Example sentences of "and [prep] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when the evil day comes , you will be able to resist the enemy 's attacks ; and after fighting to the end you will still hold your ground . ’ |
| 2 | He also denies a further charge of conspiring to the unauthorised modification of computers and of conspiring to the unauthorised access of computer material . |
| 3 | The parties are later sent by post either a summary decision or a full written decision as soon as it has been typed up and signed by the chairman , which is accompanied by information about applying for a review of the decision and of appealing to the Employment Appeal Tribunal . |
| 4 | For example , a car was stopped for speeding or ‘ flying low ’ , and upon returning to the police vehicle the constable related the following considerations which influenced his assessment : |
| 5 | To a considerable extent these views supported those of the Bar Council in seeking to retain the monopoly of barristers in the superior courts , in rejecting multi-disciplinary partnerships , and in objecting to the Lord Chancellor having power to make final decisions on the training , conduct and rights of audience of advocates . |
| 6 | Japan 's experience shows how both the state and big business have helped to maintain such a servicing role in response to the immediate problems of recession , and in adjusting to the probability of a lower growth path through the 1980s . |
| 7 | Wives could have a very real part to play in this and in attending to the sick stock . |
| 8 | Death and dying Some residents are likely to die while in residential care and there is a need for staff to have some training in helping to care for dying people , in supporting their families , and in attending to the feelings of other residents . |
| 9 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 10 | Training for nursing was on strictly formal lines , with great emphasis on turning out in a neat , starched uniform and on working to the rule book . |
| 11 | Fate dealt its hand when both Carole , my wife , and I went shopping separately to nearby towns and on returning to the cottage we proudly presented each other with same piece of estate agent 's literature — FORMER RAILWAY STATION FOR SALE - LLANBRYNMAIR ! |
| 12 | Why did n't he know most things by intuition — and by listening to the other animals talking ? |
| 13 | He is to learn about the troubles of his early life by interviewing the servants of the family and by submitting to the interviews of psychoanalysis . |
| 14 | Ambassador Lipski had begun to complain to Göring that German newspapers like Der Stürmer and Der Gessilige from Pila were stirring up resentment against the Poles throughout the border districts by referring to the forcible separation of Danzig from the Reich , and by referring to the Polish Corridor as land ceded to Poland . |
| 15 | Associates become full members by nomination and by presenting to the selection committee three original works for assessment after at least six months . |