Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attending external events , and giving training , including giving speeches where required to do so , thereby contributing to public understanding of the judiciary . |
| 2 | Rural-urban migrants were able to take advantage of the former , often sending financial assistance back to their relatives in the countryside and so contributing to increased income levels there . |
| 3 | there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) . |
| 4 | I did not go to playschool or kindergarten so going to primary school was a big event in my life . |
| 5 | In my own particular section of the clothing and textiles the union fought long and hard to gain the same rights and conditions for temporary workers , and so leading to permanent employment in most cases . |
| 6 | Just gone , we 're obviously working to Italian time in this Italian job because we 've had really five minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half and I 'm a bit baffled as to why we had it . |
| 7 | But the time and inspiration for such apparent frivolities were rapidly passing and he was soon explaining to Bonamy Dobrée that the Bolovian period had ended . |
| 8 | Will he do everything to ensure that the recent announcement by the European Community , which reflects the attitude of the French and those who agree with them in respect of the general agreement on tariffs and trade proposals , will not be immensely damaging to British farming and world trade as a whole ? |
| 9 | In the UK , emissions of man-made hydrocarbons or VOCs ( volatile organic compounds ) increased 12 per cent in the ten years to 1985 , largely owing to increased road traffic . |
| 10 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 11 | Indeed , those dermatologists who have undertaken clinics in general practitioners ' surgeries find that over 40% of the patients seen have to be followed up in a hospital clinic , thus leading to unnecessary duplication of notes and considerable wastage of consultant time and resources . |
| 12 | Under the terms of the Compromise , Member States were supposedly given the right to veto decisions affecting their vital national interests ; under the terms of this Maastricht Declaration they effectively renounce that right , thus giving to foreign policy at the outset the same status as that acquired by other areas of policy where the Compromise has gradually been eroded over many years . |
| 13 | If you are already working to maximum efficiency , then great ! |
| 14 | Companies faced with massive investment in new pollution control equipment , if a plant is to be located in a new location , may well find it cheaper and simpler to expand pollution at existing facilities , thereby adding to industrial inertia ( Elsom , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Israel 's tourist industry is gradually recovering to pre-Gulf War levels , according to latest Israeli Government statistics . |
| 16 | There 's an ambiguity I suspect it it 's a in my mind rather than yours about the nuclear role , did I understand you to say that Eurofighter two thousand would not have the capability of carrying for instance the W E one seven seven , we know that the is not going to be er taken any further according to recent announcement but will Eurofighter two thousand have the capacity to carry W E one seven seven ? |
| 17 | On bushes and standards , prune strong new stems to 4–6in , shorten weaker growths and remove very spindly tips on climbers ; shorten weak growth by half and stronger stems by a third or more according to desired height . |
| 18 | Owner-occupiers in different social classes have similar achieved family size and intended family size , although among council tenants , family size differs more according to social class ( Cartwright 1976 ) . |
| 19 | Jansons encourages playing of the widest emotional ( and dynamic ) range without ever resorting to hysterical contrast , effortlessly integrating the various changes of mood into a meaningful symphonic whole . |
| 20 | Or should it seek weaker competitors or new entrants who are often more accommodating to local policy , but may lack the resources to keep up with the pace of change ? |
| 21 | In general , it is fair to say that one can use a magnification of × 50 for each inch of aperture ( forgive my temporarily reverting to Imperial measure ! ) , so that a 3-inch refractor will bear a magnification of × 150 , a 6-inch will bear × 300 , and so on . |
| 22 | Such erosion is also contributing to accelerated sedimentation in reservoirs but it is not the only cause , as Tejwani ( 1987b ) has discussed in relation to reservoirs in the Indian Himalaya . |
| 23 | Unlike Ireland , where English practices were imposed , the continental possessions of the Plantagenets were treated as inheritances , not as conquests , and were administered strictly according to local custom . |
| 24 | In some areas of the world , e.g. West Africa , it is helpful to file words not only alphabetically but also according to major word classes , because nouns and verbs have different phonological structures . |
| 25 | In addition to the foul stench it produces , it is also damaging to sensitive mucous membranes . |
| 26 | There were political motives : some wished ( like Pope Urban ) to save the Eastern Empire ; others wished to disembody the Eastern Empire and carve out principalities for themselves — contradictory motives , perhaps , but both leading to similar activity . |
| 27 | As the demand for cotton goods rose ( partly owing to economic growth caused by advances in agricultural techniques and extended foreign trade ) cotton production shifted from the putting-out system to mills being set up in the rapidly urbanising towns . |
| 28 | Examples of this tendency are the timber constructions of Scandinavia , Britain and Germany with their timber roofing ( later leading to Romanesque stone vaults ) , the stone churches of Moravia and Croatia , and also the Visigothic churches of Spain displaying horseshoe arch forms long before the arrival of the Saracens . |
| 29 | I believe that , if we are not participants in it , it will be severely damaging to inward investment . |
| 30 | It should therefore be advertised internally and externally according to agreed recruitment practices , to adhere to CA 's equal opportunities policy . |