Example sentences of "and [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | a method of binding a paper cover to a book by drawing the cover on and gluing to the back of the book . |
| 2 | Wilkes had many levels of supporters , from the Middlesex freeholders who voted for him , through City interests " independent " of those linked through finance and contracting to the government , to the " middling sort " of householder . |
| 3 | He was able to read ( in a time when many nobles were happily illiterate ) and noted for his skill at reading aloud and singing to the harp . |
| 4 | A vital aspect of this learning is the stimulation from other people in the environment especially the mother or mother substitute who by speaking and singing to the child , and touching and cuddling , provides the basic experiences for interpersonal communication which are so crucial to further development . |
| 5 | How many people do you see every day — cycling , walking and even driving — wearing headphones and singing to the music ? |
| 6 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 7 | • Juggling the running of a house , keeping everyone well-fed and clothed , and seeing to the needs of a new baby make mothers excellent organisers . |
| 8 | Peel and blanch by putting into cold salted water and bringing to the boil . |
| 9 | His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition . |
| 10 | But that is a very different matter from the exegetically unjustified expedient adopted by some modern students of mission , of divorcing the Spirit from Jesus , evading the scandal of his particularity , and attributing to the Spirit 's agency whatever seems to them to be admirable in the beliefs and practice of other faiths . |
| 11 | Sebastian grinned , just twenty-three then and enjoying to the full the way his mother fussed and worried herself silly over him . |
| 12 | Here the emphasis is on bypassing your higher faculties and submitting to the fundamental , libidinous drives of your body . |
| 13 | In Blackburn v. Attorney-General a declaration was sought to the effect that by becoming a party to the Treaty of Rome527 and submitting to the law-making competence of the European Communities , Britain would partially surrender its sovereignty contrary to its law . |
| 14 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 15 | The existence now of eight to ten established galleries in Taiwan selling first generation paintings and catering to the contemporary market indicates the potential size of the market to which we can appeal . |
| 16 | And it , it becomes you 'd never actually get the thing printed and you 'd never actually get the thing distributed because you , you , you 're wondering what to put in , what not to put in as it were and sticking to the specifics er at least it 's getting it 's getting something out and I do n't , personally I do n't see any , any real problem in personalizing it further and as much to indicate , right , without obvious prejudice to the new union erm to indicate er in , in some general or specific sense , if that does n't sound like sort of like contradictory , on on the , the , the betterment of , of representation for members within , within Northumberland come unison . |
| 17 | The bottle shattered in the back of the car , the petrol saturating and sticking to the upholstery . |
| 18 | And I can tell you this : I 'm amazed at your new modern outlook ; I 've always known you to be as strait-laced as a Victorian corset and sticking to the narrow principles of that time in which you were brought up . |
| 19 | The solution in Cunningham 's own school ( Madeley Court , Telford ) was a sophisticated library resource centre , on two levels , with a multi-media collection of materials , reprographic and audiovisual production facilities , and trunking to the library and other areas of the school through which audio-programmes could be distributed on command . |
| 20 | Without the pinpoint contact of the tips of the claws , the animals may find themselves slipping and crashing to the ground . |
| 21 | It is hard to escape the implication that a major source of this taboo is the sense that the priest kneeling down and washing women 's ‘ naked ’ feet would be somehow both sexual and polluting to the sacred . |
| 22 | God is a Trinity of three distinct persons , each loving and relating to the others within the unity of God . |
| 23 | To inquire into and thereby establish the fullest possible account and the civil liberties implications of the role of the police , the police authorities and the criminal courts in the events arising from and relating to the NUM dispute which began in March 1984 ( see NCCL Report 1984 ) . |
| 24 | Until the end of April Margot Gordon and Marcello Aldega will be showing a number of pictures from their 1992 catalogue , including : Fra Bartolommeo 's ‘ Holy Family with the infant St John the Baptist ’ dated by Chris Fisher to around 1515–16 ; a ‘ Nativity with Saints ’ by Penni , attributed by Nicholas Turner ; a late ‘ Male Profile ’ by Parmigianino , possibly a self-portrait ; a ‘ Putto ’ by Annibale Carracci , attributed by Oberhuber and relating to the upper part of the S. Gregorio altarpiece , Bologna ; two sheets by Simone Cantarini , ‘ Jove and Ganymede ’ and a ‘ Male figure ’ . |
| 25 | Before setting out such facts and relating to the sentences on the individual offenders as are material for the purposes of these appeals , it is necessary first to describe the procedure followed by the Secretary of State in exercising his power under section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , and the steps by which he came to adopt that procedure . |
| 26 | It is anticipated that Group Awards incorporating these modules and relating to the same needs will be developed . |
| 27 | Much of the Colombian countryside has been turned over to the growing of soya and sorghum to feed chickens , thus depriving the Colombian peasants in the area of a food supply and contributing to the increased protein deficit in Colombia . |
| 28 | By the time they reach the age and salary level of a first year graduate chartered accountant trainee , they are already working in ‘ semi-senior positions ’ and contributing to the firm while still training . |
| 29 | The clear objective of every SPRED group is that these special people are visible within their parish as active members , participating and contributing to the life of that faith community . |
| 30 | First , in households consisting of elderly married couples , one of the spouses may still be working and contributing to the household income . |