Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these droplets grow large enough , by colliding together or by sticking to ice crystals , they fall as rain . |
| 2 | The addresses of local Energy Projects who may be able to help with draught-proofing and insulation , can be obtained from local advice agencies , or by writing to Neighbourhood Energy Action at 2/4 , Bigg Market , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , NE1 1UW . |
| 3 | However , most respondents who were not themselves sole practitioners stopped well short of endorsing this argument although they were often inclined to the view that in choosing to practice in this way , sole principals should accept that the greater risk they represented to the profession should be reflected in increased contributions on their part to the Compensation and Indemnity Funds . |
| 4 | Measurements of DNA unwinding of supercoiled plasmid pBR322 DNA by these complexes show that in binding to DNA the platinum atom is covalently bound with the acridine chromophores intercalated adjacent to the metal binding site , or in the case of the longer chain homologues , one base pair removed from this site ( 4 ) . |
| 5 | Now they know that in listening to information given by television , on television , er on radio , they can buy newspapers produced in Great Britain . |
| 6 | ‘ It is possible that by going to Court we shall get a larger sum . ’ |
| 7 | I only know that by going to school and |
| 8 | It is hoped that members will continue to support the Trust as generously as they have done in the past , in the knowledge that by responding to information mailed to them they are making a contribution to the Trust 's work . |
| 9 | It is not a cumulative figure obtained by adding up the cost of treating a given volume of specific diseases and of restoring to health , or transferring to a better world , a given number of patients . |
| 10 | He was against tobacco , and against dancing , and against cinemas , and against going to church only once on Sundays . |
| 11 | When toilet training , a systematic approach of putting the child on the potty or the lavatory after each meal and before going to bed can start to establish a routine and pattern ( Levine and Bakow 1976 ) . |
| 12 | Patients in one group were given Reflotron machines ( Boehringer Mannheim , Germany ) and were asked to measure their triglyceride concentrations at home , before meals and before going to bed , twice a week and to record the results in diaries . |
| 13 | It will concentrate in particular on the difficulties which people have travelling to work , in travelling in their search for jobs , and in travelling to health facilities . |
| 14 | Beveridge aimed to correct this situation in the 1940s by refusing to call housewives dependants and by referring to marriage as an equal partnership . |
| 15 | Obviously there is also the money element , and by returning to work you can perhaps give your child other benefits you might not otherwise be able to afford such as foreign holidays or maybe a private education . |
| 16 | But before proceeding to optimism I have to introduce some harsh truths . |
| 17 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 18 | I had n't seen John at all since before going to hospital . |
| 19 | As for reporting to Daddy , you go right ahead , though you might find that what he has to say is n't much to your liking . ’ |
| 20 | As for going to church , why , I ca n't afford it , — besides to tell the truth , I do n't like it well enough . |
| 21 | They were all ready , spruce and clean as for going to church , Sunday trim . |
| 22 | These remarks emphasize the role of surveillance in pollution control , for enforcement is conceived of as a matter of prevention as much as of responding to rule-breaking . |