Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The massive increase in the number of GCSE candidates opting to continue in education is being trumpeted by the Tories as a success story . |
| 2 | This consequence of existing policy is particularly important in periods of high merger activity when there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity . |
| 3 | The court was told that Gordon Beveridge , of Glendale Close , came to Northern Ireland to sell space to firms wishing to advertise in motor trade brochures . |
| 4 | Its destroyer , she says , was an unholy alliance of nationalists bent on creating a racially homogeneous Serbian state and ex-communists longing to stay in power . |
| 5 | Well , I 've heard of old lags wanting to die in jail , so I suppose it figures . |