Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] to [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Gynn , who runs weekend courses at the manor near Zennor , says that birdwatching and listening to waves rhythmically pounding the shore calm the mind and create a harmony with nature . |
| 2 | All the emerging nations ( at least nominally ) acknowledged the spiritual authority of the Roman pope ; the church was seen as the divinely instituted ark of salvation , riding the storms of the world and history , and mediating to men both the infallible truth of God and the sacramental means of grace as guide and nourishment to their souls upon the pilgrimage to the life beyond ; and theology was regarded — and not only by theologians — as ‘ the queen of the sciences ’ , the supreme intellectual discipline . |
| 3 | Still the fairest one of all , Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is back and coming to theatres everywhere , Snow White is a beautiful , captivating and timeless of the day everyone fell in love with her , in the world first full length animated feature . |
| 4 | Rather different were those heads who avoided not only confrontation but also contact , taking refuge in their office and resorting to memoranda rather than face-to-face encounters . |
| 5 | In former ages certain masters had solved the problem by avoiding words entirely and resorting to pictures alone . |
| 6 | Between them they cut thousands of samples each year , binding the edges to stop fraying , applying heat sealed labels with an iron and despatching to destinations all over the country . |
| 7 | No perceptible direct line connects Edward 's law with Wyclif 's radicalism , but what can be asserted is that in this matter — as in so many others — Wyclif was not breaking new ground but appealing to ideas already long current in certain circles . |