Example sentences of "[vb pp] [v-ing] to [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since , however , cases concerning property which has devolved according to those provisions will for many years continue to come before the courts , they are summarized in a note at the end of the book . |
| 2 | The question whether that is what the buyer bargained for has to be answered according to such tests as men in the market would apply , leaving more delicate questions of condition , or quality , to be determined under other clauses of the contract or sections of the Act . |
| 3 | Convention establishes certain procedures so that when clear rules are adopted according to these procedures , people can rely on state intervention in their behalf ; they can also rely on the state not to intervene at the behest of other citizens except as these rules stipulate and can plan and coordinate their affairs accordingly . |
| 4 | Products or services may then have to be positioned according to these perceptions . |
| 5 | Fourth , if , having acted according to these principles , he were subsequently challenged regarding the lawfulness of his conduct , the doctor would have the benefit of the defence of necessity if he had intervened , but if he had not intervened , he would not thereby be in breach of his duty to his patient . |
| 6 | When a figure is drawn according to these instructions it will , as a consequence , have various properties which a geometer might have predicted . |
| 7 | Words such as " both " , " pint " , and " steak " become unrecognisable if pronounced according to the GPC rules ( they would rhyme with " moth " , " mint " , and " meek " ) , and irregular words such as " bread " , " come " , and " wild " actually become different words when pronounced according to these rules ( i.e. , " breed " , " comb " , and " willed " ) . |
| 8 | What has also survived , at least in part , is a landscape which has been moulded according to those beliefs . |
| 9 | His conclusion is that English , if constituted according to these principles , is the university study not only best suited to produce the truly democratic individual , but the discipline which is " destined in time to become the educational centre in English speaking democracies " . |
| 10 | Local authorities house people from the waiting-list on the basis of a points system , which varies between different local authorities , points being gained according to such criteria as length of time on the waiting-list , current housing situation , numbers of children , and so on . |
| 11 | ‘ I have sometimes been astonished to hear the contemptuous manner in which Europeans in the Indies speak of [ Mughal architecture ] , ’ he writes , adding of the Delhi Jama Masjid : ‘ I grant that this building is not constructed according to those rules of architecture which we seem to think ought to be implicitly followed ; yet I can see no fault that offends taste . |