Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from rendering them subject to ridicule , such a stress is one of the best ways to hold an audience and gain sympathy . |
| 2 | The distinction between this case and Stevenson 's case is that in Stevenson 's case the defendant had a regular practice of selling his ex-rental cars and also in selling those cars he was selling something akin to stock-in-trade . |
| 3 | Preparation for planting means having everything ready to hand before you start the job . |
| 4 | Li ( 1976 : 484 ) suggests more natural structures for achieving something similar to topicalization in English : |
| 5 | Mr Hanley added that as part-time soldiers were also members of the local community with civilian jobs , their daily movements were predictable , making them vulnerable to terrorist attack . |
| 6 | The pain following removal of the gall-bladder ( situated close to the diaphragm ) often makes patients reluctant to breathe deeply thus making them susceptible to chest infection . |
| 7 | Subsequently the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act brought almost all development under control by making it subject to planning permission . |
| 8 | It is therefore a very powerful dating technique making it possible to date the right archaeological samples ( see p. 144 ) to the year of felling , as well as providing the accurate calendar timescale necessary for radiocarbon calibration . |
| 9 | Porter Paints is relaunching its entire architectural colour system and making it available to sister Courtaulds Coatings companies in Brazil and Canada . |
| 10 | In mild winters apples buds began to break soon after Christmas , leaving them vulnerable to frost damage . |
| 11 | While nitrate is not as potent as ammonia or nitrite , it can still considerably weaken fish , leaving them open to nitrate poisoning and a variety of lethal diseases . |
| 12 | In the unique structure of the rainforest , creepers interweave between branches and can either tear a neighbouring tree down or rip out branches , leaving it vulnerable to disease . |
| 13 | The problems spread inland when a tidal surge up the River Bure caused the river to break its banks at Acle , flooding the main A47 Norwich to Great Yarmouth road leaving it impassable to traffic . |
| 14 | I seem to have become rapidly drunk on some sort of embarrassing lower-middle class drink like Bacardi and blackcurrant — thereby leaving myself open to mockery from clever left-wing improvisation playwrights . |