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 .
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