Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | These invisible tabs , if not removed , are responsible for text mysteriously jumping to an unexpected position . |
| 2 | But it is a ready-made blueprint for inequality just waiting to be copied by other reactionary governments . |
| 3 | Information on the credit terms and methods of payment currently applying to particular business sectors in the foreign market . |
| 4 | So while the expectation of altruism mathematically relating to kin relatedness is almost inevitably doomed to be disproved in human societies , there is now considerable evidence that sociobiology identifies some broad relationships and tendencies which are incontrovertible . |
| 5 | Water itself is , of course , a combined source of oxygen just waiting to be liberated via the breakdown of water vapour through photosynthesis . |
| 6 | He had a tie there 's drawers full of stuff upstairs belonging to him I do n't know if there 's anything in there . |
| 7 | The people in tighter financial circumstances get higher cost credit — with the extra cost of credit obviously adding to the tightness of their circumstances . |
| 8 | An overseas company dealing in works of art which used premises in London for viewing and storing works of art and controlled access to a secure vault at the premises had an established place of business in Great Britain on the premises , although other works of art not belonging to the company were also on the premises and no outward sign of the company , such as a nameplate , was displayed on the premises . |
| 9 | The fact that other works of art not belonging to Capricorn were also on the premises did not affect that conclusion : nor did the absence of any outward sign of Capricorn on the premises have any significance , since it would be uncharacteristic for art dealers in objects of such high quality to place conspicuous nameplates on their premises . |
| 10 | By contrast , postmodern culture and aesthetics are associated with the globally-organised production of commodities and with ‘ flexible ’ forms of manufacturing rapidly adapting to ever-changing forms of market demands from the increasingly affluent societies of the advanced industrial world . |
| 11 | Is such a level of reliability and degree of assurance now going to be expected in the preparation and audit of annual accounts ? |
| 12 | His lips were fiercely hot , melting every bone in Isabel 's body , despite the dawning knowledge fighting its way up through the mists of sleep still clinging to her brain . |
| 13 | In the weeks following the engagement she had grown in confidence and self-assurance , her sense of humour frequently bubbling to the surface . |
| 14 | In an attempt to maintain their share of the young labour market , employers are finding it necessary to offer their own training courses , on the rates of pay currently going to young people in the labour market , rather than the YTS trainee pay level . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Muriel arrived with earth still clinging to her fingers . |
| 17 | Inhabits , lower levels than Ptarmigan , tundra , arctic prairies with birch and willow scrub , and heather moors and bogs ; in winter sometimes descending to farmland . |
| 18 | There would be a few instances where a client may come back a year later and say erm , or not nearly six months later , that thing I told you was not in fact now going to be on . |
| 19 | I 'm not saying that it is necessarily trivialising to talk to interviewees about their clothes , it 's just that you do n't find the male presenters on Rock Steady talking to Phil Collins about his suits ! |
| 20 | Social workers and the courts are facing a problem which has defeated the best efforts of families and professionals ; whatever the wording , few courts will be willing to gamble on children whom they refuse to commit to security not returning to prostitution , burning down a house , or injuring themselves . |