Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good deal of discussion focussed , in the early meetings , on whether and how to reduce the ‘ all-pervading ’ influence of the subject boards , and at its second meeting discussed an officers ' draft paper which sought to undermine the boards and considered the pros and cons of the CNAA relating primarily to institutions as a whole . |
| 2 | On the contrary , among the Dead Sea Scrolls found at the community of Qumran , there are rules applying specifically to members of the sect who are married and have children . |
| 3 | These sufferers in early recovery continue to live in a group , receiving some counselling and giving each other support and feedback and often going together to meetings of the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 4 | ‘ When we were 15 or so , we started going away to competitions around the country with our tents . |
| 5 | It is now coming home to clubs in a similar position to Newcastle , building expensive useless stands they ca n't afford . |
| 6 | While Folly was coming uncomfortably to terms with the fact that the reason they had to avoid built-up areas was to avoid too much carnage if they fell out of the sky , Luke turned to the man in the overalls , who was waiting respectfully for them to finish talking . |
| 7 | They came at last to the great , bulky empty house , staring across to parklands through the inspired grouping of its trees . |
| 8 | But although Darwinian natural selection seems plainly to deny primacy either to egoism or to altruism , it is interesting to notice that nearly everyone has preconceptions which hinder him from coming fully to terms with the evidence . |
| 9 | From the regime 's point of view , however , the policy of responding cautiously to events outside the country while insisting remorselessly on conformity at home seemed to be an unqualified success . |
| 10 | Referring again to accusations of a one-sided approach by police , he declared : ‘ From where we stand murder is murder . |