Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in saying this sort of thing to its own members , the church also invites the rest of the community to find for itself , people within the community to find for themselves , the positive benefits of living in obedience to the word of God . |
| 2 | They had ‘ disavowed any intention , for the present , of acting in opposition to the Labour movement in the country , and certainly their action in many constituencies during the last election gives earnest of their disavowal . ’ |
| 3 | In the midst of passing on advice to the field-worker on how to cope with her imminent attendance at a post-mortem , one policeman said , ‘ You get used to them . |
| 4 | This is simply a transfer of spending from litigant to the State . |
| 5 | Within the Christian context women must necessarily refer to , and exercise a dependence upon , the world of men , of a kind which men would not conceive of having in relation to the world of women . |
| 6 | " This Meeting , with every feeling of humanity for the distressed Sufferers , who have the misfortune to be shipwrecked on the coast of this Island , have to regret that numbers of the Country prople , shaking off all fear of God , or regard to the laws , are in the constant practice against every rule of Christian charity , or hospitality , of resorting in numbers to the shores , where strangers have the Misfortune of being shipwrecked , and that for the sole purpose of plunder ; which practice this Meeting hold in the greatest abhorrence , and now declare their disapprobation of ; and in order , as much as possible , to remedy this evil , this Meeting not only collectively , but individually , pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions , not only for the preservation of the property of the individuals , who may have the Misfortune to be wrecked on these coasts , but also for bringing to condign punishment all and every such persons as may be found plundering from wrecks : " |
| 7 | It was not too late to realise that space should be given in the programme for a proper consideration of the perception of winning in relation to the whole team of the assembly . |
| 8 | These include the one or more levels at which negotiations take place , the extent ( or coverage ) of the resultant collective agreement across different sectors of employment ( often termed the ‘ bargaining units ’ ) , and the scope of bargaining in relation to the range of subjects included therein . |