Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One other scheme allowed for one-to-one tests but left the decision about including them to individual teachers . |
| 2 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 3 | Francis insisted that taking Wednesday into Europe this season , after leading them to third place behind Leeds and Manchester United in April , was his career high point — despite scoring the winner in a European Cup final . |
| 4 | It attempted to identify these needs , and addressed detailed recommendations for meeting them to central government , LEAs , examination boards , teachers , training institutions and funding bodies for research and curriculum development . |
| 5 | And I sha n't be making the mistake of attributing it to any charms of mine , either . |
| 6 | Very few men took clerical orders in the hope of devoting themselves to pastoral work at parish or diocesan level . |
| 7 | Police surveillance made communication between different groups difficult , while separate circles and indeed individuals were acutely suspicious of submitting themselves to any centralized underground authority even in the interests of ‘ the cause ’ . |
| 8 | NT would not appear on any of the bigger selling RISC processors — Sparc , RS/6000 or HP — for at least a year , probably two , said Michels , due to the difficulties of porting it to big-endian architectures . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not a question of bringing them to more people — Emporio has never been for the poor — but of morals ; with the Nineties there comes a new thinking about how much it 's right to spend on clothes and I certainly go along with that . ’ |
| 10 | In 1968 , the Kittyhawk was purchased with the intention of returning it to flying condition . |
| 11 | Thus is perpetuated the unanswerable myth whereby all mysteries are explained away by the simple process of ascribing them to some remote and inaccessible ‘ god ’ who created everything . |
| 12 | For instance , they discovered how useful honey was in the treatment of wounds and it was thanks to people 's participation that the best ways of applying it to particular kinds of wounds were developed . |
| 13 | Equally , the consequences of applying it to any old scrap of paper which any party cared to describe as an ‘ Act of Parliament ’ solely for purpose of denying jurisdiction would be absurd . |
| 14 | He quotes Occam 's razor but never dreams of applying it to most of the controversies he refers to , and , ironically over macroevolution , thinks that some of the recent speculations ‘ must inhibit the penchant for ‘ story-telling ’ and the glib explanation ’ , of the neo-Darwinists . |
| 15 | People who are on intimate terms are incapable of expressing themselves to each other , ’ said the thin , melancholy Feiffer . |
| 16 | I was thinking of limiting it to 12 . |
| 17 | As Evans-Pritchard explains , ‘ in every Zande household there is a fowlhouse , and fowls are kept mainly with the object of subjecting them to oracular tests . |
| 18 | While most of us would admit to having hurt another person deliberately , we recoil in horror from the thought of subjecting someone to extreme pain for impersonal reasons . |
| 19 | In any case , teaching English Literature to schoolchildren would only remind her daily of the superior satisfactions of teaching it to young adults . |
| 20 | Just about the only humble occupation which derived from having the ability to read and write was that of teaching it to working-class children , and at that level school teaching was often the resort of widows , cripples and those generally unable to find better-paid work . |
| 21 | Elise Fox , happily unmarried at thirty-two , was rarely without an escort , but never showed the least sign of tying herself to one man for good . |
| 22 | Needless to say I 've no intention of committing myself to that particular folly . |
| 23 | When times are hard financially , many people feel very anxious at the thought of committing themselves to another baby . |
| 24 | Most local authorities do not recruit until the months immediately before the vacancy arises although some authorities are increasingly seeing the advantage of recruiting one to two years in advance . |
| 25 | The CAR are studying the feasibility of converting them to electronic warfare trainers . |
| 26 | The following year , however , it was revived with the aim of extending it to other neighbourhoods of the city . |
| 27 | Warmed by Coleman 's sympathy , El-Jorr made a point of introducing him to all the CIs and ‘ mules ’ who arrived at Eurame on their way back and forth along the pipeline , including him in the conversation as they brewed up endless cups of Lebanese coffee . |
| 28 | I am glad to have the opportunity of welcoming you to WISE V — this special mobile classroom which British Rail Signal and Telecommunications Engineering has funded is to provide your pupils a chance to experience the excitement of working on the equipment on board . |
| 29 | I am delighted to have the opportunity of welcoming you to WISE VI — this special mobile laboratory which The Nottingham Trent University has funded to provide your pupils and colleagues with a chance to experience the excitement of working with the equipment on board , which has been developed by the : |
| 30 | Having created the luxury 4 × 4 niche , it has no intention of relinquishing it to recent pretenders in the form of the revised Shogun , G-Wagen and Land Cruiser . |