Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 2 | In response to the austerity measures introduced after the OPEC ban , including a three-day working week , they struck against the Conservative government of Edward Heath in 1975 , eventually contributing to its defeat . |
| 3 | The tall , lanky merchant was nervous and ill at ease , his hand constantly fluttering to his mouth or patting his greasy hair . |
| 4 | Choose your type of moisturiser , not only according to your skin type , but also in relation to the climate . |
| 5 | That we may work together according to your will so that you may work for good in us . |
| 6 | Alexander Macdonald had clearly abandoned much of that hospitable tradition , perhaps owing to his embrace of southern education , or perhaps as a reaction to the affection in which his late brother had been held . |
| 7 | Swallows mix their mud with grass so adding to its strength , and pile pellet on pellet to build cup-shaped nests on ledges beneath house eaves . |
| 8 | Professor Cunliffe 's conclusions were that it was the rising water-table and neglect of the drainage system which caused serious and periodic flooding , so leading to its abandonment . |
| 9 | Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system 's toxicity . |
| 10 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 11 | Since you will be constantly referring to your picture for colour reference I would recommend keeping it under glass and just taping the sides very firmly to stop the flowers being damaged . |
| 12 | , he was only referring to his fear of Jack . |
| 13 | I suppose he does n't want to be seen to be just reacting to your letter he 's obviously started doing these things off his own bat anyway has n't he ? |
| 14 | The user is intended to behave exactly according to their instruction . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I … was just going to my room . ’ |
| 16 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 17 | The Chancellor — clearly just clinging to his job — told Ministers at a Cabinet meeting yesterday that they must slash millions off their budgets . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend , there she is scribbling again . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |
| 20 | Yes , I , I was actually just saying to my wife last night , erm , who would have ever thought that in the same year , we could have lost two of the greatest wing-halves , as they were in those days , but I suppose mid-field players they 'd be known as today , who 'd |
| 21 | ‘ I was just talking to my bookie , ’ he said crisply , which was the way he treated money troubles . |
| 22 | However , local authorities have had a duty , since 1968 , to provide adequate sites for gipsies normally resorting to their area and , where they have done so to the satisfaction of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment , they have criminal powers to remove illegal campers . |
| 23 | He was just warming to his task when Reed sold him out . |
| 24 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 25 | And it was presumably owing to their encouragement that in the 1540s Crecquillon began to compose chansons and Clemens and Gombert increased their production from a trickle to a flood . |
| 26 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 27 | In at least one study transformed cells harbouring mutant p53 and ras genes were capable of growing in syngeneic laboratory animals , eventually leading to their death . |
| 28 | The government is still sticking to its account , which names 10 dead and a further 37 detained . |
| 29 | But what really concerns me is the area directly relating to my composition . |
| 30 | Have a degree or equivalent qualification directly relating to your employment , and have been in regular employment for at least two years ; and |