Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [noun] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he believed discontinuing to induce labour and then allowing Mrs Busuttil home without monitoring the baby 's heartbeat was not an adequate provision of care . |
| 2 | The advantages of the system are illustrated in Fig. 8.2 and , like the Peruvian example discussed above , the fallow stage is contributing to crop productivity as well as providing protection against soil erosion . |
| 3 | The flowers offer no reward and deceive the insects by appearing to offer food and perhaps a brood place , so that the plant is doubly parasitic on the liane and on the bluebottle . |
| 4 | We also tested a sample of autistic children in the chocolate-finding task and found that they were again behaving just like the three-year-olds : going to the baited box for twenty trials , despite wanting to win chocolates and occasionally trying to filch them from the experimenter 's bag . |
| 5 | Ministers are more subtle , describing the review as ‘ seeking to identify areas where better targeting can be achieved or from which the public sector can withdraw altogether . ’ |
| 6 | For the moment , we would point out that traditional theories of law , such as positivism , are characterised by a lack of concern for such perspectives , tending to regard law as both a static and isolated social phenomenon ; and insofar as they consider political struggle at all , they regard it as merely a struggle for the control of law as an ‘ instrument ’ . |
| 7 | The problem of too many men wanting to become ministers and too many lay preachers who inevitably lowered the educational average pointed up a fundamental dilemma . |
| 8 | A particular emphasis will be placed on reaching the small business sector where the TEC 's expertise can play a major role in helping to nurture start-ups and rapidly growing small companies which provide the majority of new jobs . |
| 9 | we were going to go Canaries but then we , just now we were looking at what , what did we , what was it |
| 10 | Thus began the process which eventually led to the peasants ceasing to sow grain and ultimately to the New Economic Policy . |
| 11 | So so we know roughly going up to get and make some stars and he 's going to put chains and like all round these stars . |
| 12 | First she said she was going to marry Dunbar and then … |
| 13 | I was going to have treatment and then it would be all right . |
| 14 | going to have Weetabix as well ? |
| 15 | When the archers arrive on the field for the meeting , they first sign the record book to say they are going to take part and then pay the balance of the cost of the meeting , having already paid a deposit . |
| 16 | As we are going to take pears as well , make the Gewürztraminer from Alsace . |
| 17 | For a fearful second she thought he was going to strike Steve but slowly he lifted his hand to reach out in greeting , not to deliver a blow . |
| 18 | In everyday affairs we formulate a generalization when we find ourselves beginning to expect consequences as before to follow when conditions are as before . |
| 19 | By the 1680s the power of France was beginning to alarm Englishmen as well . |
| 20 | It was beginning to make sense and now she could see the reason behind his original greeting in the foyer , the machine-gun fire of seemingly irrelevant questions , the offer of coffee . |
| 21 | Throughout the day Axis reconnaissance aircraft searched for the convoy in variable visibility , Beaufighters from Malta continuing to provide cover and frequently heard making reports but experiencing difficulty in maintaining contact . |
| 22 | They 're tired of having to deal time and again with criminals who are too young to go to prison … |
| 23 | The Administration is threatening to withhold payments and even cancel the $3,900m contract to modernise the US air traffic control system if IBM does not fix the problems quickly . |
| 24 | The latter were continuing to draw prestige as well as profit from their ill-gotten gains . |
| 25 | This has often meant having to use pliers and then replacing the staples with new ones . |
| 26 | Its unique ‘ dynamic views ’ lets users change the arrangement of spreadsheet data instantly , with a click of a mouse , without having to re-enter data and manually reconstruct the entire worksheet . |
| 27 | ‘ This will be aimed at sectors of the economy which have been hit hardest by the recession , helping to rebuild confidence and so foster recovery , ’ the Chancellor claimed . |
| 28 | Some are economic refugees who came to Britain seeking a better life ; the rest are trying to escape oppression and even torture . |
| 29 | The miners and their supporters are trying to protect communities and over 100,000 jobs at a time when there are more than one in ten people on the dole . |
| 30 | They were trying to introduce changes and then the secretary goes and kills himself and we 're back with the Commander , God help us . ’ |