Example sentences of "[v-ing] [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hosepipe bans over recent summers have meant keeping watering to a minimum — and digging out the old watering can . |
| 2 | It is clear that the Banks are preoccupied with keeping staffing to a minimum ; have no regard for retaining Key Posts and have totally disregarded Relief Staff . |
| 3 | I mean what , what psychological characteristics would make one person more groupie than another or more needing or wanting or enjoying belonging to a group than another ? |
| 4 | GERMANY 'S recession appears to be deepening according to a report published yesterday which was forced to halve predictions of 2 p.c. growth this year because an increase in exports has failed to materialise . |
| 5 | A population of animals will evolve to an ESS and then remain there : we should expect to see animals in nature behaving according to an ESS . |
| 6 | This may include avoiding facing up to the boss at work , avoiding going to a party or social occasion , and man- ; other situations . |
| 7 | Finch conceded that they drank ‘ far too much ’ , bringing filming to a halt . |