Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be an inconvenience which ‘ materially interferes with the ordinary comfort of human existence , not merely according to elegant or dainty modes and habits of living , but according to plain and sober and simple notions among the English people ’ . |
| 2 | The rise of ‘ green ’ issues , indeed , was more naturally appealing to Labour or Alliance politicians , and a powerful reminder of the rich variety of resistance to Thatcherism that British society could release . |
| 3 | I was surprised to hear him say that because he was clearly referring to economic and monetary union . |
| 4 | An early morning mist had cleared and a fugitive sun glinted on leaves which were only now beginning to yellow and which hung in heavy swathes , almost motionless in the still air . |
| 5 | The Profitboss recognizes and respects experts , never trying to second-guess or out-argue them . |