Example sentences of "[noun pl] continue [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this , is meant the failure of large cities to continue to grow in population and indeed , gradually , to lose population . |
| 2 | Where conditions of poverty and dependency and harmonious and pervasive personal relationships continue to predominate in agriculture then a source of ambiguity is present in the farm worker 's perceptions of the world around him . |
| 3 | ‘ Ratings continue to benefit from management 's conservative financial policies , the agency said . |
| 4 | His tears had frozen so that his cheeks and eyes continued to gleam with ice . |
| 5 | The extensive range of Wedgwood jewellery has been complemented by the addition of fine bone china cameos and the collectability of Coalport figurines continues to go from strength to strength . |
| 6 | Throughout the conference young people carrying olive branches continued to demonstrate in support of Palestinian participation . |
| 7 | British Airways warned that it will have to either close or sell off its UK regional business if its cabin crews continue to strike over pay cuts . |
| 8 | The urban areas continued to grow in population and as they did so they claimed an improvement in their status within the local government structure . |
| 9 | In 1670 , Richard Baxter 's book , ‘ The Cure of Church Divisions ’ was published in which he argued that it was good for Christians to continue to worship in parish churches despite the bitter hostility against Nonconformists . |
| 10 | Net investment income has shown a very satisfactory advance as interest costs continue to fall in line with reduced borrowing . |
| 11 | The Irish Bands continued to thrive with World champions Ballynahinch coming first in Grade 3 under Pipe Major Ian Jess . |
| 12 | Stating that there had been a £207,000 overspend , Mr Hindmarsh warned any office managers continuing to go over budget would be made to explain why . |
| 13 | The two firms continued to act as member firms in E&Y International , but a full merger has never been possible . |
| 14 | The work aspect was never important — the breeders continued to concentrate on beef and the policy has since paid great dividends . |
| 15 | Supporters given raw deal as clubs continue to live in land of make-believe |
| 16 | For Sarita there is some light at the end of the tunnel , but other Asian girls continue to suffer in darkness . |
| 17 | UK members continue to qualify for tax relief . |
| 18 | ‘ Net investment income has shown a satisfactory increase during the six months as interest charges continue to fall in line with significantly reduced borrowings . |
| 19 | When he was eleven he attended Dartford Grammar School , and three years later he went to Tonbridge School , where his main interests continued to centre on literature and the natural world . |
| 20 | New government leaders continued to speak in favour of Mongol-Soviet ties , but after the March plenum Foreign Minister Gombosuren expressed the hope that Mongolian-Chinese relations would achieve the same level as Mongolian-Soviet relations . |
| 21 | Olechowski continued to serve as caretaker Finance Minister . |
| 22 | As of January 1991 four groupings continued to vie for control in Liberia : the Interim Government of National Unity , headed by Amos Sawyer and installed with the backing of the ECOWAS ( Economic Community of West African States ) peacekeeping force ECOMOG in November 1990 ; the Armed Forces of Liberia , the remnants of erstwhile President Samuel Doe 's forces , currently headed by Gen. Hezekiah Bowen ; the National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) , led by Charles Taylor and thought to be in control of much of the countryside outside the capital Monrovia ; and the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia , led by Prince Yormie Johnson . |
| 23 | The two friends continued to live in harmony and , for Agnes in particular , the change from her lodgings was a lasting joy . |
| 24 | Moreover , within the Conservative Party , while some mavericks — like , albeit belatedly , Churchill — recognized that peace in Europe would be best served by the defeat of fascism in Spain , hostility towards the Spanish ‘ Reds ’ and sympathy for Franco predominated : views shared in the business community , many of whose members continued to trade with Nationalist Spain throughout the war . |
| 25 | In some areas and in some social groups , children continue to live at home until they marry . |
| 26 | Men continue to hunt in North America , rarely these days for subsistence , but more usually for sport . |
| 27 | John 's pupils continued to train at Lime Grove . |
| 28 | It is important to remember that Britain fared less badly than the USA and some of its Continental neighbours , and that even adjusted for unemployment , real wages continued to increase on average until the early 1930s ( figure 4.2 , see Dimsdale 1984 ) . |
| 29 | In the sluggish provinces , as in some towns , double-headed-eagle notes from the old regime overstamped with Bolshevik signs continued to circulate for lack of anything else . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , several groups continued to work on nomenclature problems and one can point to the French Saint-Etienne meeting of 1897 , and the independent work of Hantzsch , Widman and von Baeyer , which laid the foundation of modern organic nomenclature . |