Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After lifting from a chair or helping on to pan , give resident maximum privacy . |
| 2 | Psychoanalysis was created to enable man to accept the problematic nature of life without being defeated by it , or giving in to escapism … . |
| 3 | Today , in the country , you are more than likely to see women still washing in this way , although they now use lixivia ( bleach ) , sold in bright plastic bottles which , empty and discarded , can often be seen in a river bed or floating out to sea . |
| 4 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |
| 5 | Councillors in Gateshead expressed alarm that limiting home to school travel concessions and discretionary grants would discourage potential students from continuing their education . |
| 6 | His reasoning recognises the over-riding principle of the mandate , and gives effect to the principle of self-determination rather than adhering strictly to treaty rules . |
| 7 | You should have seen Captain Trentham 's face when ‘ e found out that I had chosen a spell in the Fusiliers rather than going back to gaol . ’ |
| 8 | It listed such positive attributes as free ports , open tendering , the issue of stocks , and contracting and leasing systems , explaining that these were part of the class-neutral " commodity economy " , rather than belonging solely to capitalism . |
| 9 | Version 5 however , is expected to include a facility to ‘ knit from the screen ’ , so if your computer and knitting machine are in the same room , you may find this more convenient than printing on to paper . |
| 10 | Some climbers are very enthusiastic about the new proposal , recognising that the current system needs revising and bringing up to date . |
| 11 | Phil Richens ' project engineering team — — has been instrumental in devising and overseeing every phase of this technical development programme , from initial planning and purchasing through to installation logistics , commissioning and testing . |
| 12 | Having an overview also means being in the picture about your role and those of your subordinates and superiors in the company , about your company 's profile in the larger comparative corporate picture , and keeping up to date with all that 's new in your business or profession through professional organisations , the trade press and national newspapers . |
| 13 | As time passes , it becomes harder for workers to shift , but it is just a matter of absorption and keeping up to date , ’ he says . |
| 14 | If you work as an in-house solicitor , you will have responsibility for drafting and keeping up to date standard contract documents for use by your employer in the main business — from simple invoice terms and conditions of sale or purchase to those suitable for major projects and transactions and non-standard contracts for individual or complicated projects . |
| 15 | We will be offering advice and support , and listening carefully to feedback from centres on their experience of implementing the new awards . |
| 16 | How much she 'd given him , cared for him , loved him , and now he was sitting in Eva 's house all cosy and radiant and looking forward to bed . |
| 17 | It was not long before I was ensconced in the dining-room with a pastis and looking forward to dinner . |
| 18 | His parents say he was happy and looking ahead to University . |
| 19 | They stood in silence for a while , leaning over the balustrade and looking out to sea . |
| 20 | And turning finally to Section four background to the first half of this motion er relating to consultations . |
| 21 | Between leaving school and going off to war with the Navy , he had worked on the Sharpness tugs for British Waterways . |
| 22 | WHILE a growing number of British companies are switching from petrol to diesel-engined cars to improve fuel consumption and cut costs , one company , originally at the vanguard of the diesel movement , has dumbfounded the experts by reversing its decision and going back to petrol . |
| 23 | Thursday dawned as dully as the day before and Fabia got out of bed and went through the routine of getting showered and dressed and going down to breakfast with a total lack of enthusiasm or appetite . |
| 24 | The demands of running a home , looking after my father and me , and going out to work , were too great . |
| 25 | May eighty- nine , only four months later , having had , having had a finger amputated , have received monthly benefits from the time of claim up until going back to work , of thirteen thousand , four hundred and seventy-five pounds . |
| 26 | A couple of jets screamed over the island at one point , two Jaguars wing to wing about one hundred metres up and going fast , crossing the whole island in an eye-blink and racing out to sea . |
| 27 | ‘ The number of people becoming unemployed has eased over recent months and more people are leaving unemployment and getting back to work , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Maths tuition can be tailored to the needs of people budgeting for the family groceries , learning to measure and switching over to metrication or simply those wanting to be able to help their children with maths homework . |
| 29 | In this case , you have to go through the full manual routine as outlined above , stopping on play-pause and switching back to record-pause when you reach the desired edit-out point on the previous recording . |
| 30 | The final two components in' any system of formal management control involve measuring the resources consumed and reporting thereon to management so that they can investigate adverse variances and initiate corrective action . |