Example sentences of "[v-ing] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Director of the State Historical Library , Mikhail Afanas'yev , has confessed in an interview with the newspaper Kuranty that , ‘ Books from captured German holdings are perishing to a limited extent ’ . |
| 2 | Let me give another very recent example while these rather alarming , in some ways , events were going on in Arkensaw , the London Times — not the Sunday Times now — had as a centre page article by a distinguished cosmologist , Fred Hoyle , announcing to a startled world that he 'd suddenly acquired some doubts about evolution . |
| 3 | Their generosity was appreciated being so willing to give some time explaining to a fellow enthusiast the intricacies of steaming a locomotive for the first time and the difficulties which had been experienced in the rebuilding process . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's just — ’ He paused , his voice blurring to a savage growl . |
| 5 | James Fanshawe 's filly was showing improved form in storming to a six-length win from Absalom 's Pillar . |
| 6 | MADONNA , EMF , GEORGE MICHAEL , LISA STANSFIELD and SEAL are among artists contributing to a new AIDS benefit LP . |
| 7 | He stood over her , his black suit and ugly , smiling face contributing to a vague impression of evil . |
| 8 | A number of our teachers are particularly interested in the field of SPECIAL NEEDS , attending , organising and contributing to a wide range of in-service training to update their knowledge through lectures , seminars , workshops etc . |
| 9 | Time and again , witnesses told parliamentary commissions that women workers were either girls living at home with their parents and contributing to a multi-income household , or that if married , they were earning " pocket money " . |
| 10 | It is a generally held view that contributing to a good pension scheme is the best method of saving . |
| 11 | For the working-class child correct physical development could help eliminate the immoral effects of a dissolute culture or unhealthy environment , contributing to a gradual improvement of national physique . |
| 12 | Or would it be a sign of still greater maturity for their staff to go on contributing to a national system , a system in which the collaboration of the entire academic community could raise standards higher and judge quality more surely ? |
| 13 | The main causes of the decline are perhaps connected with contemporary and major changes in agricultural practice , but climatic factors have also contributed , with a series of cool damp summers , particularly in the 1950s , contributing to a high chick mortality on the coastal plain , for example . |
| 14 | It is an impossibly restricted view , therefore , to imagine a universal approach to landform study being based only upon consideration of historical development … the physical and the resulting psychological , inability of geographers to handle successfully the simultaneous operation of a number of causes contributing to a given effect has been one of the greatest impediments to the advancement of their discipline . |
| 15 | The ‘ B ’ vitamins are a very complex group , with each individual ‘ B ’ vitamin contributing to a different aspect of fitness . |
| 16 | Drought , which had seriously affected the country between 1987 and 1989 and had led to severe job losses , remained a problem , the resulting need to increase food imports contributing to a rising trade deficit ( which for the period January to July 1990 totalled US$1,125 million , an increase of 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 1989 ) and expected to offset any gains from higher prices for oil exports . |
| 17 | The most that Europe can hope to achieve , or should aim for , is an expanded economic free trade area made up of sovereign states all contributing to a cultural diversity that is economically stable and ecologically sustainable . |
| 18 | As the state had come to intervene more and more in the field of welfare provision it fed the ethic of equality and broke down the constraining check of deference ( of poor people in their place ) , so itself contributing to a growing lobby for " more " and " better " public provision . |
| 19 | Media coverage of issues relating to a healthy lifestyle is certainly extensive , but can be confusing . |
| 20 | a situation relating to a new development under which there would not be damage . |
| 21 | focus ( iv ) : Historical issues relating to a selected text or group of texts : examples The specifically nineteenth-century idea of beauty in the nineteenth-century novel ; developments in the theatre immediately before the English Civil War ; representations of industrial life in early twentieth-century novels . |
| 22 | SPRs are used to report a fault or documentation error relating to a specific issue or module under LIFESPAN control , and to suggest improvements to pieces of software or documentation . |
| 23 | SPRs are used to report a fault or documentation error relating to a specific issue or module under LIFESPAN control , and to suggest improvements to pieces of software or documentation . |
| 24 | An SPR is the means whereby a user reports a fault or documentation error relating to a specific product or module , or makes a suggestion for improving its documentation , performance etc . |
| 25 | The model will simulate a ‘ linguistic agent ’ able to generate and interpret discourse relating to a specific task . |
| 26 | For example , if we try to assign characters to the vibration of H 2 O in which bond O-H a stretches , we can see ( Fig. 5.18 ) that X v is + 1 for elements E and σ yz ; but for C 2 and σ xz the arrow representing the motion is neither left unmoved nor simply reversed , but ends up where a similar arrow relating to a stretching motion of the O-H b bond would have been . |
| 27 | Disclosure orders may be made in respect of assets outside the jurisdiction , for example documents relating to a Swiss bank account . |
| 28 | A very interesting case study relating to a successful application of participation at Rolls Royce is given in Mumford & Henshall ( 1979 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Secondary data also provide information relating to a wide variety of different aspects of international operations . |
| 30 | The project aims to investigate the methodology of establishing interactive microprocessor and large computer models relating to a wide range of topics in environmental technology decision-making and to develop representative models . |