Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] to [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his attempt to determine whether the methods and concepts of ecology and physical geography can contribute effectively to analysis of urban issues in the context of the city as an integrated open system of living things interacting with their physical environment , Douglas ( 1981 ) argues that an attempt must be made to link the city as a habitat or an ecosystem with the city as a social system and he develops an ecosystem approach to the study of cities . |
| 2 | ‘ ALTHOUGH the contribution of the world we live in to the levels of risk is most obvious for accidents , developments in medical thinking throughout the last two centuries have indicated how by modifying the way we live — originally through general improvements in diet and hygiene , more recently through changes in education and social welfare — we can contribute substantially to prolongation of healthy life or its reduction by increasing smoke pollution and cigarette consumption ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I shall look forward to hearing of you . ’ |
| 4 | The rest were written off to the Chinese , who did not take kindly to violation of their air-space . |
| 5 | If I can talk immediately to scope of that amendment before moving on to some points about the budget . |