Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [noun] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | By so phrasing each paragraph and bringing each incident to a proper conclusion , Nijinska gives both dancers and audience time to consider what has been done and what is yet to happen . |
| 2 | Before drawing this discussion to a close , it is worth noting briefly that there are , of course , other tax alternatives for a local authority . |
| 3 | In drawing this chapter to a close , there are two riders , both significant . |
| 4 | He collaborated with his friend Conrad Beck , the optical manufacturer , in applying these improvements to a production model , and the Beck–Barnard instrument , the first really efficient ultraviolet microscope , was placed on the market in 1929 . |
| 5 | Intermediate students will sharpen up their reading skills in applying these strategies to a number of academic texts . |
| 6 | The unfamiliar part of the process lies in relating these questions to a computerized end product . |
| 7 | The requirement will be smaller if the only decision is assigning each student to a set ( variously called a group , laboratory class , split , etc. ) for which the timetabled hours and rooms are already determined , and for which the teacher will be ( or be provided by ) the module leader . |
| 8 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 9 | By definition this is largely an enterprise of elders and women who are charged with transmitting these traditions to a new generation . |
| 10 | The frank accounts of two early love affairs , adding some notoriety to a political autobiography , make honest and sympathetic reading ; but of far greater substance is his analysis of British politics from Wilson to Major . |
| 11 | By now you will no doubt have mastered the method of crossing the sets of stitches and may feel like adding more cables to a garment . |
| 12 | He warned that material shortages resulting from such export bans were bringing many enterprises to a standstill . |
| 13 | Even if the Government do not propose legislation themselves , I imagine that some Private Member will introduce a Bill and I must confess that I can see no way of postponing this issue to a ‘ gentler age ’ . |
| 14 | The large " number crunching " processes are thus performed by linking such systems to a suitable mainframe running the necessary software . |
| 15 | Ken Ellis , county trading standards officer for Devon , said : ‘ C & G was convicted on three charges of giving more prominence to a flat rate charge rather than the annual percentage rate , and three charges of not including an example in those advertisements . |
| 16 | Or worse , they have simply transposed plays and novels to the screen , producing work at so many removes from the original stimulus to creation that the prospect of the finished film having any appeal to a contemporary audience was almost non-existent . |
| 17 | The detective story is a book written with the sole purpose of showing the reader an act of detection and inviting that reader to a battle of wits in arriving at the solution before the author makes it known . |
| 18 | Comparing this text to a copy of the Guerrillas ' ‘ Letter ’ , I sat and puzzled over their enormous difference of tone . |
| 19 | Extrapolating this knowledge to a 10-ton dinosaur , they calculated that a one-degree rise in body temperature would take some 86 hours . |
| 20 | As Her Majesty 's Government have based their aid to Kenya on progress being made on the political front , presumably there is now scope for increasing that aid to a country which is an island of stability in a troubled area . |
| 21 | A further way of introducing some purpose to a day 's sailing is to experiment with different ways of doing things , since you can only be sure that you have found the best way by deliberately trying different ways . |
| 22 | FOR SHOWING THIS PICTURE TO A WOMAN |
| 23 | But Veronica had stopped short , perhaps embarrassed by making these revelations to a stranger , and Loretta had a distinct feeling that she was expected to go now . |
| 24 | However , in a sediment with a large proportion of lithic clasts this may involve changing many times to a different magnification ( generally larger , to identify the whole clast ) . |
| 25 | Also if the accountant stops supplying such services to a client this does not apparently in itself fix the time of supply . |
| 26 | A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful . |
| 27 | A district judge may make an order ( N 280 ) referring any question to a referee for inquiry and report if the sum claimed or amount involved does not exceed £1,000 , or in any other case with the consent of the parties ( Ord 19 , r 8 ) . |
| 28 | Following this reduction to a less serious ' offence , sentencing policy seems to be that the offence of taking vehicles without consent is not in isolation deemed to be serious enough to attract a custodial sentence . |