Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a time for hanging out signals to our friends . |
| 2 | The other , Reasima Abadi , will remain open after carrying out improvements to its waste treatment . |
| 3 | However , it is sprightly compared with the pronouncement on ‘ automatic honours for public servants ’ by Richard Shepherd , the Conservative MP : ‘ It almost has the quality of handing out lollipops to the general satisfaction of the recipients . ’ |
| 4 | CCT is not simply a matter of putting out services to private contractors . |
| 5 | He backed it not just because he was convinced by Rueff and his advisers that it would reduce inflation and revitalize the economy through the stimulus of competition , but because he was attracted by its theatrical elements — the symbolism of a new franc to mark a new political order , the grand gesture of carrying out commitments to Europe that the Fourth Republic had given up hopes of honouring , the rhetoric of a coherent plan of renovation as opposed to a collection of policies . |
| 6 | To complicate matters still further , many parishes after 1795 began to adopt the Speenhamland system of making up wages to a minimum rate dependent upon the price of corn . |
| 7 | So er , on the last seminar , they all talked about sending out letters to all the students who were n't there the attendance was very low , and I received one , but |
| 8 | Out of it came an imperative on women , as well as men , not to be swayed by traditional culture and educational choice into seeing only obstacles to advancement . |
| 9 | I had not , of course , realized this happens when one puts so much effort into working out answers to complicated problems . |
| 10 | Where there are gaps in matching up goals to resources , what can you do about it ? |
| 11 | Stein and his staff had also filled , in principle , the several hundred other posts , but most of these members of staff would not take up their positions until three weeks before the hotel 's grand opening , timed to tie in with a huge party which Stephen was throwing for island dignitaries and specially invited celebrities , Michael Stein had proved his worth yet again in sending off invitations to the party , offering a free week 's holiday to various A-list showbiz and society figures . |
| 12 | Others get up , without disturbing their sweetly sleeping partner , and do jobs — anything from planting out seedlings to preparing books for the auditors ! |
| 13 | Periodicals remain by far the most important research tool for academics , both for current awareness scanning and for chasing up citations to individual articles . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't go anywhere without falling over references to it . |
| 15 | A new management grant programme will make £7.5 million available to owners for carrying out improvements to the environmental and social aspects of their woods . |
| 16 | It is suggested that either each adjoining tenant should be responsible for carrying out repairs to half the structure or the landlord should be responsible for carrying out all the repairs , subject to reimbursement of the cost of so doing . |
| 17 | Devising a sensitive scheme for the immediate follow-up of absentees , either , for example , by telephoning home or by sending out letters to parents/guardians |
| 18 | On 8 November they would continue to sing for their suppers by reading out newspapers to the less literate and explaining the significance of the Third International . |
| 19 | Neuroscientists may amuse themselves by thinking up objections to homologies between brainstem structures , but this is n't pursued that seriously . |
| 20 | On receiving a referral a social worker can usefully begin by setting out answers to these questions : |