Example sentences of "in [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the Minister 's guess in regard to a possible deadline for a conclusion to the MacSharry discussions — not least in the context of the GATT negotiations that must follow ? |
| 2 | In Dean v Prince [ 1954 ] 1 Ch 409 , at 419 , Lord Evershed MR said that the most obvious case of mistake would be if the valuer omitted altogether to take account of some substantial asset or made a serious arithmetical miscalculation in regard to a single but material part of the whole process . |
| 3 | But it was here , not only in the visual intrusion into a rural landscape , that William Wordsworth saw " unnaturalness " in reacting to a water-powered spinning mill in 1814 . |
| 4 | James Fanshawe 's filly was showing improved form in storming to a six lengths win from Absalom 's Pillar . |
| 5 | James Fanshawe 's filly was showing improved form in storming to a six-length win from Absalom 's Pillar . |
| 6 | Shifting funds to primary care under the existing system will create some new opportunities , but only if general practitioners succeed in relating to a new managed system . |
| 7 | Commenting on the review , the Scottish Office industry minister , Allan Stewart , said : ‘ This bulletin demonstrates the significance of a competitive export sector for the Scottish economy and highlights the important role that exporters will play in contributing to a sustainable economic recovery when demand in overseas markets picks up . ’ |
| 8 | One leading proponent , J.B. Thornes , in contributing to an interdisciplinary symposium in Geography , Archaeology and Environment , affirmed that palaeoenvironmental reconstructions are crucial if the understanding of the ecology of past societies is to be substantially improved ( Thornes , 1983a ) and elsewhere ( Thornes , 1983b ) has advocated evolutionary geomorphology and has anticipated that it will produce major new insights into historical problems such as river terrace formation and his proposal is considered more fully in chapter 8 ( p. 182 ) . |
| 9 | It may be that you feel most secure in returning to a familiar environment . |
| 10 | In returning to a full and active life , Guy was helped very greatly by his family . |
| 11 | It is hoped that the professor will play a leading part in creating and maintaining contacts with other departments of Classical Art and Archaeology both in the UK and abroad ; in organising visits to Oxford by overseas scholars ; in forwarding attempts to maintain and revive classical teaching in schools and universities ; and in communicating to a wider public the results and importance of Classical Archaeology . |
| 12 | They have , like all systems , inherent problems but the concept is far more flexible in translating to a practical solution . |
| 13 | These often relate not so much to poor manual skills or dexterity , although they may be slower than usual in completing tasks , as to problems in maintaining drive and interest , in adhering to a regular timetable and in forming the relationships with fellow workers which are necessary to effective completion of work tasks . |
| 14 | Poltimore observed that there was a danger that in adhering to an annual formula , ‘ quality might suffer . |
| 15 | Conversely , information about local consumer preferences can be used by manufacturers ' sales forces in selling to a retail outlet those lines which its local customer profile is most likely to purchase . |
| 16 | The family 's gamble in moving to a new world had been tragically soured . |
| 17 | But in moving to a second order analysis they looked at the relations between groups of signs in discursive systems . |
| 18 | By investigating current wastes ( and the range of wastes from companies which have expressed interest in moving to a clean rural environment ) it is intended to evaluate the type and amounts of wastes likely to arise and to establish the most effective means of dealing with them . |
| 19 | Moreover , if one found that one 's company was at its nadir , the slopes of the V-curve might be revealing of the magnitude of the task in shifting to a better level of profitability . |
| 20 | I have witnessed many occasions when foreigners have unintentionally caused misunderstanding or even offence in speaking to an English person , but can remember very few occasions when this could be attributed to ‘ using the wrong intonation ’ except when a mistake caused a difference in apparent grammatical meaning ( something that is dealt with in the next chapter ) . |
| 21 | Such witness , combined with the evangelising influence of the school ethos , will provide the appropriate setting where a religious education can take place which promotes the development of an intelligent , thoughtful and self-critical faith , and assists pupils ‘ in coming to a deeper awareness both of their own identity , beliefs and values , and of the beliefs and values of others ’ ( Arrangements document 1.1 ) . |
| 22 | Attention is consequently focused primarily on the manner in which a given novel succeeds or fails in conforming to an abstract , archetypal model of the genre , and only lip service is paid to the manner in which politics , ideology and history are mediated in the texts themselves . |
| 23 | In converting to a universal-banking model , banks will encounter more internal resistance than they think , since it means eliminating subsidiaries and the extra management jobs they have created . |
| 24 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |
| 25 | The original environment of human evolutionary adaptedness can not be clearly defined because our evolution has been such an extraordinary progression of expansive diversifications in adapting to an immense range of environments . |
| 26 | The research , which acknowledges the profound effect on the student in changing to a different concept of learning , and the important effect of his previous full-time learning environment , sets out to develop an effective methodology for creating a research skills profile of the PhD student at the commencement of his course . |
| 27 | In my view the solution to the question of statutory interpretation raised by this appeal does not lie in retreating to a rigid and indefensible line . |
| 28 | In responding to a particular colour we associate the hue with some past experience and draw upon our cultural background to assess its nature . |
| 29 | The Centre is also engaged in research training ( supervising graduate research and providing some undergraduate teaching ) , in organising conferences and seminars ; in publishing both substantial pieces of original research on socio-legal topics and other socio-legal materials , such as bibliographies ) ; in providing an institutional locus for visiting scholars from elsewhere in Britain and from overseas , and in responding to a growing demand for advice and information about socio-legal studies in a variety of ways . |
| 30 | Joan accordingly took up the post of companion to the lady Anne and thereafter had no great difficulty in adjusting to a new and privileged life-style . |