Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Jackson , reminding us of the different varieties of bureaucrat identified by Downs ( 1967 ) , questions the assumption that everything contributing to a bureaucrat 's utility function can be represented by the bureau 's budget . |
| 2 | A spokesman for the Northern Polar Institute claimed that nuclear tests on the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya were also contributing to the seals ' deaths . |
| 3 | Once when we were both contributing to The Year 's Work in English Studies ( he on Renaissance drama ) , I met him in the library and expressed anxiety about the deadline . |
| 4 | Contributing to the rouble 's decline is the Russian central bank 's predilection for printing money , a big pile of which has been used to finance other CIS republics ' trade deficits with Russia . |
| 5 | As the people of Stockport were taking care of the repairs to the School and contributing to the Master 's salary , they requested permission to appoint a new man without the formality of an interview before the Company in London , which would necessitate an expensive and inconvenient journey . |
| 6 | He had already begun contributing to the Gardeners ' Chronicle . |
| 7 | erm but you 're also going to know that you 're contributing to the society erm and that even if some people in the newspapers and some politicians are dismissing unemployed people and saying that they 're scroungers , that that is n't the case for you , that you are erm making a positive input into society , probably a much more positive input than a lot of those people that are critical of erm unemployed people . |
| 8 | The clinical purpose stems from the fact that in many instances the co-operation of the patient and the patient 's faith or at least confidence in the efficiency of the treatment is a major factor contributing to the treatment 's success . |
| 9 | Poor breeding in wet , cold springs ; clear-felling of Scots pine forests ; the proliferation of dense sitka spruce plantations ; and over-shooting have all been suggested as contributing to the capercaillie 's retreat . |
| 10 | But it is this silly attitude towards using appropriate tackle that is the main factor contributing to the barbel 's demand for increasingly smaller hooks . |
| 11 | In the first place all those senior managers and their advisers , contributing to the organization 's corporate plan , are fulfilling , among other things , a definite marketing role ie examining the market-place and assessing the organization 's ability to meet current and future demands on its resources . |
| 12 | The controversy has resulted in each side accusing the other of contributing to the seal 's demise . |
| 13 | On the coaching side we need to exploit fully our creativity and diversity of styles and encourage teachers to come forward and take a hand in contributing to the team 's repertoire . |
| 14 | Appeals against the decision of a licensing board in an application relating to a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing in section 4 ( 1 ) above shall affect the determination of any issue , or prevent the admission or requirement of any evidence , relating to a person 's previous convictions or to circumstances ancillary thereto — |
| 16 | He or she will not be responsible for hearing appeals on matters of law relating to a person 's tax liabilities , or for property valuation appeals ; those will continue to be the responsibility of the independent general and special commissioners for tax and the relevant tribunals for valuation matters . |
| 17 | They do this by acting on the experience mode of establishing truth , and , given the uncertainty associated with any economic analysis relating to a company 's future , experience of a crisis is probably far better at getting us to reassess our schemas and scripts than is rational analysis in times of stability and success . |
| 18 | valuations relating to a company 's purchase of its own shares |
| 19 | The court may ask a court welfare officer or a local authority to provide a report on particular matters relating to a child 's welfare ( s7 ) . |
| 20 | Section 1(2) of the Act requires the court to have particular regard to the general principle that any delay in determining a question relating to a child 's upbringing is likely to prejudice the child 's welfare . |
| 21 | ( a ) The welfare principle Under s1(1) of the Act the child 's welfare must be the court 's paramount consideration when it determines any question relating to a child 's upbringing . |
| 22 | ( d ) Avoidance of delay Section 1(2) requires the court to have regard to the general principle that any delay in determining any question relating to a child 's upbringing is likely to prejudice the child 's welfare . |
| 23 | Information exempt from disclosure is defined and includes information relating to an individual 's education . |
| 24 | For any member who is interested in the Acts of Parliament relating to the Bishop 's Castle Railway , I intend , over the next issues of the Journal , to give you details of them . |
| 25 | Photo-copies of acts of Parliament relating to the Bishop 's Castle Railway , held by the Society . |
| 26 | However , we have compiled a list of approximately 30 photographers who have taken photographs relating to the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 27 | The Commission wished us well in our venture of acting as custodians of material , documents , etc. relating to the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 28 | In this chapter we have looked at twelve issues relating to the church 's task in communicating its message effectively . |
| 29 | However , the questions and answers relating to the officers ' comments on what they had observed during surveillance might well have been edited out . |
| 30 | A database relating to the school 's archive collection is being compiled by sixth-form pupils during general studies sessions . |