Example sentences of "to [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For semiconductor makers not already committed to building 16-megabit production lines , the case for going straight for the 64-megabit device looks increasingly attractive . |
| 2 | However , it was not to be autonomous , as the committee wanted ; instead , discussions would be held with bodies such as TEC and BEC with a view to using existing validation schemes . |
| 3 | However , we did see sets of study skills booklets acquired through the project ( in one case being used in library lessons ) , and in another school project work originating in tutorial periods was being developed in study skills lessons with a view to using specific project purchases . |
| 4 | The selection of a particular planning frame commits the speaker to using certain function words and affixes and not others . |
| 5 | Formulating these proposals , the County Council 's avoided placing undue reliance on a purely technical approach to forecasting future land requirements . |
| 6 | Part of the problem is that Americans are so used to seeing slick TV presenters on the small screen that they take exception to watching badly-dressed businessmen who lack the skills of professional performers . |
| 7 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 8 | In addition to maintaining positive plant health , there are several ways to avoid the probability of serious pest attacks , or at least lessen their impact , which in turn will cut down on the need to apply pesticides . |
| 9 | Since Catholic schools require Catholic teachers to staff them that obligation extends , by implication , to maintaining adequate teacher training resources . |
| 10 | I guess this shows the Segas and Nintendos that they are n't alone when it comes to producing fast arcade platform games . |
| 11 | Founded in 1979 by two women in Askham Grange prison , Clean Break has grown into an organisation which , in addition to producing high-quality touring shows commissioned from leading playwrights , also operates an extensive theatre training programme for women ex-offenders . |
| 12 | Valdimir Dlouhy , Czech Trade and Tourism and Industry Minister , reportedly described retaining a common currency as " political suicide " and said that there was " no way " in which the Czech republic would commit itself through a common currency to financing Slovak budget deficits . |
| 13 | Valdimir Dlouhy , Czech Trade and Tourism and Industry Minister , reportedly described retaining a common currency as " political suicide " and said that there was " no way " in which the Czech republic would commit itself through a common currency to financing Slovak budget deficits . |
| 14 | Fremont , California-based Media Vision Technology Inc has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Pellucid Inc , which is committed to bringing high resolution real-time , true colour , two- and three-dimensional graphics and full motion video capabilities to the personal computer market : Media Vision will pay about $15m in shares . |
| 15 | ‘ Only a small one , ’ she accepted and , her dart of panic gone , felt a return of her reluctance to ask probing questions about his work , and more particularly about his employer , so gave herself over to enjoying this lunchtime interlude . |
| 16 | But most of the plan is devoted to encouraging more energy production . |
| 17 | Nonetheless the key to understanding this formalist revolution might lie in looking at the content of proto- and early modernist works . |
| 18 | Denmark , the country that likes to say no , ruffled more than a few egos when they said yes to becoming European Championship substitutes and drew with England in their opening game before going on to win the trophy . |
| 19 | Katy Miles and Duncan Brooks , both trainee investment managers with the firm , are now well on their way to becoming qualified investment managers . |
| 20 | The £3m or so net of expenses that it expects from the placing will go to eliminating existing bank loans , which stood at £952,200 on November 13 , with the balance going for working capital . |
| 21 | The hon. Member for Sunderland , South ( Mr. Mullin ) might have mentioned that the local health authority has committed itself to eliminating all waiting lists of more than 12 months by the end of this calendar year . |
| 22 | A SCOTTISH botanist who has devoted his life to cultivating rare South Sea orchids in Britain has won public recognition for his work — thanks to the Royal Mail . |
| 23 | He said that the key to tackling this employment deficit lay in the bottom-up approach of working with individual , indigenous firms , rather than the old top-down formula of picking winners and targeting particular sectors . |
| 24 | In addition to employing specific elicitation procedures , some tests seek to quantify the data obtained so that numerical comparisons can be made between individuals and with respect to the same individual at different points in time . |
| 25 | More exercises and more repetitions are not the answer to correcting poor arm development — it is better to do fewer exercises and repetitions and to take more rest . |
| 26 | Mr Clive Ponting 's acquittal by a jury in February 1985 , after he had admitted to passing official Government papers to a person not authorised to receive them , the very essence of section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 , and despite the most explicit summing up by the trial judge that they should convict , raises the question of what motivated the jury . |
| 27 | Children at school need to be able to find a range of opportunities to derive self-esteem other than from academic achievement , and to have social conditions conducive to establishing good peer group relationships . |
| 28 | Cost was cited by local authorities as the mainobstacle to establishing more recycling ventures . |
| 29 | She was extremely generous to aspiring young art historians . |
| 30 | While an improving trend in the Commercial Motor portfolio is now evident with a small profit of $0.1m compared with a loss of $12.4m last year , a more selective approach to writing Commercial Motor business is being adopted . |