Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 2 | The much-criticised policy of Harry Hyams , who built Oldham into one of the most profitable property companies , of only letting to tenants of ‘ undoubted ’ covenant has been fully vindicated . |
| 3 | Continue along the coast soon keeping to left of lighthouse buildings at St Abb 's Head ; briefly join lighthouse road , but it is best almost immediately to divert off it to rejoin cliff-top for sea views . |
| 4 | Such a note of finality was not , however , to be relied upon , and he was soon writing to Poole of racking doubts and of ‘ dim & huddled ’ feelings . |
| 5 | Not according to 60% of the men . |
| 6 | Their bones may become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones in the spine . |
| 7 | Their bones become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones the spine . |
| 8 | You 're not going to pieces of paper are you ? |
| 9 | It 's interesting though , that after all this aggravation , the fact that er the Prime Minister nearly lost his job , er there was nearly another election erm there 's going to be no celebrations , no fireworks , no balloons , no huge dinners on Monday we 're just going to sort of peter into the Maastricht treaty coming into effect . |
| 10 | The numbers were vast and this was very largely because the movies were not just appealing to sections of the masses but to the masses in general . |
| 11 | The mutation Thr37 to Ala results in large reductions in affinity and repression efficiency , presumably owing to loss of cooperativity resulting from destabilization of the protein-protein contact between repressors . |
| 12 | Yes I mean th th th th the fact that you 've got a whole range of problems an an and you , you were bound to come up against those problems if you try and define Marxist in a strict sense , and therefore you , you were always seeking to sort of make . |
| 13 | The label program is up and running , hopefully leading to bar-coding of Herbarium specimens with implications for loan procedures . |
| 14 | The significant positive correlation of β-thromboglobulin to platelet malondialdehyde formation suggests that the enhanced platelet-release reaction may be in part linked to increased platelet prostaglandin synthesis in diabetic subjects ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) , possibly leading to generation of unstable endoperoxides and thromboxanes which are powerful inducers of platelet aggregation and release reaction ( Hamberg et al , 1975 ) . |
| 15 | Progress on these areas of activity should be detailed , with a statement also relating to achievement of targets . |
| 16 | Doubtless this is partly owing to echoes of the ending of Love 's Labours Lost , and also of Ambrose Philips 's ‘ Winter Piece ’ . |
| 17 | Membership was declining again , probably owing to talk of the War already being prepared for . |
| 18 | Working in the secret world of espionage places enormous mental strains on individuals , often leading to delusions of grandeur , paranoia , and personal obsessions , over specific objectives that are either non-existent or unattainable . |
| 19 | By now a total of 26 reservoirs had been sealed off throughout the country mainly owing to blooms of blue-green algae . |
| 20 | Beginning in the mid-1870s , she made annual lecture tours throughout England and Scotland , often speaking to audiences of several thousand people on a variety of literary and social topics . |
| 21 | Maintenance staff at Sullom Voe are now getting to parts of the plant other standard lifting equipment can not reach following the acquisition of a new 90-tonne mobile crane and two articulated telescopic boom working platforms . |
| 22 | They usually involve a combination of the following organisational arrangements : ( 1 ) The physical separation of the various departments , often extending to matters of detail such as dining arrangements ; ( 2 ) An educational programme normally recurring to emphasise the importance of not improperly or inadvertently divulging confidential information ; ( 3 ) Strict and carefully defined procedures for dealing with a situation where it is considered that the wall should be crossed and the maintaining of proper records where this occurs : ( 4 ) Monitoring by compliance officers of the effectiveness of the wall , including the monitoring of employee trading ; and ( 5 ) Disciplinary sanctions where there has been an improper breach of the wall . |
| 23 | Most distinctive feature is graceful dipping flight , often stooping to surface of water to pick up insects , but very rarely diving in . |
| 24 | Well according to Barry of Technology it does n't finish it 's ongoing . |
| 25 | In other words , er they were n't trying to sort of scrape it together to actually repay your , repay your twelve thousand pound wh loan at the end of twenty years . |
| 26 | If she is simply referring to degrees of context-dependency , then she must establish a scale on which such things can be measured . |
| 27 | then dashing to sockets of sludged sand . |
| 28 | As I write Billy Graham is back in Britain again preaching to crowds of thirty thousand . |
| 29 | And it is this sort of awareness , which involves deliberation and reflection on instances of puzzlement , that allows children to exert increasing control over their mental life , ultimately leading to independence of thought . |
| 30 | The instruments given in brackets are not always available , either owing to lack of necessary depth , or unsuitability to the particular matter in hand . |