Example sentences of "[v-ing] [n mass] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as raising funds for elderly people in need through this promotion , the shops will be assisting in alerting people to the dangers of cold weather by providing information on help available in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 2 | What we are trying to argue for is to try to prevent the cost , the pain , the hurt that is experienced after a divorce by alerting people to the fact that a divorce wo n't solve all their problems , it will transfer one set of problems for another and our great concern in this report is to go back one step , not just to speak to people who are experiencing hurt , but in the hope that we can say something before it reaches the stage that it had reached when they came to you . |
| 3 | But far from alerting people to the danger of environmental degradation , the theory was used to justify the kind of progress that increased the level of exploitation . |
| 4 | Cleveland County Council is granting £13,782 to the Eldon Street resource centre which gives practical advice on car repairs , offers a woodcutting service and advice on painting , decorating , gardening and fitting smoke alarms . |
| 5 | Councillors in Sefton have demanded rail wagons from the site be enclosed adding £12m to the company 's costs . |
| 6 | Clubs are asked to support a special appeal , organised by the Commonwealth Trust , by sending £20 to the Disaster Appeal which will qualify them for entry into a draw with many prizes — headed up by Cathay Pacific 's donation of two First Class London/Hong Kong round trips plus tickets for the 1993 Hong Kong Sevens — as well as tickets for just about every top sporting event to be staged next year in the British Isles — test cricket , rugby internationals , Open golf , Grand National , Formula One racing , and so on . |
| 7 | There are 2 ways of sending data to the printer from within a program . |
| 8 | Is there not two separate problems that we have to find them first and then the , then worrying about getting people to the theatre |
| 9 | Another more elusive contribution by labouring people to the literature of the time can be identified in David Foxon 's English Verse 1701–1750 ; a large number of verses were published pertaining to occupational or craft concerns in the decades before Duck 's appearance . |
| 10 | The Minister made stage payments totalling £48,000 to the builders . |
| 11 | However , special arrangements have been made for coaches bringing people to the Tattoo and your cooperation is sought to ensure that your drivers are fully conversant with the information given below . |
| 12 | They are closing the road to trucks and buses bringing people to the city . |
| 13 | Willi , slightly tipsy , but still wonderfully in control , was marshalling people to the table . |
| 14 | Brewers Bass are donating £1,000 to the York Minster Fund to help pay for its repair programme . |
| 15 | Early in 1826 Hoyle wrote again to the Goldsmiths about the School , " setting forth the scantiness of its yearly funds and alluding to various repairs and expenses which have been occasionally borne at his charges , amounting to about £130 , and … the Wardens are satisfied that a very considerable increase has taken place in the Rents of the estates left for the Endowment of the School , affording means to the Company for extending the benefits of the institution " . |
| 16 | Building societies in particular have been reluctant to contribute , though I was delighted to see that the Nationwide Building Society recently announced that it would be donating £345,000 to the London Money Support Unit . ’ |
| 17 | Press reports pointed to efforts by Western arms companies to expand this market to compensate for falling sales to the USA and Europe since the end of the Cold War . |
| 18 | Researchers are re-assessing the benefits of re-introducing species to the wild after a small group of golden lion tamarins were found to be carrying an infectious disease which could , in the worst case , have led to the devastation of vulnerable species . |
| 19 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom last year failed to make enough operating profit to offset losses by its sister units , according to yesterday 's edition of Focus magazine : the weekly reckons that Telekom 's 1992 profit totalled about $4,065m and after transferring $3,125m to the government , it was left with only $935m to offset losses of $1,685m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst postal service and $185m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postbank savings bank . |
| 20 | This then is his first task and erm he devotes many pages to that theme of awakening people to the potentialities inside them , which , if they deny them , will make only themselves miserable and other people too . |
| 21 | William became heavily involved in the new railways even subscribing £400 to the campaign for Parliamentary permission . |