Example sentences of "to [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that by returning to nursing in the next decade you will be helping to prepare the profession for the enormous demographic and social challenges facing Britain in the 21st century . |
| 2 | Polishing the fit in this way is analogous to reroughing in the last chapter . |
| 3 | Originally the decoration was in rich mosaic and marble but much of this has gone due to looting during the Fourth Crusade . |
| 4 | So can we now move in the formal sense to looking at the next issue for discussion , which covers policy H two , the Greater York new settlement , and the first part of the issue which we shall address is , does the proposed Greater York new settlement represent an appropriate and justified policy response to the assessed development land requirements of the Greater York area , and I 'll ask Mr Davis to make his introductory statement . |
| 5 | But , Alfa Romeo returned to racing for the first World Championship in 1950 , he was invited to join their team and he finished second in the inaugural championship , having won the Monaco , Belgian and French Grands Prix . |
| 6 | So in the end he took to pointing at the last and most precious of " the possessions " … tiger-skins , bookcases full of elevating and instructional volumes , embroidered samplers , teasets of bone china , humidors and candlesticks , mounted elephants ' feet , and rowing-oars with names of college eights inscribed in gilt paint ; the ladies were instructed to improvise sandbags out of linen sheets and pillowslips and fine lace tablecloths . |
| 7 | Erm then we get down to coming into the twentieth century . |
| 8 | But that causeway had had deep holes dug in it by the defenders these last days , and the intervening stretches strewn with caltrops , four-pronged iron spikes such as Bruce had used with such effect at Bannockburn , and which the many smiths of Berwick had been set to forging for the last weeks . |
| 9 | It often takes ages for a pair to get down to spawning for the first time and if you were to separate them now it would be extremely difficult to get them back together again . |
| 10 | That made people feel that their least effort was rewarded and they looked forward to participating in the next organizational improvement . |