Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system of the citizens filling offices by random rotation , and of having the right to take part in the assembly , meant that Athens between , say 462 and 322 , came as near as any community ever has to achieving the democratic ideal of government by the people themselves , through citizen participation , rather than the modern substitutes of representation or even delegation . |
| 2 | My third point is to remind you that fixing a criterion for non-intervention amounts to setting the moral agenda for the treatment of VLBW babies . |
| 3 | In the same interview from which I quoted , Mr. Bickerstaffe went on to repeat the high priority that NUPE attaches to increasing the minimum wage — a proposal which the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) has already said would cost the NHS between £400 million and £500 million . |
| 4 | The term rectification refers to rendering the alternating current or potential difference unidirectional through removing or reversing it whenever it is one of its two possible polarities . |
| 5 | While Mrs Weller confesses to liking the young rebel , he was unpopular with most of the teachers . |
| 6 | Simple life Nowadays she admits to enjoying the simple pleasures in life . |
| 7 | She admits to touching the Black Prince , so its suitability as a weapon could well have occurred to her then . |
| 8 | No matter how hard she tries to give up , she still admits to smoking the occasional cigarette . |
| 9 | When it comes to achieving the right weight for health , and maintaining it , some of us are going to have a far harder task than others . |
| 10 | Erm Gordon Brown is giving in , is he not to pressure from the traditionalists , when it comes to soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , he 's now saying , well maybe there will be a bit of soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , whereas he wanted to say , and you wanted him to say , no we 're not going to do that , we moved away from that . |
| 11 | When it comes to using the right tools for the job it is also important to realise that the final output from a desktop publishing system is not always the end product . |
| 12 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 13 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 14 | Some people are ‘ naturals ’ when it comes to helping the elderly , because they are affectionate , imaginative and capable . |
| 15 | When it comes to supporting the private sector , Scott is a vociferous and tough opponent . |
| 16 | ‘ Gabriel , when it comes to escorting the good folk up to Heaven , you point straight at the old dame . |
| 17 | When it comes to handling the environmental crisis there is undoubted strength but also a flaw in the Western democratic system which has triumphed so dramatically , both ideologically and materially , at the end of the twentieth century : its political and economic well-being depends on growth and the prospect of ever-increasing wealth and improved standards of living . |
| 18 | In all the tanks where my fish are housed a small terracotta saucer is placed on to the bottom where the food is placed , this does help when it comes to cleaning the uneaten food off the aquarium bottom . |
| 19 | The list of Scottish footballers who have frequented their local turf accountant is longer than the starting lineup for the Grand National , but when it comes to identifying the ante-post favourite one player stands out above the rest . |
| 20 | The £6 billion received in farm subsidies has put Ireland very much on the side of the French and West Germans when it comes to defending the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 21 | When it comes to putting the finishing touches to the tractor , though , this Italian firm still has something to learn from other makers . |
| 22 | The closer a community comes to realizing the democratic ideal of self-government , the greater the extent of citizen participation in government , the more the conventional distinction between government and governed is dissolved . |
| 23 | When it comes to confronting the Soviet military challenge , strategic provincialism and its companion , strategic introversion , may prove more damaging to the West than Soviet power itself . |
| 24 | When it comes to specifying the fundamental disciplinary components which constitute the actual means of engaging in this " climb " , the Committee selects exegesis , art , and history , while at the same time insisting that English literature should clearly be distinguished from history , and indeed sociology and philosophy . |
| 25 | ‘ So when it comes to paying the academic and administrative core staff of the college , when it comes to heating and lighting the buildings , ensuring their safety , maintaining the basic fabric of the place , it is the Universities Funding Council block grant which is the only money available to cover these costs . ’ |
| 26 | But a lot depends on how good a job Claris does when it comes to adding the final gloss . |
| 27 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |