Example sentences of "[v-ing] to the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their role is to give depth , colour and understanding to the issues at hand , and to provide a broad context ( or " environment " ) by which to guide the more specific calculation of quantitative forecasts described above . |
| 2 | Explanatory forecasting These techniques are used to assist , techniques augment and inform the quantitative forecasting process , giving depth , colour and understanding to the issues at hand . |
| 3 | Such a moral order was legitimate since it was consonant with the dictates of Providence or , in different intellectual terms , expressive of the natural order progressively opening to the minds of Enlightenment intellectuals through scientific investigation and freedom of thought . |
| 4 | Charles III 's reforms improved the quality of the imperial civil service while denying to the creoles a share in the system — perhaps because , as Floridablanca maintained , creoles were too enmeshed in local graft to be trusted . |
| 5 | With Buttons and the Mice cheering Cinders with Rock Around the Clock , the Ugly Sisters appearing to the strains of Walk Like a Man , the Prince as a look-alike of pop star Prince , a decorated Reebok glass slipper and a Thunderbird 4 coach , the script-writing team Foxanpelico Ltd. , had a few novel ideas to entertain young and old . |
| 6 | Another time he painted a scene of the angel appearing to the shepherds to tell them of the Nativity . |
| 7 | ‘ What about Jesus appearing to the apostles ? ’ |
| 8 | Just before the clock struck five the next morning , Gabriel and Coggan were walking to the hayfields past their mistress 's house , when they saw a surprising sight . |
| 9 | Walking to the shops instead of taking the car or bus , or walking up the stairs instead of using the lift are comparatively painless ways of working towards greater things . |
| 10 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 11 | Take up walking to the shops or school . |
| 12 | In future it is hoped that information will be posted at the nearest car parks , as well as at the crag , allowing for a change of plan before walking to the climbs ! |
| 13 | He then ignored both of them , walking to the stairs that curved down into the room and taking the luggage up . |
| 14 | He got down to the serious matter of explaining to the gnomes that the intricate , almost scholarly , Fidchell that the Wolfkings had enjoyed , bore no resemblance to the horrid gruesome version that the Gruagach played . |
| 15 | The elderly person interviewed may take a delight in explaining to the children exactly how certain things were used or how they worked . |
| 16 | Mr Wolfe had just been doing his customary job of explaining to the passengers why we were late : ‘ We have an emergency situation which is not a real alarm situation . ’ |
| 17 | Unless I get answers to my questions then you and the rest of the crew will find yourselves explaining to the police instead . |
| 18 | The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which |
| 19 | Something happening to the horses ? ’ |
| 20 | If your roof is not felted , it may be a little dustier in the roof space , but it will be better ventilated and you can see what is happening to the tiles and battens more easily . |
| 21 | There is a mass lobby of Parliament on December 1 , to try to bring home to those in power what is happening to the families who are forced to live in bed and breakfasts , and those who literally have nowhere to lay their heads . |
| 22 | What does she think 's ha happening to the hospitals ? |
| 23 | Neil could you tell me what 's happening to the apprentices in P S A as work staff been put out to grass I hope they are n't . |
| 24 | That would mean getting past the party , getting past whatever was happening to the guests . |
| 25 | Watch what is happening to the needles on both beds . |
| 26 | A spokesman for the Northern Polar Institute claimed that nuclear tests on the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya were also contributing to the seals ' deaths . |
| 27 | The research will address theoretical issues relating to the practice of joint consultation , and its role in the processes of job regulation , as well as contributing to the debates on management strategy and contingency theory . |
| 28 | He had already begun contributing to the Gardeners ' Chronicle . |
| 29 | The profession 's demands became intolerable however , and in 1901 he began contributing to the magazines of the day . |
| 30 | M. Dupont , so far as I could observe , was not contributing to the discussions , and it was hard to tell from his sullen demeanour if he was attending carefully to what was being said or else deeply engrossed in other thoughts . |