Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the Act has no effect in the internal workings of children 's hearings : there is no question of ‘ rehabilitation ’ as that term is understood in the Act applying so as to prevent a later children 's hearing exploring the circumstances of an earlier offence or hearing or disposal . |
| 2 | To this is often ( but not always ) added an idea that a cause makes its effect happen , implying perhaps that to find a cause is to show why the effect had to happen as it did . |
| 3 | The neighbours and their children crowded around to see what was going on and to hear the conversation between Granny and Dad . |
| 4 | Intended for first time buyers , the scheme aims to make house buying easier and to ease the burden of a full mortgage . |
| 5 | Its job will be to consider the responses coming in and to decide the priorities . |
| 6 | Fat lesbians are planning to stop hiding away and to make a big impression on the scene . |
| 7 | Any expressions of the desire for democracy in China were usually inspired by their patriotism and their wish to improve the nation 's standing rather than to over-throw the system . |
| 8 | The thought came to him in an instant as he stood , hesitating over whether to join the fight . |
| 9 | The role of rhetoric becomes crucial here — it serves to keep the flow of foreign funds from drying up and to disguise the endemic problems of implementation of these projects . |