Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the austerity measures introduced after the OPEC ban , including a three-day working week , they struck against the Conservative government of Edward Heath in 1975 , eventually contributing to its defeat . |
| 2 | Swallows mix their mud with grass so adding to its strength , and pile pellet on pellet to build cup-shaped nests on ledges beneath house eaves . |
| 3 | Professor Cunliffe 's conclusions were that it was the rising water-table and neglect of the drainage system which caused serious and periodic flooding , so leading to its abandonment . |
| 4 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 5 | ( In speaking of what a thing is like in this sense , one is not referring to its relation of resemblance to other things , only of that in it which could be the basis of such resemblance . ) |
| 6 | The government is still sticking to its account , which names 10 dead and a further 37 detained . |
| 7 | As a result of these specific , socially constructed functions : ‘ Speech is often evaluated socially according to its closeness to the written language , which explains why standard spoken English is probably closer to written English than is any other spoken variety . |
| 8 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
| 9 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
| 10 | And eel-fishing looked much harder this time , the silver-grey often returning to its den empty-handed . |
| 11 | To handle multiple transmission formats , the merged system will use source-adaptive processing — so that the set will handle the signal appropriately according to its type . |
| 12 | He described the whole process as The Water of the Moon , presumably referring to its happening in a running stream when the moon was at the full : |
| 13 | But before this could be contemplated , there are some more serious problems with the positivist stance that would have to be resolved — again relating to its neglect of criminal justice processes . |
| 14 | The epoch when the writer photographed the life about him with the mechanics of words redolent of the daguerrotype , is happily drawing to its close . |