Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such cases the use of a professionally drafted memorandum of understanding to which all shareholders are party is recommended . |
| 2 | A new side-opening device releases the pressure in the pack , so they expand gently on opening to their usual size , making they easy to remove . |
| 3 | Instead of rushing to a telephone box less than 40 yards away or walking to her nearby home , Joanna trudged to the leisure centre . |
| 4 | ‘ And the bloody madman is walking to his own wedding with all the children , ’ she said , more in sympathy with the children than in laughter . |
| 5 | Several have established research programmes or ‘ task forces ’ charged with explaining to their Academic Boards the costs and benefits of such a move . |
| 6 | I recall explaining to my close friends at school , querying why my sister was so distressed , what had happened , but directing them not to tell anybody . |
| 7 | Astonishingly , no law existed to prevent any of these things happening to what many people considered to be the ‘ Frontispiece to British History ’ . |
| 8 | To avoid the same thing happening to her other horse , Vivian is using specialists company MMB Farmkey from Banbury . |
| 9 | There was no easy way to answer the bitterness in her voice , and Julia remembered what David had said about his mother 's probable feelings during the war and tried to imagine what it must have been like for Mrs Wallington , stuck in Scotland , knowing only a little but guessing all too much of what was happening to her own country — and to her two sons . |
| 10 | What is happening to our famous chalk cliffs ? |
| 11 | So I immediately assumed that this was what was happening to my own kids . |
| 12 | What 's happening to my little girl ? |
| 13 | What was happening to his happy band ? |
| 14 | Nevertheless , marriage within a group surely reinforces the unity of the group , contributing to its total development in harmony with the social factor . |
| 15 | One of the attractions for Levin is the persistency with which Debord , like the Dadaists before him , continued to explore the medium , whilst contributing to its eventual destruction . |
| 16 | The prospect of marriage should be taken into account when assessing damages to be awarded to parents for the death of an unmarried child who was contributing to their financial support . |
| 17 | Library schools were noted by 30% of respondents as contributing to their in-service training , usually by the provision of short courses , occasionally with help in preparation of training aids . |
| 18 | ‘ It gives them a feeling of self worth by contributing to their local community . |
| 19 | The majority of Linfield 's moves were easily broken down , with the Blues contributing to their own problems through sloppy passing and half-hearted tackles . |
| 20 | THE WELSH used to be a hindrance rather than a help to the All Blacks but , by giving Grant Fox permission to practise his goalkicking at the Arms Park prior to tomorrow 's game with Cardiff , they might be contributing to their own downfall . |
| 21 | One day , in the dim and distant future , I expect that I shall want to move into different arenas , but I imagine that I shall continue as an NCT member , not just to receive my favourite journal , New Generation but also to carry on contributing to my favourite charity . |
| 22 | In deciding whether or not to relist an appeal , it could be said that the Court of Appeal is not hearing an appeal but is exercising an autonomous jurisdiction relating to its own procedures . |
| 23 | New staff having been appointed , it is necessary to obtain certain information about them which was not contained on their application form — eg. National Insurance number and PAVE details Personnel files will be established containing information relating to their current position in the company , personal circumstances and background , qualifications and career history . |
| 24 | Most woods have a multitude of banks , ditches and enclosures relating to their former management , which can be shown to have developed at different times . |
| 25 | Local artist Hazel Albarn has been working with ten and 11-year-olds and their teachers , helping them design and create large sculptures relating to their other work topics . |
| 26 | They may have come upon documents relating to their early life when they cleared out the dead parents ' papers . |
| 27 | A number of police officers face charges relating to their alleged misbehaviour on that night , after complaints involving more than 100 officers were referred to the Police Complaints Authority . |
| 28 | Then let us observe that adjectives in the ordinary postcopular predicative position are often questioned by one of a number of set phrases relating to their pragmatic category , such as what shape ? |
| 29 | Depending on the likely cost of redundancies and the scale or likelihood of claims by the vendor 's employees relating to their past relations with the vendor , the purchaser may wish to negotiate a contribution from the vendor or a reduction in the price . |
| 30 | The staggering fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research should lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |