Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that roads and pavements are often too busy , noisy or polluted to make walking a pleasant alternative to driving . |
| 2 | The only viable alternative is to ‘ mimagree ’ otherwise , to mime agreement in such a way as to contest subtly the authority of the language used rather than launching a direct challenge to male discursive authority . |
| 3 | The answer , quite simply , is that other port employees are now allocated to dock work , representing a significant change to both working practices and labour utilisation . |
| 4 | After the First World War the term ‘ regional planning ’ was used extensively , the new practice representing a significant extension to planning practice . |
| 5 | if he permitted African businessmen to grow [ they ] will grow to the extent of becoming a rival power to his and the party 's prestige , and he would do anything to stop it . |
| 6 | Microsoft responded to Wabi saying it is ‘ proof that Windows NT is becoming a real threat to the Unix market . |
| 7 | Microsoft Corp responded to Wabi saying that it is ‘ proof that Windows NT is becoming a real threat to the Unix market . |
| 8 | Apparently , the institute is considering building a pilot plant , but little is known about its proposals , and clearly we are a long way from that becoming a viable alternative to present-day technology . |
| 9 | The welfare of deaf people was thus becoming a grave concern to many people , and this led in 1911 to an important milestone being reached through the efforts of a wealthy merchant banker , a Mr. Leo Bonn , who was himself deaf . |
| 10 | Serfdom was becoming a dire threat to both domestic and foreign security . |
| 11 | Jomeo is endearingly accident-prone and forever unsuccessful with females ; Gigi , by contrast , is wildly popular with the opposite sex and has made up for her childlessness by becoming a universal aunt to other females ' babies . |
| 12 | She remembered waking up in a long room filled with covered beds ; knocking a uniformed man to the ground ; taking his gun and running . |
| 13 | With the Seasiders announcing a revolutionary offer to season ticket holders of a free season pass for 1993–94 if they fail to make a top seven placing next season , McHale knows he has to strengthen his side . |
| 14 | It is clear from the evidence of wills from all social classes up to the sovereign himself that society valued the spiritual input of those whose dying to worldly values ( at their enclosure the burial service was read over them ) was not regarded with jokey discomfort as disturbingly eccentric , but valued as contributing a unique gift to a total social welfare . |
| 15 | Anyone contributing a single lecture to a series like this — covering a wide spectrum of disciplines and addressed to a general audience — is bound to feel some anxiety and uncertainty about how their contribution will fit into its larger context . |
| 16 | The Norwegians certainly had the measure of this splendid music , each player contributing a full quota to a very relaxed and very rewarding performance , with only the damping effect of the Elmwood Hall 's heavy window curtains a minus factor . |
| 17 | Bentham , who is now most commonly known for his work as a Utilitarian social reformer , first set out his design solution for relating a social organisation to its physical setting in 1791 . |
| 18 | Bartlett , one of the founders of modern psychology , comments on the importance of relating a particular experience to other similar experiences : |
| 19 | Mr Goldberg said that after adopting a consumer-style approach to marketing , both Norfolk and Surrey County Councils had seen increased use of the school meal service . |
| 20 | Adopting a systematic approach to the analysis of the mismatches will help considerably in identifying them in future trials and deciding upon appropriate action . |
| 21 | Another group of plants adopting a similar strategy to the cycads arose at about the same time . |
| 22 | By carrying out this exercise you are adopting a constructive approach to your child 's difficult behaviour . |
| 23 | There is an urgent need to consider adopting a healthy approach to the sun , bearing in mind the evidence of a thinning ozone layer . |
| 24 | Adopting a Formalist approach to the nineteenth-century realist novel would certainly involve a thorough-going change of mental habit , and the critic would have to work harder than s/he does when reading Joyce to see round the fabula and the realistic motivation ; but this is not to say that it might not produce some interesting results . |
| 25 | Furthermore , he believes that business and technical managers are polarised in their views — the former see systems engineers as simply interested in technology for technology 's sake , adopting a piecemeal approach to business rather than building systems that will lead to enhanced company profits . |
| 26 | Certainly , expecting that you will suffer from jet-lag hardly helps and this becomes an argument for adopting a positive attitude to the difficulties and knowing that they can be minimized by following the advice we give later . |
| 27 | By embracing the evidence from the ‘ effectiveness of schools ’ research and adopting a whole-school approach to special educational needs , we can create a truly comprehensive service of education in which it is accepted that ALL teachers have responsibility to meet the needs of ALL children . |
| 28 | THE Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor , Anthony Farquhar was today opening a new extension to St Mary 's High School , Downpatrick . |
| 29 | An ‘ episode ’ is the name given to the smallest complete unit of teaching — this could be the teacher 's revision of the previous lesson 's work ( revision episode ) or explaining a particular point to the class ( explanation episode ) or coaching an individual child on a problem he is working on ( coaching episode ) , etc . |
| 30 | Fortunately , it 's a tremendously generous jug , enabling a secure launch to be made over the bulge into the easier crack above . |