Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] to a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was very geared to the principle of being in an indie band for the sake of it and he would have had difficulty signing to a major label on any terms . ’ |
| 2 | The ‘ B ’ vitamins are a very complex group , with each individual ‘ B ’ vitamin contributing to a different aspect of fitness . |
| 3 | A very interesting case study relating to a successful application of participation at Rolls Royce is given in Mumford & Henshall ( 1979 ) . |
| 4 | The centre section deals with gastrointestinal fermentation and metabolism leading to a final section on the whole animal . |
| 5 | Studentships are offered for postgraduate study within the field of Humanities at universities and certain other institutions of higher education ; they are available for certain courses of study and research leading to a higher degree , and for certain certificate or diploma courses not covered by the bursary scheme . |
| 6 | For example a studentship to undertake research leading to a higher degree can cost as little as five hundred pound per year for the three years . |
| 7 | He pauses before answering , eyes going up and down , mouth narrowing to a leery smile . |
| 8 | However , the danger is that uncontrolled trading would pull a substantial part of the UK production into the Continent leading to a massive decline in sheep flocks in the less-favoured areas in France and Germany . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's tough on a horse going to a new home , especially a stallion ’ , his new owner said . |
| 10 | By this device control may be retained by a small proportion of the equity leading to a further rift between ownership and control . |
| 11 | By June 22 UN military observers stated that 16,642 contras had been disbanded , the figure rising to an estimated 19,197 by June 26 . |
| 12 | Instead of rent amounting to an annual 15% of operating costs , it could decline to 13% or 14% . |
| 13 | SCOTLAND suffered mixed fortunes yesterday with the women 's side romping to a 138-82 win over Ireland in the opening game of the Home International series in Perth , while in the men 's British championships at Swansea , the Scots were left empty-handed . |
| 14 | Cross this ( now above a quarried face ) and take the incline descending to a lower level . |
| 15 | So far we have been presupposing a single agent responding to a present situation and trying to guide his spontaneity by reason . |
| 16 | But in this case , Y will , like D , permute with C ; thus from ( 25 ) the modal matrix of A may be written XY , while ( 26 ) and ( 29 ) require unc so that B shares the modal matrix XY with A. Note that here , E need not be diagonal , so that B can be defective ; but non-zero elements in the superdiagonal of E can only occur in a submatrix corresponding to a scalar submatrix in C. |
| 17 | Attention should be paid to the representation of three-dimensional figures in two dimensions , Pupils should be able to recognise the two-dimensional drawing corresponding to a given solid , and be able to recognise and build solids from such drawings . |
| 18 | Windfarms should not be allowed in the Peak District National Park according to a consultative document . |
| 19 | The environmental health officer , for his or her part , will almost always rate the noise according to a standard formula . |
| 20 | FAMILIES in receipt of state benefit are forced to go hungry because of lack of money according to a National Children 's Home survey just published . |
| 21 | Joanne specialises in town and country planning and is currently involved in work relating to a major development in the town centre . |
| 22 | Subject to this , the law relating to an involuntary bailee may be stated as follows — |
| 23 | One short hospital stay may cause minimal difficulties in adjustment to a child returning to a happy home life . |
| 24 | For example , if we try to assign characters to the vibration of H 2 O in which bond O-H a stretches , we can see ( Fig. 5.18 ) that X v is + 1 for elements E and σ yz ; but for C 2 and σ xz the arrow representing the motion is neither left unmoved nor simply reversed , but ends up where a similar arrow relating to a stretching motion of the O-H b bond would have been . |
| 25 | An SPR is the means whereby a user reports a fault or documentation error relating to a specific product or module , or makes a suggestion for improving its documentation , performance etc . |
| 26 | SPRs are used to report a fault or documentation error relating to a specific issue or module under LIFESPAN control , and to suggest improvements to pieces of software or documentation . |
| 27 | SPRs are used to report a fault or documentation error relating to a specific issue or module under LIFESPAN control , and to suggest improvements to pieces of software or documentation . |
| 28 | Advice and support at this time could aim to minimise the chances of a girl returning to an unhappy discordant home and to parents with whom she may largely have lost touch . |
| 29 | To return to my Degas quote : many of the writers seem to be appropriating what they see as ‘ feminist tools of socio-political deconstruction ’ by examining details of Degas ' work according to a binary opposition of woman as object/man as Baudelairean flaneur . |
| 30 | Social class may well be based on the occupation of the male head of the household according to a pre-determined scale , such as , in Britain , that of the Registrar general , or the Market Research Society . |