Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the ‘ good ’ events can be considered as either adding to or modifying a unit of living physical matter contributing to the ultimate man , and by so doing , at the same time created a unit of ‘ goodness ’ contributing to the ever-growing power of the developing God . |
| 2 | ( 'You have to attain a high degree of musical stupidity in order to find watching the beat , or the conductor 's inane face for that matter , easier for the purpose of knowing how or when to play than simply listening to the music , ’ he argued . ) |
| 3 | X interrupted while simultaneously listening to the Air/Ground transmissions . |
| 4 | Labour is typically characterised as simply waiting to be either exploited or abandoned by capital . |
| 5 | The omission is significant : the danger is perceived as entirely pertaining to religious believers , and illustrates very well the hold which a secular view has on him and on the educational world in Britain and in the United States . |