Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For high earners , the £75,000 cap is probably the strongest argument for hanging on to an existing Section 226 policy , since such policies are not affected by the earnings limit . |
| 2 | A swift tour of inspection revealed numerous bedrooms , an enormous sitting-room with a raised dining-area visible through an archway , and a whole wall of french doors opening on to an oval glittering blue swimming-pool . |
| 3 | So , whilst this definition obviously includes jetting off to an exotic resort with a fortnight 's stay in a hotel , the definition also catches the hotel which offers an inclusive theatre weekend — one price covering the stay in the hotel and tickets for a show . |
| 4 | Mary-Claude was sad to leave because , after spending much of the summer visiting her family with Sarah , she was not looking forward to an indefinite stay in Alabama , where she knew hardly anyone and where , after Beirut and Larnaca , the sheer difference in the scale of everything made her feel uneasy and exposed . |
| 5 | She is admired by business , which is looking forward to an industrial policy for France : something it has lacked for years . |
| 6 | Having negotiated the pitch with difficulty in the wet , I was at first relieved at having passed beneath the boulder and looking forward to an easy scramble to the top when I came across another difficult pitch . |
| 7 | ‘ We are looking forward to an increased interest in this initiative in future years with the potential to extend the challenge to other local authorities a distinct possibility . ’ |
| 8 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 9 | ‘ Julie was simply looking forward to an exciting holiday in Africa and seeing a good friend again , ’ said Graham . |
| 10 | BORDON 'S new and as yet unnamed choir are looking forward to an illustrious future . |
| 11 | Staff at the Three Choirs Vineyard in Gloucestershire are looking forward to an excellent harvest this year . |
| 12 | SIX years ago , in the introduction to a collection of his plays , Howard Brenton was still trumpeting his adherence to Marxism and looking forward to an unstoppable ‘ British Revolution ’ . |
| 13 | He is looking forward to an active retirement thanks to his association with the boy scout movement . |
| 14 | The chances of going on to an additional baby from a given family size ( ‘ parity progression ratios ’ ) can be calculated from past data for women who have completed their families . |
| 15 | The seminary itself is difficult to see , the approach from the road leading only to an imposing wall with faceless windows and a usually , barred door It was built by San Carlo Borromeo in 1564 and is square , the four walls enclosing a courtyard that measures 56 metres on one side and is surrounded by a double tier gallery , each floor of which is supported by double Doric columns . |
| 16 | They had reached a short flight of stone steps leading down to an open door , and she had no idea of how they had arrived there . |
| 17 | A bit of bother with walkers trudging through his land can soon be sorted out by nipping along to an agricultural auction and purchasing some huge stinking cows . |
| 18 | The practical result of such policies is an increasingly inefficient system of book provision , leading gradually to an inadequate stock . |
| 19 | They are believed to have been non-violent , adhering scrupulously to an other-worldly pacifism . |
| 20 | During negotiations leading up to an economic transaction , choice theories insist that no legal obligations should arise since the parties have not yet reached an agreement . |
| 21 | We 're going out to an expensive restaurant , a very expensive restaurant , the sort of place Selina can dress up for |
| 22 | I 've got out of the way of , I 've often said to Dinda , you know , I would n't mind going back to an open fire in the winter . |
| 23 | When I arrived at MGM , I felt like I was going back to an enormous boarding school again . |
| 24 | It was like going back to an old friend , familiar and almost cosy . |
| 25 | It is incredible that the Labour party , which has reformed itself and brought itself up to date in so many other policies , is going back to an old policy on local government finance . |
| 26 | Perhaps it 's the editor of Living Marxism who should think about going back to an educational establishment ? |
| 27 | An inefficient management must either improve its performance , or face the consequences of the shareholders selling out to an alternative managerial team . |
| 28 | Le Saux , Clarke and Wise all went within inches of scoring while West Ham threatened only once , Beasant holding on to an unexpected volley from Foster . |
| 29 | Nonetheless , one can get some useful mileage out of the 1960s surveys , before moving on to an historical account . |
| 30 | So do you think you 're inventing your own tradition , which is a perfectly time honoured and respectable thing to do , or do you think you 're harking back to an old tradition or or what ? |