Example sentences of "[v-ing] [v-ing] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | So even unanimous decisions , taken by individuals freely acting according to their perception of their own interests , will not necessarily produce the result they want . |
2 | Where the privacy of routine cases provides an effective screen to scrutiny , however , the field officer is freed from the need to cover himself by acting according to his perception of the organization 's expectations . |
3 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
4 | Britain 's prison service is facing a crisis of overcrowding according to its Director General , Derek Lewis . |
5 | A staunch opponent of the European Community and Scottish devolution , he was often described as an independently minded MP who remained untamed by the whips , voting according to his conviction rather than following the party line on a number of issues . |
6 | Probation Officers were overworked , and a suspended sentence was a way of avoiding adding to their case loads . |
7 | Nothing was working according to her plan . |