Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] to [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facts appear solid , values fluid ; there are firm reasons for accepting , if only provisionally , scientific laws of nature , none for submitting to canons of taste or to the moral law . |
| 2 | Last year , Sony Corp bought a licence to Apple Computer Inc 's AppleTalk network so that Macs could be networked with its News Unix workstations , and it has now taken the logical next step and its computer subsidiary will market Macs for attaching to networks of Sony workstations in Japan , with much of the business to be directed at use within the Sony group companies . |
| 3 | The existence of this body of appellate decisions in social security matters has the obvious effect of contributing to consistency of decision making not only by adjudication officers in their initial decisions on claims , but also by SSATs . |
| 4 | Kevin Sarbutts , of Elmridge , Skelmersdale , Lancashire , is accused of lying to Court of Appeal judges when he claimed he was coerced by police into giving vital evidence against a man accused of killing a stallholder in 1987 . |
| 5 | Pin sides of lining to sides of valance , leaving a 2.5cm ( 1in ) margin of valance fabric showing . |
| 6 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 7 | Although most of these techniques are expensive and difficult to use , it is possible that at least some of them may become more easily available ; they can be very useful both for discovering in detail how English speakers produce their speech sounds , and for demonstrating to learners of English their pronunciation errors in a way that helps them to correct them . |
| 8 | Consider , for example , the cultural differences for a European in journeying to parts of Africa ( large , but few time zones crossed ) or New Zealand ( smaller cultural changes but more time zones crossed ) . |
| 9 | No architect before him had thought so profoundly about how buildings should function and no other had ever been so nimble in adapting to changes of fashion without loss of integrity . |
| 10 | Thank goodness we had tutors who helped us to some extent and who seemed quite accustomed to listening to tales of woe . |
| 11 | Direct Line prides itself on responding to 90% of enquiries within 10 seconds . |
| 12 | According to Miller & Dollard ( 1941 ) , " The follower ( the student ) learns to model his behaviour on that of another ( the teacher ) through responding to cues of sameness , for which he is rewarded by a reduction of anxiety , and to cues of difference , which increase the strength of the anxiety drive . |
| 13 | On the journey I heard sporadic gunfire and by listening to snatches of conversation between my guards , gathered that Amal guerrillas were fighting yet again with Shia militia , the Hezbollah . |
| 14 | Mr McNeill will spend his final evening in-post tomorrow by talking to members of Strathclyde Community Relations Council about his comments , which brought accusations of his holding blatantly racist views . |
| 15 | The appeal for tolerance by gesturing to lists of Famously Artistic Homosexuals is one of the classic tropes of gay self-justification — it goes ‘ Sappho , Michaelangelo , Shakespeare … and me ’ — and it needs always to be resisted because it seeks to extend contemporary definitions of sexuality back to incorporate historical periods when categorizations of the sexual were quite different . |