Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stock fell another 6 to 240p before Hoare Govett was reported to have issued a recommendation on the basis of a 9 p.c. yeild , helping the price partially recover to 242½p . |
| 2 | As was often common after breech births , the afterbirth had not come away as it should have done , and Effie had been so torn during the birth , Dr Neil told her later , that she had started to bleed , and then the bleeding had turned into a violent haemorrhaging , the passage of the afterbirth completing the damage already done to Effie 's poor little body . |
| 3 | Cichlasomaniacs are all too familiar with the current confused taxonomy of their favourites , but for the uninitiated I had better explain the basic situation — even if you find taxonomy boring you may find this helpful in understanding the names currently applied to these fish . |
| 4 | Unlike outright slaves , they maintained themselves by cultivating the land conditionally allotted to them by their master . |
| 5 | The benefits of consolidating the businesses also had to be brought through — the Horsham site is now up for sale . |
| 6 | Thus the genius of songwriters has been brought to bear on writing a gospel more suited to our age when a baby is born with a plastic spoon in its mouth . |
| 7 | Before you embark on writing a macro always check to so if there is one already . |
| 8 | In the succeeding weeks , while maintaining a position strongly opposed to Iraq 's aggression , the Soviet Union distanced itself from the US position , seeking to ensure that the enforcement of UN sanctions remained in the forefront as the means to secure an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait , and advocating a UN framework for any enforcement action . |
| 9 | The hunt steward holding the protester even appears to deliberately push him into the path of the vehicle . |
| 10 | Such action on the part of the employer can deprive the tribunal of the opportunity of considering the factors already referred to . |
| 11 | When considering the options now open to us in respect of parenting , it is important to understand the enormity of some of the choices that can be made today . |
| 12 | It is not a political issue about women sharing a function hitherto assigned to men . |
| 13 | THE European Community leaders attending the summit here agreed to : |
| 14 | Suddenly running the club successfully seemed to be the most important thing in her life . |
| 15 | It was odd , Lucinda thought , that men should be doing a job more suited to women , but this was a real ship , was n't it , on which , if Molly was to be believed , women had yet to establish themselves . |
| 16 | Having a family just added to the strain . |
| 17 | Some rugs are also more durable than others , and you should remember to take this into account when choosing the type most suited to each room or function . |
| 18 | But narration is seen in The Dear Deceit as the original and persistent obstacle to ‘ truth ’ because the process of constructing a story inevitably leads to falsification . |
| 19 | Recent vault clearances of over 2,000 coffins of the period 1729–1865 from St Marylebone Parish Church and Christchurch , Spitalfields , 18 exhibit a change in attitude ; for here , whilst it was not unusual to find wedding rings and dentures in situ , there were two instances — both men — of day-clothes having been used in place of the shroud : one in military uniform , the other an octogenarian macaroni with his walking stick , sporting an outfit more suited to a man sixty years his junior , as did the coiffure of his wig . |
| 20 | Secondly , the bird could copy what another more experienced bird had done ; the process of selecting the actions best adapted to the environment had gone on in previous generations and been transmitted socially . |
| 21 | The problem of meeting the probable needs and wishes of the wider constituency which might now be considered eligible for some sort of formal association with the University after obtaining a qualification therefore needs to be addressed . |
| 22 | Nor will the wholesaler commit any offence in supplying the goods thus labelled to the retailer , nor the retailer in similarly supplying them to the consumer . |
| 23 | Hence reducing film output by 1 unit and transferring the labour thus freed to the meals industry would increase the output of meals by 2 units . |
| 24 | Lester , with cameraman Nicolas Roeg , managed to stamp his mark on the film by employing quick cutting from one scene to another and sight gags that included Crawford tying a love note to a pigeon and watching the bird promptly plummet to the ground . |
| 25 | These examples , and many others like them , make it necessary for us to ensure that whatever reward we are offering a child actually leads to an increase in his desirable behaviour and whatever punishers we are offering actually lead to weakening of an undesirable behaviour . |