Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun pl] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 2 | This would certainly have been within the power of an omnipotent being , but if he had started it off in such an incomprehensible way , why did he choose to let it evolve according to laws that we could understand ? |
| 3 | Replying to reports that it has published misleading SPECmark performance claims for its boxes by using unavailable compiler and pre-compiler technology in its testing ( UX No 378 ) , Anil Gadre , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's vice president of systems product marketing , says the company will use shipped compilers for future SPECfp and SPECint performance benchmarking . |
| 4 | He was replying to demands that he should resign to pave the way for talks between the Pakistan-based mujahedin resistance and Kabul 's ruling Peoples Democratic Party ( PDPA ) on a peace settlement . |
| 5 | So , save a lot of things going to areas that you might do different then . |
| 6 | The major axis of Stonehenge is aligned with the exact positions of the midwinter and midsummer solstice , leading to suggestions that it was built for ceremonies to mark the annual calendar and seasons . |
| 7 | Mrs Gunner 's ex-husband was preparing to fly to Faro last night clinging to hopes that she may have missed the flight . |
| 8 | More fundamentally , managed competition and the new system of contract funding means that clinicians and managers have a common interest in demonstrating to purchasers that they provide good quality , cost-effective care . |
| 9 | By 1719 its absorption of so much of the unfunded debt was suggesting to ministers that they might also shift a proportion of the funded debt its way . |
| 10 | You conclude your article by suggesting to readers that they reserve their money for those with integrity and courage , such as Amnesty International … and the Heavenly Records EP ! ! ? ? |
| 11 | ‘ I survived but I have joined the group because I want to put something back raising money and proving to others that you can survive . ’ |
| 12 | The social worker helped her examine more closely the cognitive ‘ roadblock ’ to action , and she conceded that she was jumping to conclusions that they would be annoyed with her if she postponed tea until 7 p.m . |
| 13 | A major Oxfordshire-based motor dealer is responding to claims that it does n't have the area 's environment at heart . |
| 14 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 15 | It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words . |
| 16 | Objective I is aimed at stressing to parents that they are the people who will solve the problem and that no-one else can solve it for them . |
| 17 | For companies that have kept at a specified size over the years , working to budgets that they know and understand , are forced to expand to deal with the increased flow . |