Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] of [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also using the distribution of of deliveries to the door daily we can also use the sales staff to as assist us in distribution . |
| 2 | In these sentences , it will be recalled , the event is seen as prospective , as a subsequent potential , a meaning that arises from intercepting the movement of to before it reaches the infinitival lexeme 's place in time . |
| 3 | There is slightly more to go on with the latter however , and one seems justified in presuming the work of at least two men . |
| 4 | During his eight years with us , has travelled extensively , visiting customers and promoting the name of as the technical leader in the malting industry . |
| 5 | For a start , this will mean cars wo n't have to be driven into concrete blocks at 30mph , or be written off in seatbelt anchorage tests , saving the cost of at least two expensive prototypes . |
| 6 | As a means of analysing the meaning of to , special attention has been given to contexts in which the two infinitives can be contrasted , since in such cases to is the only variable in a constant linguistic context . |
| 7 | Thanks to this way of analysing the movement of to , the expressive effects of unexpectedness , good or bad luck and the like produced by the to infinitive in these cases can be accounted for . |
| 8 | Moreover , the same basis of explanation — analysing the movement of to — can also explain the difference between this use of the infinitive as subject and that discussed above in examples ( 17 ) — ( 20 ) . |
| 9 | The Goldstone Commission investigating the killing of at least 45 people in Boipatong in June [ see p. 38948 ] heard on Aug. 11 that vital taped evidence had been erased . |
| 10 | It was performance that drew applause from a press corps relieved to be approaching the end of at least the first election campaign this year , and brought smiles to previously glum ministerial faces . |
| 11 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
| 12 | Chelsea , headed by fiery chairman Ken Bates , is hoping that a compromise can be reached involving the payment of between £10 million and £12 million . |
| 13 | The diameter of the foci was determined microscopically , taking the mean of at least two measurements . |
| 14 | A form of group selection can be made to work , provided some means can be found for increasing the ratio of between group variation to within-group variation . |
| 15 | The role of the US embassy was also heavily criticized for withholding the evidence of at least one US military advisor who claimed to have had prior knowledge of the plan to kill the priests . |
| 16 | Did you see this , a baby , a four day old baby girl died after receiving the transfusion of over heated blood , which the nurse had warmed boiling water from a kettle . |
| 17 | Postulating the presence of a generalized person in the infinitive whose position in time as support of the infinitive 's event is either coincident or subsequent to another position of this same person , at which it is often represented as support of some other event , thus leads to a more profound comprehension of the motives underlying the use of to . |
| 18 | From here descend ( south westwards ) to Wastwater ( 2 miles ) following the course of Over Back before following the lakeshore road to the head of the lake ( 1 mile ) . |
| 19 | The move is part of an overall restructuring of the SE region following the acquisition of of Burston in February . |
| 20 | Hansen predicts that , following the cooling of between 0.3-0.4° C after the eruption , world temperatures will bounce back sharply once the shroud disappears to bring new record high levels . |