Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers ( UCET ) debated this before agreeing to publication as a matter of course , though they were under some pressure from the DES , HMI , and , interestingly , from the Vice-Chancellors ( individually and collectively through the Committee for Principals and Vice-Chancellors ) . |
| 2 | While advocates of community policing express confidence in its ability to effect improvements ( Alderson 1979 , 1982 ; Scarman 1981 ) , research contradicts this by pointing to resistance from those constables who are responsible for it or to organizational constraints ( Fielding et al . |
| 3 | Planning involves a series of action steps , such as going to bed earlier than usual and setting an alarm ( or a failsafe system incorporating two or more alarms ! ) . for more on the need for specificity see Action plans on page 1 . |
| 4 | There was a similar body in existence , the Privy Council , consisting of the chief officials of state together with other influential persons , which , indeed , still exists today as the formal body which technically discharges much of the official business of the Crown , such as assenting to prerogative legislation , explained below . |
| 5 | Within the confines of the garden your dog will have learnt the basic commands such as walking to heel and sitting . |
| 6 | The patient 's history usually reveals long-standing difficulties in coping with stressful events and the use of maladaptive coping mechanisms , such as resorting to alcohol , regressing to a very dependent and helpless state , or inertia . |
| 7 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 8 | If they stand a chance at all of appealing to agency workers , it will only be ( as the General and Municipal union have done in trying to attract the self-employed ) by appealing to individualist , entrepreneurial interests rather than collectivist , employee interests . |
| 9 | They therefore constitute a significant historical source , above all in bringing to life the British community in Calcutta . |