Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [noun sg] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCARBOROUGH hope to get down to the problem of tackling their much-maligned McCain Stadium pitch with the appointment of new ground consultants . |
| 2 | We got votes against our proposals with no reasons given at all , you 've now got down to the point of having no reasons at all for opposing what we want to do . |
| 3 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 4 | After this brief affair with TV , Kylie returned to the classroom where she knuckled down to the job of passing her exams . |
| 5 | Having defined the size of the board the next stage is to consider the circuit and the components themselves , before getting down to the job of designing the copper track pattern itself . |
| 6 | Smith said that some of the reporters had been drinking before getting down to the job of covering the fight ; Hearn is considering litigation . |
| 7 | Cats do often pause after catching their prey and momentarily release what they imagine is a corpse before settling down to the business of eating it . |
| 8 | As always they will go to businesses and organisations whose support for various aspects of the arts throughout 1992 has most impressed the ABSA judges who get down to the business of sifting through hundreds of entries early next month . |
| 9 | Despite this , Junius soon got down to the business of casting aspersions against the King 's character . |
| 10 | Now get down to the business of making a country fit for business to operate in , with plenty of unemployment and real inequality . ’ |
| 11 | After a flypast of more modern military life it was down to the business of unveiling the plaque which commemorates the role of the Three Hundred and Ninetieth . |
| 12 | She hoped the hectic flush would be put down to the exertion of bending nearly double . |
| 13 | Social workers and their managers are clearly ready to knuckle down to the task of making the policy work for users . |
| 14 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 15 | Erm , so that 's why I put down six , so , you could also put , you know , if you want to , it all down to the matter of doing the same job , |
| 16 | It would even be worth surrendering his prey , to have brought him down to the ignominy of lying to excuse himself . |
| 17 | At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened . |
| 18 | It would be cheaper for the government to subsidise the employment of widget makers up to the cost of having that person registered unemployed , rather than the company using automated technology . |
| 19 | Interest payable up to the date of winding up is included as part of the debt . |
| 20 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of Working for patients appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ internal market ’ — a patient-led system . |
| 21 | Though Labour joined with the Conservatives in May 1940 to fight the Second World War , under Churchill 's leadership , it is clear that despite the almost obsessive concern of the public about the threat of European fascism it was only the Labour Party , slow and cumbersome in its rate of change , which actually squared up to the necessity of facing fascism with military sanctions if necessary . |
| 22 | He thought that the Capra film had made ‘ greenish grass grow where there was only alkali dust before ’ because it consistently preferred ‘ the light touch to the heavy ’ and used actors ‘ who are thoroughly up to the work of acting ’ . |
| 23 | Make no mistake about it by all the processes of the government propaganda machine by kite-flying and carefully placed links , the government is trying to soften us up to the idea of increasing the State pension age for women to sixty five . |
| 24 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 25 | Now Gwynedd Health Authority 's health promotion adviser , Melfyn Thomas , is urging people to face up to the challenge of accepting people affected by HIV and Aids . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid , ’ writes Sidney Pollack , ‘ I would find my imagination not up to the challenge of working with no limits whatsoever . ’ |
| 27 | Up to the limit of borrowing there is no problem , but as soon as that limit is passed there is a crisis sometimes followed by collapse . |
| 28 | I estimate that our costs for involvement up to the stage of sending out all of the profiles but excluding any meetings with interested parties and subsequent negotiations and structuring will be approximately £ [ ] excluding VAT and outlays . |
| 29 | Shunned by much of the old left , the new recruits had proved more than up to the task of filling the gaps . |
| 30 | Individually , we are not up to the task of trying to handle our own uniqueness . |