Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local case studies were developed using data from the Register of Sasines and other documentary sources , together with semi-structured interviews with consumers and producers of private sector housing . |
| 2 | Jane , I hate drawing people . |
| 3 | Electrophoresis was undertaken using 7% polyacrylamide gels . |
| 4 | New figures for accumulated temperature have been calculated using 0°C as the growth threshold and covering the months January to June inclusive . |
| 5 | This involves helping staff through the possible stages of individual crises identified some time ago in the USA , eg the phases of ‘ shock ’ , ‘ defensive retreat ’ , ‘ acknowledgement ’ , ‘ adaption and change ’ Fink , Beak and Taddeo , 1971 ) . |
| 6 | He hates eating duck full of birdshot . |
| 7 | A HARD-UP health authority yesterday admitted wasting £2 million on hiring American research consultants … to save money . |
| 8 | Substantial analysis of published statistics will be undertaken utilising data from the Census of Production ( 1924 , 1930 , 1935 ) the Board of Trade , and the Customs and Excise Department . |
| 9 | As she says : ‘ It certainly beats thumping people . ’ |
| 10 | Overnight the Japanese stopped eating fish . |
| 11 | I walked on and tried looking people in the eye . |
| 12 | When the Ancient Greeks stopped sacrificing people , the victims ' places were taken by pigs . |
| 13 | It also proposed granting $200 million to school districts already operating a voucher system allowing parents to choose between schools , and $30 million to those districts intending to establish such a system . |
| 14 | The digestion reaction was stopped after 12 seconds by addition of 4µl formamide containing 10mM EDTA and 0.1% ( w/v ) bromophenol blue . |
| 15 | Mr Whitnall reported teaching staff ‘ dismayed ’ by the service from the trade , with titles hard to identify and evaluate and frequently no obvious source of supply for students if texts were recommended . |
| 16 | However , my mother stopped buying fruit . |
| 17 | ‘ When the government first proposed moving people from institutional care into the community , a government committee appeared to investigate this matter and reported in 1988 , warning that ‘ care in the community is not a cheap option ’ , ’ said Ms Laird . |
| 18 | Only an eccentric would consider spending £1,000 on such a course for fun , and the company would probably refuse to accept such a trainee . |
| 19 | Self-report studies usually involve asking people to give information about their past illegal activities , in response to a questionnaire or interview . |
| 20 | Until then the diet of the wealthy was rich in spices and sugar and involved mixing fruit , both fresh and dried , with meat — a tradition which still lingers in such things as Christmas mincemeat . |
| 21 | I suggest having trout for dinner , no . |
| 22 | Specialist , separate services for dementia sufferers v Negative segregation , that is , the refusal to accept dementing people into a service . |
| 23 | Members of the recreation committee on Thursday will consider giving £9,500 to replace the hut in North Park , Darlington . |
| 24 | Frame Technology Corp is to buy text retrieval software house Verity Inc , Mountain View , California , in a stock swap involving 3.5m Frame shares valued at around $50.7m . |
| 25 | On Monday morning everybody starts posting data into the database through the application interface and Fred 's posting in data at fifteen percent V A T , everybody else is posting in the data at seventeen and a half percent V A T. So we 're looking at a two and a half percent margin . |
| 26 | Touch legering means , quite simply , that you hold the line and feel for bites instead of relying on some kind of visual indication . |
| 27 | " The Meeting considering that the number of useless Dogs in this Country are a great grievance , and that for many obvious reasons their number should be deminished. , and it being also represented that a number of Half Grayhounds very destructive to Hares are kept by Many This Meeting recommend to the Gentlemen of the different quarters of Islay to Intimate to the people of their neighbourhood that all useless and superflous Dogs are to be killed , and that the owner of any Dog found chasing Sheep or Lambs or running Hares shall be liable for the Damages , and the Meeting also recommend that no dog be seen at Church or other publick Meetings . " |
| 28 | This back scratching may include taking data directly from the banks computer , but more often it provides details of the bank 's systems , which makes it easier for the enquiry agent to embark on the well timed impersonation . |
| 29 | Dougal closed his eyes and tried counting sheep . |
| 30 | However , members have recommended taking £385,000 from other capital funds to the housing budget to cover the shortfall . |