Example sentences of "[v-ing] to the [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashenden left immediately , with the manifold brief of herding his flock together , of informing the coach-driver of the postponed departure , of phoning Broughton Castle to cancel the special out-of-season arrangements ; of explaining to the Stratford hotel the cancellation of the thirty lunches booked for 1 p.m. ; and finally of reassuring the lunchtime guest-speaker from the Royal Shakespeare Company that her fee would still be paid . |
| 2 | Can I ask erm what 's happening to the Harlow Playhouse based Youth theatre cos obviously that has left a big gap in performances cos there 's nothing in this programme . |
| 3 | Even if the early 1980s mark the trough of the latest Kondratiev cycle we have little idea of what is happening to the UK economy unless we can explain what gives rise to these long waves , Long-wave theorists rely upon fluctuations in innovation by firms for most of their explanatory power . |
| 4 | There is , however , another version of what is happening to the UK economy , one which looks towards services rather than manufacturing as the basis upon which the economy will be re-established . |
| 5 | Ironically this Heath Robinson make-do also ended up contributing to the Dalek myth . |
| 6 | " Unless we take very prompt and significant action to reduce greenhouse emissions we 're very likely to experience severe impacts " , said Peter Gleick , a co-chairman of a working group contributing to the Stockholm Institute report . |
| 7 | monitoring of the environment The Soviet government has announced a decision to take part in global ecological monitoring by both utilising and contributing to the UN Environment Programme 's GRID database . |
| 8 | It is contributing to the Cambridge University-based Pandora Project , a multimedia communications system based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology . |
| 9 | ‘ And the lettering underneath it says : ‘ Fun-loving , globe-trotting millionaire playboy Richard Arnold will be jetting to the Florida sunshine next week to witness the launch of Arnsat 1 , the first communi — ’ she hesitated , ‘ — cations sat … ellite built by Arnco Inter … national Group . |
| 10 | The statement also said : ‘ The Prime Minister and the president of the commission today had a discussion covering a number of subjects relating to the Edinburgh summit as well as the present difficulties in reaching agreement on the Gatt Uruguay round and the oil seeds dispute . |
| 11 | I think I 'd like to make two quick points relating to the Three-Ninetieth Bombardment Group . |
| 12 | As mentioned above , the development of Management Studies ( para. 1.1.1 ) and ( more particularly ) physical developments relating to the Radcliffe Infirmary site ( para. 3.2 ) and to the facilities for Arts and Social Sciences ( para. 3.3 ) are dependent upon additional external funding being received . |
| 13 | To inquire into and thereby establish the fullest possible account and the civil liberties implications of the role of the police , the police authorities and the criminal courts in the events arising from and relating to the NUM dispute which began in March 1984 ( see NCCL Report 1984 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 15 | Senator David L. Boren , the committee 's chairman , said that the delay would give the panel time to examine the " flurry of allegations " concerning Gates , especially those relating to the Iran-contra affair . |
| 16 | There will be more displays relating to the Rothschild family and a first important addition will be the long-term loan of seven panels painted by Leon Bakst which depict the story of Sleeping Beauty , with members of the Rothschild family and their friends as the characters . |
| 17 | No response has been forthcoming over the N.A.F.D. comments relating to the Intra Community Transfer of Human Remains . |
| 18 | Design proposals and plans relating to The Altrincham Cellar proposal |
| 19 | Reports said that the discussions had centred mainly on issues relating to the Kashmir dispute and nuclear non-proliferation in south Asia . |
| 20 | Sir , I , and I suspect a good number of other readers , was surprised to read some of the comments in your feature on page one of the issue dated 20 September relating to the GCR Gala Weekend of 14/15 September . |
| 21 | There is a lack of historical evidence relating to the Barwick-in-Elmet maypole before a poem by Edward Burlend described the stealing of it in 1829 ( an event reminiscent of Gawthorpe maypole 's early history ! ) . |
| 22 | " For reasons which I wo n't go into now , I think we may be specially interested in all matters relating to the Ingard group 's involvement with Winter Marsh — the ex-Ministry of Defence land which you mentioned , Sir Geoffrey , the other day . |
| 23 | of the Winchester Group 's issued share capital — was of good character and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether he was a fit and proper person to be appointed as a company representative ; ( 2 ) a letter dated 18 October 1990 directing the chief enforcement officer to undertake the said investigation ; ( 3 ) correspondence relating to the Winchester Group passing between the Chief Executive and the general manager of Norwich Union since 15 October 1990 ; ( 4 ) a copy of a letter dated 12 October 1990 from Abbey Life to the Securities and Investments Board relating to the connections between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh , a former Abbey Life appointed representative , now awaiting trial on mortgage fraud charges ; ( 5 ) a copy of a letter dated 31 July 1990 from the Winchester Group offering Mr. Singh the position of recruitment officer . |
| 24 | I have followed the debates and other writings relating to the Wensleydale limestone transportation . |
| 25 | When evidence relating to the Cleveland end of the project is complete , the hearing switches back to Northallerton for the final days . |
| 26 | Indeed , it was he who , returning to the Sunday lunch-table after taking a telephone call from Otto , referred to the sale juif . |
| 27 | He asked me if I would be kind enough to remind all parents that his is returning to the Skarloey Railway at the end of October . |
| 28 | On returning to the Soho factory , probably the next day , Murdock was immediately taken on trial . |
| 29 | Allison will be assisting manager Denis Rofe on a consultancy basis from later this week , returning to the Twerton Park ground where he began his managerial career 29 years ago with Bath City . |
| 30 | Returning to the Cherry House , she discovered what , deep down , she always knew anyway : that ‘ home is always with you , it does n't matter if you 're moving about . |