Example sentences of "[pron] continued [to-vb] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I continued to work the whole of this one section quite thoroughly in order to dismiss it or not ( depending on what was found ) . |
| 2 | Many Democrats argued the need to " compensate " for the centuries of white male dominance , and , in so doing , to address the many " disguised " job barriers which continued to hamper the progress of minorities within the labour market . |
| 3 | While revolutionaries may condemn such temporizing , this was an orientation which continued to inform the approach of most peace activists , including socialist ones , down to the present day . |
| 4 | They all turned round , all but Tabitha , who continued to watch the descent of the net on a bow monitor , a satisfied expression on her face . |
| 5 | During 1992 we continued to improve the performance of both staff and volunteers in tackling planning and policy issues . |
| 6 | And they continued to discuss the personality of Lady Henrietta , or rather her apparent lack of personality , for some time , until Alix , almost as an afterthought , got round to enquiring how Liz was taking it . |
| 7 | Addressing both houses of Congress on the subject of the Gulf war on March 6 , President George Bush placed a crime bill near the top of his domestic agenda , and he continued to link the issue of crime with that of the Gulf war when he sent a package of legislative proposals to Congress on March 11 . |
| 8 | But apart from hunting , he seems to have left the business of government to his earls , although he continued to enjoy the society of churchmen , especially of foreign churchmen , gave his heart to the building of Westminster Abbey , engaged in the royal works of mercy , stood meekly through divine office and mass , and — a special note of conscientiousness — ‘ at these times , unless he was addressed , he rarely spoke to anyone ’ . |
| 9 | Hawke refused to stand down , however , claiming that he continued to command the support of the country at large and indicating that he would confront Keating in a leadership ballot . |
| 10 | While he continued to raise the spectre of a return to German hegemony , his new policy ( voiced for the first time at Bordeaux in September 1949 ) revolved around a Franco-German entente , which he saw as the basis for a European confederation . |
| 11 | It later declared that while recognizing President Eduardo dos Santos as head of state , it continued to deny the legitimacy of the MPLA government . |