Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these droplets grow large enough , by colliding together or by sticking to ice crystals , they fall as rain . |
| 2 | The addresses of local Energy Projects who may be able to help with draught-proofing and insulation , can be obtained from local advice agencies , or by writing to Neighbourhood Energy Action at 2/4 , Bigg Market , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , NE1 1UW . |
| 3 | It is not a cumulative figure obtained by adding up the cost of treating a given volume of specific diseases and of restoring to health , or transferring to a better world , a given number of patients . |
| 4 | He was against tobacco , and against dancing , and against cinemas , and against going to church only once on Sundays . |
| 5 | When toilet training , a systematic approach of putting the child on the potty or the lavatory after each meal and before going to bed can start to establish a routine and pattern ( Levine and Bakow 1976 ) . |
| 6 | Patients in one group were given Reflotron machines ( Boehringer Mannheim , Germany ) and were asked to measure their triglyceride concentrations at home , before meals and before going to bed , twice a week and to record the results in diaries . |
| 7 | It will concentrate in particular on the difficulties which people have travelling to work , in travelling in their search for jobs , and in travelling to health facilities . |
| 8 | Beveridge aimed to correct this situation in the 1940s by refusing to call housewives dependants and by referring to marriage as an equal partnership . |
| 9 | Obviously there is also the money element , and by returning to work you can perhaps give your child other benefits you might not otherwise be able to afford such as foreign holidays or maybe a private education . |
| 10 | But before proceeding to optimism I have to introduce some harsh truths . |
| 11 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |