Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an extraordinary plenum of the Tadjik CP central committee on Feb. 16 Makhkamov 's resignation was refused and Vaadad was criticized for contributing to the destabilization of the situation in Tadjikistan ; indeed a special commission was set up to investigate allegations that a group of Tadjik communists allied to Vaadad had plotted at the height of the Dushanbe unrest to seize power from Khayeyev 's government and install as Prime Minister Buri Karimov , currently a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Vaadad chairman . |
| 2 | Every few months Hugh de Tracy would mutter about seeing to the building of a proper barbican over the postern . |
| 3 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Jure Pelivan , a Croat , resigned after talking to the demonstrators , an unofficial source said . |
| 5 | Tamar offered up a silent prayer that Stephen would not be cajoled into agreeing to the step , but she need not have worried . |
| 6 | All information , matters and circumstances relating to the Business which are or would on reasonable enquiry be known to the Vendor and which are material to be known by a purchaser for value of the Business have been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser . |
| 7 | She should be up to date with her vaccinations , and should be swabbed before going to the stud — vet 's visit plus consultation and advice , the swab , postage , lab fees — see how it adds up ? |
| 8 | By a respondent 's notice dated 28 February 1992 the father contended that in the event of the appeal being allowed in part the order should be varied so that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing the costs incurred by the father in the family proceedings court and that sum to be calculated by a costs draftsman by reference to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 or alternatively , to an order that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing in relating to the proceedings below calculated in the same way but excluding all or part of the costs incurred on 27 and 28 January 1992 . |
| 9 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 10 | The opening chapter gives an in-depth and simple to understand account of all you need to know before taking to the water . |
| 11 | Oxford 's forwards were slow and scattered in getting to the breakdown . |
| 12 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 13 | Therefore the contraction in demand engineered by the government only succeeded in adding to the unemployment problem . |
| 14 | Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion . |
| 15 | far from being crushed as a nation by the Russian conquest , the Yakuts succeeded in adapting to the ways of their conquerors and extended their own influence over their Tungus and Yukagir neighbours , not to mention the Russians themselves . |
| 16 | While many British evacuees drifted back to the cities once the threat of an invasion had been lifted , refugee children were actively discouraged from returning to the urban life . |
| 17 | The idea that learners should be discouraged from attending to the formal properties of language is comparable to the idea , prevalent in a previous era , that learners should be denied all access to translation . |
| 18 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 19 | He was playing in a match at Windsor Great Park when , after stretching for a ball , he was seen to wince before going to the side of the field to lie down . |
| 20 | The names of taxa must be adhered to according to the international rules , but it is permissible to anglicise the endings , so that members of the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea in the example above may also be termed trichostrongyloids . |
| 21 | He emphasized that respectable ratepayers would object to contributing to the cost of giving artificial security to their neighbours ' looseness of life . |
| 22 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 23 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 24 | One of the police officers responded by referring to the ‘ new manual ’ , parts of which were then read out in court . |
| 25 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 26 | Overnights can be arranged in Kathmandu , but longer trips should be booked by writing to the company at PO Box 2769 , Kathmandu , Nepal . |
| 27 | ‘ Church people were all too often narrow-minded , censorious , judgemental , intolerant , conventional … so the people for whom the world was too harsh would never think of turning to the Church … |
| 28 | If they really mean to improve transport in Scotland , why are they frightened of agreeing to the new clause ? |
| 29 | Benjamin Tappan ( Dem. , Ohio ) , 1844 : censured for leaking to the press a presidential message to the Senate . |
| 30 | The wound bobbin for the filter inductor L2 showing the coil ends positioned for connecting to the p.c.b . |