Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclops were not unique to Greek mythology ; appearing to Sinbad in The Arabian Nights was a huge monster : |
| 2 | And did those feet … predecessors of the new wave of Soviet Jews walking to Palestine in the 1930sPHOTOGRAPH : BBC HULTON PICTURE LIBRARY corrections page 19 |
| 3 | Then there were the unwritten rules : girls travelling by train were not to travel in carriages with boys , and walking to school in the mornings , boys walked on one side of the road , girls on the other . |
| 4 | I remember the grey excitement of walking to rehearsals through the blacked-out streets , of playing ‘ Mars the Bringer of War ’ by candlelight , in overcoats and scarves . |
| 5 | I can remember as a boy walking to Rochester via the ferry and Wouldham on many occasions but this was only a stroll compared with some of the older inhabitants efforts . |
| 6 | Since the first signs of a contraction in the employment base of manufacturing in the 1960s , the question of what is happening to manufacturing in the UK has rapidly become one of central importance . |
| 7 | The Minister , however , does not give a damn about what is happening to people on the lowest incomes ; he does not even understand what is happening to local government . |
| 8 | DARLINGTON 'S Karl Aldorfer left the rest of the field well behind storming to victory during the Chester-le-Street open on the River Wear with 23–14–0 . |
| 9 | Pollution of the Po , Italy 's largest river , is a source of mounting concern , with fears that it may be contributing to pollution of the Adriatic , into which it flows . |
| 10 | ERS-1 will also measure sea temperature , contributing to studies into the role that the oceans play in determining global climate . |
| 11 | Some of the conference 's decisions , he said , were " provoking a political crisis " and contributing to violence in the country . |
| 12 | Here is an opportunity to see day-to-day activities relating to life on the estate — working farm with dairy cattle , sheep and arable crops — all set in attractive parkland . |
| 13 | The one type of company which can totally dispense with the provisions of the Act relating to auditing of the accounts is a so-called ‘ dormant company . ’ |
| 14 | The 15-member House of Chiefs considers draft legislation relating to alterations to the Constitution or to chieftaincy matters , and may make representation to the President on matters affecting the tribes or tribal organizations . |
| 15 | The following are additional estimates relating to manufacturing for the year ended 31 December l9X2 : |
| 16 | Hydrocephalus is one of three forms of congenital malformation relating to disorders of the central nervous system , the others being anencephalus and spina bifida . |
| 17 | The aim of the project is to produce an annotated bibliography of material in Parliamentary papers relating to Scotland in the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | It is a point of some general importance arising under a new statute which has made very substantial changes in the law relating to contracts for the sale of land . |
| 19 | Informations were laid against him relating to offences under the Food Hygiene ( General ) Regulations 1970 and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1990 . |
| 20 | The terms of reference of the Committee were that they were to consider , firstly , the law and practice relating to homosexual offences and the treatment of persons convicted of such offences by the Courts ; and secondly , ‘ the law and practice relating to offences against the criminal law in connection with prostitution and solicitation for immoral purposes ’ . |
| 21 | The West German Finance and Economics Ministers , Theo Waigel and Helmut Haussmann , also visited Moscow , on Aug. 24-25 , to discuss matters relating to assistance for the Soviet economy and German-Soviet economic and technological co-operation . |
| 22 | I am unable to derive any assistance from the provisions relating to administrators on the question of administrative receivership . |
| 23 | The expression ‘ particulars of any such departure , the reasons for it and its effect ’ is also used in paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 22 of Schedule 9 ( both relating to departure from the specified statutory accounting principles ) and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4A ( use of inconsistent accounting rules for an undertaking included in group accounts ) . |
| 24 | We therefore propose to simplify the law relating to libel in the light of the recommendations of the Neill Committee . |
| 25 | The solutions of equations ( 9.76 ) are the physical meaning of which becomes clear on appreciating that the propagation constant is complex , say , and that , , and are phasors relating to quantities of the form . |
| 26 | Some of the earliest names are on the Feet of Fines Rolls or documents relating to agreements on the rent or exchange of land . |
| 27 | Exceptional items of £184m relating to write-downs on the company 's property , increased Stanhope Properties ' losses before tax from £77.4m to £215m for the year to 30 June . |
| 28 | 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States . |
| 29 | The general analysis of the need for local government reorganisation was presented in straightforward terms relating to changes in the socio-economic geography of the country . |
| 30 | Also interested in personal anecdotes relating to aviation in the aforementioned county . |