Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that roads and pavements are often too busy , noisy or polluted to make walking a pleasant alternative to driving . |
| 2 | Coming on the heels of last week 's selling — some would call it over-selling — the endorsement provided a welcome boost to trading at the start of the new three-week account . |
| 3 | The same manifesto committed a Labour Government to preventing the siting of cruise missiles in Britain and to the removal of any that were then in place . |
| 4 | The authors provide a rule-of-thumb guide to interpreting these scores . |
| 5 | We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game . |
| 6 | Both studies provide a necessary background to understanding some of the problems now faced by government . |
| 7 | Even if FMS does not prove to be the critical target gene , characterisation of the microdeletions should considerably reduce the critical deleted region and provide a major step to identifying the real target gene . |
| 8 | Editor , — D J M Reynolds and J K Aronson provide a clear approach to monitoring cyclosporin treatment after organ transplantation . |
| 9 | After the First World War the term ‘ regional planning ’ was used extensively , the new practice representing a significant extension to planning practice . |
| 10 | Another helping organisation , the Family Welfare Association ( address on page 146 ) has produced Keeping Fit While Caring which contains a step-by-step guide to lifting without injury and other hints . |
| 11 | The object of job evaluation is to provide a systematic approach to defining the relative worth of different jobs . |
| 12 | The first of the new areas covered by the practice note , the auditors ' report to regulators , seeks to provide a common approach to reporting by auditors and establish clear unequivocal wording of auditors ' reports , so that whenever possible auditors may use a standard layout and form of wording when reporting to all regulators . |
| 13 | The custom of marriage has gained strength , in the sense that more people are entering into it and that it seems to be considered a necessary prelude to having children . |
| 14 | To get more information I would recommend getting hold of issue one of Practical PC which has a step-by-step guide to fitting a hard disk . |
| 15 | The registered nurse tutor is involved in the education of the learner throughout training , and has a heavy commitment to teaching in the school of nursing . |
| 16 | And it may be entirely appropriate to use any one of those for one style of enquiry depending on the preferences of the individual , that 's what we mean by flexibility and freedom of choice , we do n't want to constrain a particular individual to working in a certain way . |
| 17 | At present , the service to the adoption triangle is fragmented between adoption agencies and various health professionals in limited capacities , and this does not present a structured approach to making happy families . |
| 18 | Federal and state governments in Australia have embarked on a series of national initiatives which show a firm commitment to tackling social inequalities in health . |
| 19 | As we shall see in Section 6.5 , some weathering products show a remarkable resilience to changing environmental conditions to the extent that in some circumstances they can persist in the landscape essentially unaltered for tens of millions of years . |
| 20 | Any believer in social justice , or indeed any believer in a civilised society , must surely give a high priority to providing such an improvement . |
| 21 | ‘ I do feel a profound antipathy to firing any type of gun inside a ship I 'm piloting , ’ the Navigator said loftily . |
| 22 | Manpower constraints , often found in industry , make it impracticable to allocate a single person to using online services . |
| 23 | UK governments since 1976 adopted explicit monetary targets , and with the Conservative election victory in 1979 came a strong commitment to controlling the money supply . |
| 24 | While the trust 's portfolio is balanced evenly between quoted and unquoted investments , the management has adopted a cautious approach to valuing the unlisted holdings . |
| 25 | Indeed grazing rights could be an issue in themselves , and disputes over these probably made a major contribution to bringing about the Norfolk rebellion of 1549 ( 73 , pp.71 , 142–3 ) . |
| 26 | Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers . |
| 27 | He has made a great contribution to anchoring the art of architecture to real life , real science and real modernity … |
| 28 | The acquisition in October 1992 of The Alta Group Inc. , a leading supplier of high purity titanium , has made a significant contribution to operating profit . |
| 29 | If the Union had made a significant contribution to solving health problems , it had also unquestionably played a more significant role in awakening community action . |
| 30 | In 1954 , he joined Mercedes , who had made a welcome return to racing , and his second championship followed . |