Example sentences of "[vb pp] [v-ing] to [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , as prime evidence of date and function the artefacts must be integrated into the excavation report itself and the artificial division into materials replaced by objects grouped according to function and deposit . |
| 2 | These were grouped according to theme and accompanied by a variety of tasks . |
| 3 | Secondly , it remained uncertain whether continental western European corporate language policy varied according to country and company size or type . |
| 4 | The amount of toll-in-kind payable for the service of milling the grain varied according to region and period , but the average charge was one-sixteenth part of the grain by volume . |
| 5 | Allegiances are formed according to colour and group censorship demands conformity as ritualized insults fly : |
| 6 | A prior , and misleading , assumption that the levels of direct taxation in Britain were very high has been eroded as levels of direct taxation have progressively been reduced in the 1980s , whilst the rates of indirect taxation — which are paid on goods and services and are therefore not levied according to income but according to expenditure — have increased . |
| 7 | The data discussed here were selected according to wind-direction and particle-concentration criteria that have been shown previously to define ‘ baseline ’ periods of very clean oceanic air . |
| 8 | The stations on the Trans-Siberian were classified according to size and amenity into five categories . |
| 9 | It seemed that everyone had to be classified according to height and weight so that they would compete against boys of roughly the same size in the school sports at the end of the year . |
| 10 | Each unit is ranked according to profitability and profit growth , which helps spur competition between IDG managers and — with any luck — encourages them to learn from each other . |
| 11 | The Commissioners had a discretion as to the levying of the money , but the court struck their decision down : the discretion was to be exercised according to reason and law and it was unreasonable for R to bear the whole burden . |
| 12 | In order to secure an income that reflected the subsistence needs of families , wages were to be set according to age and family responsibilities . |
| 13 | Millionaire financier , Sir Jack Lyons has been spared going to prison after a court heard that a jail sentence could kill him ; the judge , Mr Justice Henry said he accepted the businessman was seriously ill . |
| 14 | Dealers feel an instinctive dislike for Stock Exchange member firms where position is awarded according to age and experience . |
| 15 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 16 | Vector changes relative to these regions were established and categorised according to type and position . |
| 17 | They were divided into three groups on the basis of self-reported average annual mileage and the groups were balanced according to age and number of years licensed as shown in Table 4.1 . |
| 18 | When considering the on-cost on stocks the builder must take into account the employment costs of storekeepers , stock lost owing to obsolescence and deterioration , insurance , interest on capital invested , and overhead costs associated with administration and floor space . |
| 19 | No clear relation was found with degree of dysplasia , and no information was given pertaining to size or presence of malignant change . |
| 20 | For the wealthy there were gold bracelets weighed by the market gold merchants and purchased according to weight and the going price of gold , not according to design . |
| 21 | Crews are fairly divided according to age and experience , and all 130 competitors had to raise £14,850 for their berth — Justine is jointly sponsored by Price Waterhouse and Blackburn-based accountancy firm Porter Matthews and Marsden , for which she has been working . |
| 22 | One of the joys of making a trifle is that the ingredients can be changed according to taste and season . |
| 23 | My clothes and conversation changed according to environment and companion . |