Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even without insisting on the strict claim that inference from fact to value is logically inadmissible , a claim which since Hume has been a commonplace , and after G. E. Moore 's analysis of the Naturalistic Fallacy was for some time an orthodoxy , it has been convenient to stay out of range of standard criticisms by showing that we can get along well enough without resorting to this kind of inference . |
| 2 | One will not arrive at the concept ‘ mass ’ through observation alone , however closely one scrutinizes colliding billiard-balls , weights on springs , orbiting planets , etc. , nor is it possible to teach others the meaning of mass merely by pointing to such events . |
| 3 | And you will do so by listening to all the other officers who will give evidence in the case . |
| 4 | One escapes the old analogy only by submitting to another ; the role of logic , even when it is suspected that there is something wrong at the foundations of the argument , is confined to applying and criticizing concepts thrown up by the spontaneous process of analogizing . |
| 5 | He walked away without responding to that and Ruth just hated it when he left her snappy bitchiness hanging in the air with no place to go . |
| 6 | Thus by referring to such values as ‘ our country 's values ’ , business men appeal to a higher loyalty than obedience to the law and thereby free themselves from its moral constraint . |
| 7 | It 's a little like listening to those debates in parliament where parliament vote themselves extra salaries and I feel very uncomfortable in this process , I thought I might be coming here this morning to disagree with my own group , or those members of them that do n't agree with me , perhaps joined with the conservatives in opposing this motion , but I find in fact that everybody is saying oh let's put up the er , the heading , I feel very uncomfortable with this having spent six months in the budget review , criticising officers up hill and down dale every time that they exceeded their budget , having told them that either they balance their budget or that they came in next year with a budget with no more than a one and a half percent increase , or their successors would be doing it for us . |
| 8 | Paradoxically , I shall share that omission , refraining deliberately from referring to those many matters in order to keep my speech short . |
| 9 | probably by going to these meetings I can pick up the be best practice for ideas which can be passed on to the others |
| 10 | It is really worth saying to all who are married or who will be one day , and particularly to those who are maintaining painful relationships , you must work at being generous to your partner . |
| 11 | Far from capitulating to this new thrust of American trade policy , Japan is taking a stand that could lead to a trans-Pacific confrontation . |
| 12 | MUST BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IN WRITING TO SUCH CARRIER BUT IN ANY EVENT WITHIN THREE DAYS OF DISCOVERY AND IF POSSIBLE A REPORT OBTAINED AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL . |
| 13 | You need to think long and hard before agreeing to such ‘ strings ’ . |
| 14 | I have met knitters with bad backs , frozen shoulders , tennis elbows and so on from doing to much knitting at a time . |
| 15 | But instead of sticking to this problem , which is interesting in itself , Yockey makes wild extrapolations in a futile attempt to show how the classical concept of information can be applied to problems in generating information . |
| 16 | She says , ‘ Only after a woman takes in her stride her mother 's failures of understanding , empathy and availability , instead of responding to these shortcomings with childish indignation , is she ready to become her adult friend … |
| 17 | During one meandering discussion Mr Glover wonders aloud why the trio are huddled in a fancy hotel , instead of talking to each other back at the office , like less exalted folk . |
| 18 | Apart from listening to that racket . |
| 19 | The PBAA has been lobbying the government for public television for over ten years and is looking forward to contributing to this inquiry process . |
| 20 | We look forward to contributing to this debate . |