Example sentences of "[vb pp] [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expenditure related to the EAGGF ( Guarantee Section ) while officially justified according to a number of criteria ( Coleman 1983 ) , is certainly protectionist in effect . |
| 2 | All cases were regarded according to a classification of Isaacson et al into high grade and low grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue . |
| 3 | Thus the system of exogamy prevailed , according to which a bride had to be obtained from another clan , ‘ bride-price ’ and dowry being given according to an agreement between the parents . |
| 4 | Sale agreements commonly provide for the value of the pension rights to be calculated according to a formula set out in the agreement and for the detailed calculations to be agreed between the parties ' actuaries , or , if they do not agree , to be determined by another actuary acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 5 | Furthermore a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ dress was not made according to a man 's stereotype of how a woman should look , although Laura believed that the covered-up , ‘ floaty ’ look was what men liked . |
| 6 | ‘ Payments will be made according to a formula — even if the parties involved have come to their own amicable agreement . |
| 7 | animal feedstuff to be made according to a specification supplied by the buyer ( see Ashington Piggeries v. Hill ( 1971 H.L. ) ) ; |
| 8 | And where every body panel is precisely positioned according to a computer model consisting of 12,000 reference points . |
| 9 | Nuclei were prepared according to a procedure which gives transcriptionally active , intact nuclei ( 23 ) . |
| 10 | It is quite likely that they will make suggestions or ask that the work is prepared according to a set of guidelines that they provide . |
| 11 | If homoeopathy is such an individual way of treating you — for example , one person with influenza may have quite a different medicine from another person with it — what is the value of homoeopathic remedies now seen on many chemists ' shelves which could be used by people who are not aware that the choice of a remedy has to be selected according to a number of factors , not just by a simple set of symptoms ? |
| 12 | Virtually every camp , in Lebanon , Syria , Jordan , and also in the West Bank , is organized according to a refugee family 's village or place of origin . |
| 13 | She was seen talking to a man outside the house by a neighbour at 1pm , then vanished without trace . |
| 14 | Joanne Fitzgerald , a market researcher from Brentford , Middx , was last seen talking to a man in Dunkin Doughnut in Piccadilly in London 's West End on March 15 . |
| 15 | In Birmingham , Alabama , you could be banished from the city for being seen talking to a Communist , which was held to be committing a public nuisance . |
| 16 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 17 | More often , Badb was seen striding to a river on her great legs to wash clothes . |
| 18 | This book has had to be reprinted as the original which was published at the end of November 1991 was withdrawn owing to an injunction issued by Sheik Zayed bin Sultan at Nahayan the Ruler of Abu Dhabi . |
| 19 | The process was never completed owing to a lack of consensus in a number of important areas and only a few piecemeal changes have been made over the years , most recently the creation of Schools in 1989 . |
| 20 | Drunk priest is nicked driving to a funeral |
| 21 | Since many of these problem drug users were known to have taken or be taking more than one drug , they were classified according to a hierarchy of six drug-use categories , in order to simplify the numerous kinds of polydrug use exhibited . |
| 22 | Each sentence was classified according to a number of textual features which might increase the amount of time required to read it . |
| 23 | Oriental rugs can be classified according to a number of criteria — design , colours , materials , price , etc — but arguably the most useful , and certainly the most widely employed , methods of classification are by country of origin , weaving group and general weaving category . |
| 24 | For example where a field leading to a river could only be used according to a sign for ‘ Parking — Members of the Walton Angling Club only ’ , it would constitute a private field . |
| 25 | The characteristic level of bargaining is similarly ranked according to a scale representing national , industry or regional , and enterprise or workplace levels , with intermediate values depicting cases of ‘ mixed ’ bargaining . |
| 26 | The drug categories were ranked according to an assessment of their ‘ problem-causing ’ potential , particularly as regards such problems as addiction , overdose , disease , and temporary deficits in skills needed to operate machinery ( for example , to drive a car ) . |
| 27 | Whether that period should be spent in bed followed by a prolonged holiday or whether it should be spent returning to a degree of post-infarct fitness will be discussed later . |
| 28 | The remedies are derived mainly from the natural world ( the mineral , plant and animal kingdoms ) and are selected and administered according to a set of basic principles . |
| 29 | The portfolios were distributed according to an agreement reached on April 7 . |
| 30 | HOUSE prices appear to have steadied according to a survey by Britain 's biggest building society . |