Example sentences of "[to-vb] [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the success of scientific theories in describing events , most people have come to believe that God allows the universe to evolve according to a set of laws and does not intervene in the universe to break these laws . |
| 2 | He is more likely to enjoy going to a restaurant that has good traditional furnishings that are well designed in their own terms . |
| 3 | If others follow suit , then the feeling is the Department of Education may find it hard to justify sticking to a policy that PARENTS are actively refusing to accept . |
| 4 | From March 1992 all bottles of acids will come with the proven ‘ safe-break ’ plastic coating , designed to keep splashing to a minimum if the bottle is dropped or broken . |
| 5 | The colour co-ordinated hotplate has been designed to keep cleaning to a minimum . |
| 6 | We ask the media to keep reporting to a minimum . |
| 7 | Try to keep drinking to a minimum when you are pregnant , for the sake of your own health and your baby 's . |
| 8 | MARIS OTTER , once the most popular of malting barleys , continues to decline according to a survey . |
| 9 | What Hodgkinson achieved in English terms was to elevate goalkicking to an art form with the metronomic rhythm of his swing and the low trajectory , more often than not just enough to get the ball over the bar . |
| 10 | In Cammell Laird v. Manganese Bronze & brass ( 1934 H.L. ) the sellers were to supply a particular ship 's propellers which they were to make according to a specification supplied by the buyer . |