Example sentences of "some [noun] to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to Falmouth Street in his new acquisition — and already encountering some resistance to engaging first gear — Harry listed in his mind the excellent reasons for buying a car . |
| 2 | UDCF is not the only factor/invoice discounter to have reviewed its ‘ book ’ and shifted some clients to factoring , where they are subject to tighter controls . |
| 3 | During the late forties Anglo-Iranian had some concessions to growing Iranian anger but they were far from meeting the popular demands . |
| 4 | These points will , I hope , give you some guidelines to judging the temperament of a strange horse , whether you are looking for a suitable horse to buy , or deciding which way to handle a particular animal . |
| 5 | The kitchen is the prime source of home fires but there are some guidelines to avoiding disaster : |
| 6 | Now that anyone can buy speaking toys , such as Texas Instruments 's ‘ Speak 'n Spell ’ , it is essential to include some reference to talking computers in any undergraduate course . |
| 7 | This may cause some delay to processing orders in this period . |
| 8 | There has always been an international dimension to civil litigation , and States have found it desirable to devote some efforts to easing the difficulties experienced by their citizens and business enterprises in pursuing or defending claims involving persons or entities in other countries . |
| 9 | I was looking for some short-cut to getting a complete description of who you are . |
| 10 | It was agreed that community groups should give some thought to campaigning to have these facilities installed . |
| 11 | Although many look forward with uncertainty and some apprehension to joining a battalion , all display a supreme contentment and relief that the rigours of basic training have been mastered . |
| 12 | Leapor is here parting company with conventional love poetry , leaving that to others who have ‘ a softer Pen ’ ; Swift himself gives some space to describing wedding festivities , though the bitter revelation is expected shortly . |
| 13 | Smith devoted some space to explaining how , imbued with martial spirit , yeomen followed the lords of whom they held their land to war , serving on foot as archers . |
| 14 | The paper accepted at the November Council on ‘ Suggested Changes to Branch Recruitment ’ will go some way to addressing these problems . |
| 15 | I hope these observations go some way to addressing your concerns . |
| 16 | While the Environment Protection Act will go some way to addressing the situation it does not seem to take into account those owners who will not care if their dog is impounded and destroyed and certainly will not pay to save it . |
| 17 | This statement goes some way to addressing the recommendations in section 9 [ 9.1.2 ] |
| 18 | The whole anthem affair has been dealt with and the minute 's silence at Newlands went some way to repairing the damage of Ellis Park . |
| 19 | It went some way to repairing their damaged pride after their defeat by Swindon Town at the weekend , Mickey Inotta was there ; Mickey it must have cheered you up a bit . |
| 20 | But through sensitive playing and a warm humorous script by Bennett , the play went some way to portraying the normality of life with a daughter who is ‘ not quite right ’ . |
| 21 | It would have been impossible to predict the way events developed after October 1917 , and the policy of the Party seemed on numerous grounds to be the most sensible , the only one which went some way to reconciling the need for large economic units ( which , rightly or wrongly , was assumed to be decisive for material progress ) and for democracy , understood as the right of peoples to choose their own State . |
| 22 | He also argues his idea would go some way to helping save the rainforest , part of which is used to make charcoal . |
| 23 | A procedure called hanning , named after its protagonist , a nineteenth century Austrian meteorologist called Julius von Hann , goes some way to meeting these criticisms . |
| 24 | Grants , trust money and corporate giving will go to some way to meeting the bill but support from individuals will play a very important part . |
| 25 | The Boards ' lines of defence against this — replacement costs were hypothetical and difficult to estimate , tax complications might follow — read like a weary defence of the status quo , but the Ministry did in the end accept that their creation of special ad hoc depreciation reserves did go some way to meeting the point . |
| 26 | I hope that that goes some way to meeting my hon. Friend 's points . |
| 27 | The draft went some way to meeting ANC demands for curbs on political parties and the security forces . |
| 28 | Although we accept the Government 's recent concessions go some way to meeting the concerns expressed at second reading , we believe an additional amendment is crucial . |
| 29 | Last night , Mr Robinson said Mr Brooke 's speech had gone some way to getting dialogue ‘ back on the rails . ’ |
| 30 | Coun Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , chairman of the committee , said he was delighted to be involved in a scheme which will go some way to easing the town 's critical housing shortage . |