Example sentences of "and [noun] [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The different endings to nouns , pronouns and adjectives according to their use in a sentence . |
2 | The rough elder laden hedgerows rushing past , six feet each side of his face , and Sheila clinging to his back like a koala bear clinging to its Mother . |
3 | Among these are four who have started working for Canan , a commercial arm of the Gaelic College based at Bahal Mor Mostaig on Skye which provides media translation , subtitling and transcription services and other support , including work for the Gaelic TV output of ITV and independents selling to it and the BBC . |
4 | This plant changes its form and characteristics according to its habitat , and therefore specimens from different localities are often confused and thought to be different species . |
5 | Even with those creatures we assume to be our closest animal relatives , the chimpanzees and the great apes , we are forced into interpreting their signs and signals according to our own mental patterns . |
6 | Every time you meet someone , they give you rank and recognition according to what you say and how you say it . |
7 | The office walls are covered with plaques and certificates testifying to his charitable works and his drug rehabilitation centre in the Negev . |
8 | He ran across streets and squares , ran past swerving traffic and Christmas shoppers and commuters thronging to their stations . |
9 | An examination of economy and efficiency , to bring to light examples of wasteful , extravagant or unrewarding expenditure , failure to maximize receipts or financial arrangements detrimental to the Exchequer , and weaknesses leading to them . |
10 | The Chicago School 's writings are full of facts and figures relating to what they called , using a plant ecology metaphor , the ‘ invasion of newcomers and the social implications of these changes ’ . |
11 | ( 2 ) The statement of accounts shall comply with any directions given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury as to — ( a ) the information to be contained in it ; ( b ) the manner in which the information contained in it is to be presented ; or ( c ) the methods and principles according to which the statement is to be prepared , and shall contain such additional information as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury require to be provided for the information of Parliament . |
12 | c ) the methods and principles according to which the statement is to be prepared , |
13 | Children are special — and problems relating to them need specialised care . |
14 | These control the movements of the head and are classified into levators , depressors , retractors and rotators according to their function . |
15 | In accordance with the terms and conditions relating to your employment your first increment is due on |
16 | The systematic analysis and design of learning sequences , based on a careful examination of objectives and constraints , and utilizing a chosen selection from all available methods and resources according to their suitability ; the systems approach to teaching and learning ; a theory based upon this . |
17 | Irrespective of party , Home Secretaries are well aware that there are occasions when they are expected to appear ‘ tough ’ and take care to adjust their vocabulary and presentation according to their audience . |
18 | Stops the air and water getting to it so it ca n't rust , and then I mean this is pretty straight forward , if the tin surface is then scratched it will rust , why ? |
19 | Similarly , a vase ( peace ) on a table ( tranquillity ) , combined with a ju'i sceptre ( wish ) may be translated as " May you find peace and tranquillity according to your wishes " . |
20 | Not a house like that grim old farm , set in the middle of nowhere , with dank trees and mud clinging to you every step you took . |
21 | There was the soft tinkling of pagoda bells in the wind , the scent of jasmine and forsythia , of gardenia and chrysanthemum wafting to them through the great moon door in the wall . |
22 | Isay staggered over with a crimson slash across his temple and gore clinging to his staff . |
23 | Hasted writes : " Egberth King of Kent with consent of his nobles and princes , gave ten ploughlands in Hailing , with all appurtenances , together with fields , woods , meadows , marshes , fishings , huntings and fowlings belonging to them to Bishop Doran and the Church of Rochester with the denberies in the Weald , Bixle , Speldhurst , Meredaen , Thaerbe , Eastan , Rustewellee and Teppennyse , witnessed by King Heaberth and Archbishop Jaenbert . " |
24 | Around the towns , but more particularly the small rural communities in Sussex , the Saxon monarchs built a careful legal and local government structure , reinforcing the social hierarchies but carefully giving each man rights and dues according to his place . |
25 | What the protestant loyalists in effect seek to maintain is protestant — loyalist domination within a flexible territory , one which they feel justified in calling their land and ruling according to their conscience . |
26 | It has to succeed , not in fair competition , but in the face of ignorance and misunderstanding : ignorance , because whereas professional knowledge and informed advice on the incorporation and conduct of conventionally organised companies are generally available , whereas education and training relating to them are commonplace , this is not true for co-operatives ; misunderstanding , because the industrial co-operative sector is still often regarded as characterised by the three well-known rescue cases … and hence as supposing itself to be exempted from test by commercial criteria and the rigours of the market economy . |
27 | The animal was ‘ pursued pell-mell by the multitude , through street after street , and sometimes across country , until , worn out by fatigue , and subdued by numbers , he was conducted back to his stable in triumph , men , women , and children clinging to his horns , head , tail and every part to ‘ load' ’ him' ( Samuel Sharp ) . |
28 | A contract remaining open ( ie , not settled ) after the cessation of trading in respect of the delivery month or prompt date , falls to be performed by the clearing member and LCH according to its terms . |
29 | When you are ready to knit the shape , the program will convert your diagram into stitches and rows according to your tension . |
30 | But if workers regard the social security benefits that they now receive as part of their total wage package , and this is fully taken into account in their labour supply decision , then the supply curve will shift back to S1 ; wages and employment returning to their original level . |