Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked at St Mary 's Hospital as assistant physician and lecturer in pathology and in 1866 graduated MD before returning to University College as professor of pathological anatomy in 1867 , becoming a physician to University College Hospital in 1878 . |
| 2 | Some circulate in the Arctic Ocean , others stream down the east Greenland or Labrador coasts and disperse widely in the north Atlantic Ocean , becoming a hazard to shipping . |
| 3 | In the early 1960s it became clear that compulsory continuing education was actually becoming a hindrance to recruitment . |
| 4 | Many elderly housebound people living alone feel the loss of their independence very keenly and fear becoming a burden to others . |
| 5 | As long as you identify with the negative messages that trick you into becoming a victim to negativity , then you will be used . |
| 6 | Belgium has its Coordination Centre regime and has recently extended its participation exemption to gains and so is becoming a rival to locations such as the Netherlands , Luxembourg and Gibraltar for holding companies . |
| 7 | We could promote computer training for the D A Os enabling a move to computer as branch records , making branch administration efficient and streamlined . |
| 8 | For Owen therefore there is no ‘ philosophical ’ objection to the goal of returning a pupil to school in the manner that the LEA is eager to encourage : |
| 9 | Dole march : As TV 's Michael Palin travels from Pole to Pole , Skelmersdale Unemployed Workers Centre is staging a Dole to Dole march , between offices in the town and Ormskirk on December 19 . |
| 10 | Jarvis wandered about the world as young people do , but instead of driving a van to India or observing political upheaval in Central America or getting into trouble in Africa he went to look at metro systems . |
| 11 | A bolt-rig , incorporating a 2oz to 3oz bomb , although not essential , is nevertheless a very successful method for this extreme long range fishing . |
| 12 | Police and MPs have strongly criticized an Old Bailey verdict which allowed a teenage vandal to walk free after he 'd admitted stabbing a neighbour to death . |
| 13 | police and MPs have strongly criticized a teenage vandal to walk free after he 'd admitted stabbing a neighbour to death . |
| 14 | BENJAMIN Bream , stepson of the guitarist Julian Bream , was yesterday found guilty of stabbing a friend to death during an argument at a party . |
| 15 | A GLASGOW man was jailed for ten years yesterday for stabbing a man to death during a struggle . |
| 16 | Rescinding a reference to arbitration |
| 17 | Returning along the track , a gate in the wall on the right near a barn , 200 yards short of Calf Holes , admits to a sloping field with a sharp descent after passing a limekiln to Browgill Cave ; the stream which issues from there is the one that disappears into Calf Holes . |
| 18 | Only a handful of politicians in Britain have succeeded in doing what Heseltine has done — establishing a claim to leadership while outside the ruling group of his party . |
| 19 | But the difficulty of establishing a claim to self determination can be seen with regard to birth control . |
| 20 | A controversial decision by the referee in refusing a let to Peter Marshall , England 's No 1 , ended his gallant fightback against an inspired Tristan Nancarrow , of Australia . |
| 21 | The third khthon was also swaying and chanting a welcome to death . |
| 22 | Claims that anglers discard tackle causing a hazard to wildlife are also denied . |
| 23 | It was thought that the position of these encourages motorists to cut the corner when coming over the bridge thus causing a hazard to vehicles and pedestrians coming the other way . |
| 24 | Residents in the service road not surprisingly are complaining that excessive speeds are used er by these vehicles using this rat run and this is causing a danger to children going to the local school at that time of the day . |
| 25 | But a journalist on a local paper had claimed that the police had fired the first shot and without shouting a warning to Place . |
| 26 | Here the new road over to Glen Garry , continuing the A.87 classification , turns to the right , the signpost still urging a visit to Fort William . |
| 27 | But in his still semi-confused state , writing a letter to Liza seemed beyond him . |
| 28 | writing a letter to Chris Patten about the protocol . |
| 29 | Yeah I 'm writing a letter to mothers I 'm writing a letter to mum and I just wanted it to be . |
| 30 | as much as anything , but it 's only cos you 're writing a letter , and you say oh hello you writing a letter to mum , he says no I killed her to come here , you do n't put your foot in it a big way , but after a while because you know nobody there is nice it really makes a lot of difference people |