultaneous , worldwide Solaris releases on Sparc and Intel Corp iAPX-86 systems ( and presumably the IBM Corp-Motorola Inc PowerPC in future too ) . |
| 13 | Hutchinson seems to have resumed his part in a family transatlantic trading network ; although according to tradition his losses in the great fire of London exceeded £60,000 , he seems to have died a wealthy man . |
| 14 | To what degree , however , such a view of time was developed in Mesopotamian thought is not revealed by the cuneiform records , although according to Seneca the late Babylonian astronomer-priest Berossus ( c.300 BC ) believed in the periodic destruction and re-creation of the universe . |
| 15 | Now it is the turn of Billingsgate to feel anxious , although according to Lou Hart , chairman of the London Fish Merchants ' Association , Billingsgate has nothing to fear : ‘ We offer an unrivalled service . |
| 16 | Starting with breakfast at 7am , Kramer 's stays open until two in the morning : there are few better ways to unwind than browsing to Vivaldi or jazz late at night . |
| 17 | In practical terms this means that although letter-writing to governments regarding prisoners continues to be the cornerstone of the campaign work other methods have been introduced to enhance the effectiveness of the hundreds of thousands of letters that Amnesty members write each year . |
| 18 | Rather than going to church . |
| 19 | Er for example it was better than going to school . |
| 20 | Amongst children it may even make begging more lucrative than going to school or helping the family in the fields . |
| 21 | Chatting with me was presumably a lot more fun than going to bed with me for money — though less profitable , it had to be said . |
| 22 | Ca n't you see that I would be better off with you than going to Elizabeth and telling her the truth ? ’ |
| 23 | As Mr Lawrence explains , ‘ it 's tilted the balance in favour of borrowing rather than going to shareholders … |
| 24 | In the weeks that followed he built up a regular round of customers and boasted that it was better than going to work , especially on cold winter mornings . |
| 25 | if they deliver it it 's cheaper than going to Scunny or |
| 26 | That would have helped me more than going to prison and mixing with all them people and just getting depressed and fed up and full of hatred . |
| 27 | Well wo n't it take him a lot longer than going to Cramley ? |
| 28 | As a very old colleague points out : ‘ It 's better than going to war over it . ’ |
| 29 | She stated she would be staying in their Huntingdon home rather than moving to London and admitted her wardrobe was sorely lacking in power outfits . |
| 30 | What could be worse than moving to Chislehurst ? |