Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pos pn] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one stage , it seemed the Kuwaitis would accept no compromise by insisting that they were allowed to go on rebuilding their production to 2 million bpd . |
| 2 | The return to rock means the supercession of demystification by re-mystification , giving people back their sense of worship , rather than forcibly opening their eyes to the nuts and bolts of how ‘ myth ’ is constructed . |
| 3 | To avoid doing so , devious messages are often sent , perhaps attributing their feelings to mysterious ‘ theys ’ or ‘ others ’ . |
| 4 | He was single-mindedly applying his mind to the task and it was likely that he would forget the time . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've just spent heaven knows how long checking our approach to Ibiza . ’ |
| 6 | So pressing his camera to my eye I tried to focus on this tanned , happy man , standing with one boot over the edge of a 200- or 300-foot drop , and the other on the edge of thin air . |
| 7 | Having believed initially that a good print should be available in the collection for ever , she was now constantly urging her colleagues to be more innovative . |
| 8 | Moreover , comparative analysis will focus on three cases where popular movements have organized within major corporative institutions of the political system , so emphasizing their linkages to national governments , and the struggles and negotiations which change these linkages . |
| 9 | Often in the past he had tried to keep her in bed in the morning , but always she had pushed off his sleep-drugged advances with a brusque reminder that she had work to do , stubbornly shutting her mind to the tenderness of a few hours before . |
| 10 | When enterprises plan their production on the criterion of profitability they are only honouring their obligation to their shareholders — — to earn them a reasonable return on their money — and if those shareholders are institutions which are in turn merely trustees of the people 's savings … well , evidently notions of class struggle and exploitation must be out of date . |
| 11 | Mr Wilson is apparently taking his case to the Court of Appeal . |
| 12 | Most of all I am eagerly awaiting his return to Wimbledon this summer to bring more fun and excitement to the fortnight . |
| 13 | Forster settled down , only putting his eye to the slit every half minute , not continually as he had started to do . |
| 14 | She was much more fun after a few drinks , gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet . |
| 15 | It is ironic that Scotland , with an over-production of electricity , is already contracting its surplus to industry south of the border . |
| 16 | Explanatory leaflets and posters in several languages offer people the option of not allowing their blood to be tested . |
| 17 | His work in geology was of equal importance , since he developed a technique for viewing slivers of rock directly through a microscope ( by cementing the mineral to a glass plate and grinding it to an extreme thinness ) , thus allowing its structure to be visualized by direct microscopy , rather than through use of reflected light , which revealed only its surface qualities . |
| 18 | And he accused Mr Clarke of being ‘ cruel ’ in not revealing his decision to the family before holding a Press conference . |
| 19 | There was of course Ferdinando , but she hesitated over opening her heart to her husband , who would in any case need her letter read to him and would be unable to answer of his own accord . |
| 20 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 21 | Easily knocking her arm to one side , he halted only inches from her . |
| 22 | Some people were already turning their thoughts to food of another kind , impatient to get home . |
| 23 | ‘ His bodyguard , ’ Ace said coldly , not liking his jumping to conclusions one little bit . |
| 24 | Too confused to argue , she contented herself with a nod , greatly relieved when he stood aside , no longer impeding her route to the bathroom . |
| 25 | Inc. ( 1991 ) in which it was held that the " white pages " in a typical telephone directory are not protected by copyright because of a lack of creativity , not owing their origin to an act of authorship . |
| 26 | George was already phrasing his call to Culliman ; perhaps the request should be for Maxim to ‘ make himself available ’ to the Study group a suggestion of staying several days give the chap a chance to see Washington in the fall … and make a quick trip to St Louis and back . |
| 27 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 28 | It had attempted to conceal its breach of the limit by making the bids in the names of clients and by not reporting its acquisitions to the Federal Reserve . |
| 29 | I believe that if feminism has got something to say then it 's certainly not getting its message to the masses of ordinary women . |
| 30 | If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it . |