Example sentences of "to [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The record industry 's response to this situation was not particularly systematic but by now some trends are obvious : the average age of the pop market ( and especially the pop single-buying market ) is younger than it was ; record companies devote more attention to building big mainstream stars than to servicing a variety of musical tastes ; stars are now conceived and sold as multi-media performers ; there has been a steady decline in the significance of live music making except as a promotional device . |
| 2 | When she 's used to eating red hot curries |
| 3 | Carax describes the whole experience as ‘ hell ’ and is surprised that he did n't have to resort to using Super 8 . |
| 4 | Hence , corporate advisory services such as deal management and similar work are capable of being promoted using cold calling techniques in addition to using other permitted methods . |
| 5 | Finnish pulp makers complain that German paper manufacturers have switched from importing virgin pulp to using cheap recycled paper . |
| 6 | There are several advantages to using conventional biological reactors : |
| 7 | Much of the rest of his life was dedicated to opposing British financial policy and the monetary straitjacket in which it placed British industry . |
| 8 | Since both Koreas joined the UN in September 1991 , it looks slightly more possible that the two Chinas could be members as well ; but it still seems unlikely that China , committed to opposing formal Taiwanese independence by force , would allow it . |
| 9 | Many coaches encourage this , most people here are aware of it , and as a doctor I know that many of my orthopaedic colleagues owe a good proportion of their incomes to repairing football-related catastrophic knee injuries . |
| 10 | This explains why attention has been given to producing future warm earth scenarios based on past climatic data . |
| 11 | By then the Government might be more receptive to financing new nuclear build because of increasing awareness of the damage being done to the environment by ‘ greenhouse ’ gases and acid rain . |
| 12 | It therefore seemed appropriate that the Fund should be geared to helping interested young people become involved with Medau , e.g. to set up classes , youth teams , and to encourage teacher-training , etc . |
| 13 | This featured support for Gorbachev 's idea of a " common European home " and Mitterrand 's vision of a European confederation [ see p. 37724 ] , and committed France to assisting Soviet economic reform . |
| 14 | The Scottish Sports Council looks forward to assisting new Governing Bodies of Sport in the production of printed material and aims to develop still further its good working relation with existing users . |
| 15 | The theory of natural selection meant that natural species could be explained in terms of the conditions necessary for their survival , and it seemed a small further step to explaining human social systems in such terms ; that is , in terms of the ways by which human beings gained their livelihood and reproduced . |
| 16 | Her rise to prominence was the culmination of a career which combined a feminist commitment to challenging male sexual behaviour , with traditional beliefs in moralizing philanthropy directed at the poor . |
| 17 | CHELSEA last night moved a step closer to signing Russian international Dimitri Kharin and ending their search for chastised goalkeeper Dave Beasant 's replacement . |
| 18 | Variously dubbed a ‘ biblical barrister ’ and a ‘ scriptural Tory ’ , Jackson 's parliamentary interventions were largely confined to representing Irish loyalist interests . |
| 19 | Example of external benefits attributed to keeping open existing pits are the preservation of mining communities and the benefits to future generations of having cheaply worked coal seams left to them . |
| 20 | As the medieval allegory is not among the categories into which reviewers are accustomed to fitting witty first novels by women , it is not surprising that the multi-level approach should have been attributed to indecisiveness on the part of its author . |
| 21 | The USSR devoted more energy and resources to the development of diplomatic and trading ties with these nations than it did to establishing effective operational links with the Communist parties . |
| 22 | Indeed , a number of authorities took ‘ the opportunity offered by the current preparation of the new statutory local plans to institutionalise negotiated planning control … the draft Westminster District Plan , for example , indicates unequivocally the council 's intention to pursue certain planning goals through agreements , in addition to establishing certain minimum gains to be included in planning applications or to be secured through negotiated amendments to submitted applications ’ An action area plan for Fareham , Hampshire , similarly states that ‘ planning permission for development in the proposed areas will not be granted until … negotiations between developers and the local authority for financial contributions have been concluded ’ . |
| 23 | The developmental view of children 's language suggests that , in addition to establishing prerequisite cognitive and social skills , the child must have access to a number of environmental support systems ( see Bruner 1983 ) . |
| 24 | Apart from the public launch , the campaign seems to have not been extended to seeking actual local authority support , although I may be wrong on this . |
| 25 | Ivan Youngman , 26 , unemployed , of Branwoods Road , Great Baddow , pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court to causing actual bodily harm to Pc Paul Dines and common assault on WPc Corrine Clark . |
| 26 | In May 1991 the older boy suffered non-accidental injuries , in respect of which the father pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm and was subsequently placed on probation . |
| 27 | Does the accused have to intend to cause or be reckless as to causing actual bodily harm or is intention to recklessness as to battery sufficient ? |
| 28 | Today Mills pleaded guilty to causing grvous bodily harm with intent , two cases of aggravated vehicle taking , driving while disqualified and without insurance and failing to provide a breath test . |
| 29 | Facts : pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent . |
| 30 | Page , of Queens Road , Ware , pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and three burglaries . |