Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIX youngsters got £50 rewards from a judge yesterday for an Enid Blyton-style operation to trap a gang raiding a warehouse . |
| 2 | However , such an interpretation would emasculate the section : for instance , it seems clear that the section was intended to apply to terms such as those commonly found in holiday contracts allowing a tour operator unilaterally to change accommodation and so on . |
| 3 | He turned , his blond hair gleaming a liquid gold beneath an ancient wall-lamp . |
| 4 | In Cuncliffe-Owen v Teather & Greenwood ( a Stock Exchange case ) Mr Justice Ungoed-Thomas said : " it is suggested on the one hand that this rule excluded usage of wider scope and , on the other hand , with the support of expert evidence , that it was a particular instance reflecting a wider usage . |
| 5 | Canopies : These respond well to the spray-wipe technique using a solvent degreaser often without any further action . |
| 6 | Ovens and grills : Lightly soiled equipment of this type may be cleaned by virtually ‘ hands-off ’ technique using a caustic cleaner and a solution of vinegar or heavily diluted acid cleaner both spray applied . |
| 7 | If sometimes , when I canvassed for other people at elections , addressed envelopes , drafted manifestos , I felt like an alcoholic sneaking a secret drink , this was a purely subjective analogy . |
| 8 | We also saw in both tests the law change allowing a quick throw-in from touch . |
| 9 | After 4 to 6 weeks , cytofluorometry was done with the bulk cultures using a FACScan ( Becton and Dickinson ) . |
| 10 | b , Size distribution of males and females classified in the field using a chart ( 1.5 units 1mm ) . |
| 11 | As she made her way to the lift and jabbed the button marked ‘ G ’ she found her heart thumping a little faster than normal . |
| 12 | Soon , he was co producing a soap opera with my mother called Chicago Suite . |
| 13 | It lacks the rich colours and harmonies of the Concerto , and has difficulty producing a single memorable idea during its 13 minutes . |
| 14 | ‘ That you ’ Can be proved by the officer dealing with the case proving an admission by the accused that he was the person concerned . |
| 15 | In any one day 's activity a selector makes a large number of separate decisions about particular titles , each decision reflecting a range of background circumstances , some of them quite complex . |
| 16 | is up in Shrewsbury , Shrewsbury , with mum singing a little |
| 17 | Database support includes Sybase , Oracle , Ingres , Informix or Progress using a DB Link option . |
| 18 | DBase support includes Sybase , Oracle , Ingres , Informix or Progress using a DB Link option . |
| 19 | Statistical aggregates suggesting an inexorable logic to Labour 's advance in the 1920s disguise considerable reversals in certain localities and unexpected increases in others ( Savage 1987 Ch 8 ) . |
| 20 | Yet ants have yet to develop writing , and their major artefacts — their nests — can be demolished in minutes using a spade . |
| 21 | Taking a booking and issuing a personalised ticket now takes just one minute compared with up to 10 minutes using a manual system . |
| 22 | An independent clinical test revealed that two minutes of brushing with a Braun Oral-B Plaque Remover removed more plaque than three minutes using a conventional electric toothbrush , or six minutes with a manual toothbrush . |
| 23 | Subsequently anterior and posterior abdominal scans were obtained at 40 , 120 , and 240 minutes using a large field of view gamma camera fitted with a low energy high resolution collimator and interfaced to a Research Machines Nimbus microcomputer . |
| 24 | As a rule of thumb , a pre-sensitised board can be exposed for between 5 and 10 minutes using an ordinary UV light box . |
| 25 | The clinical interview provided information about the severity and diagnosis of disorders , but also enabled researchers to measure onset and course using a concept of change-points : a point in time when an increase or decrease in the number of symptoms led to a noticeable change in a woman 's psychiatric state . |
| 26 | Or it could be part of the training sessions , let's have what we were doing yesterday , skill drills , but you 've got to practice it and practice it , until eventually from those forty contacts using a ratio of ten to one , we get four appointments . |
| 27 | So , argues Daedalus , an atom intercepting an X-ray of this energy will absorb it completely by resonance absorption , promoting an electron up to the higher electron-shell . |
| 28 | Become determined to develop your expertise using a self-help approach . |
| 29 | This was determined by automated analysis in the Department of Chemical Pathology using a SMAC machine . |
| 30 | These findings could help to explain the higher incidence of gastric cancer among coal miners and we suggest that this would be a suitable group to screen for premalignant gastric pathology using an upper gastrointestinal symptom questionnaire . |