Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Johnston joined the republican movement in 1965 , at the invitation of Cathal Goulding , IRA chief of staff , he was probably some distance to the right of some existing members of the movement and he was responsible not so much for leading the movement to the left as for crystallising a more coherent political strategy . |
| 2 | Kept saying something about building a parade of really modern shops . |
| 3 | How about building a hedgehog house ? |
| 4 | One hears so many discussions in the name of drama from children in role as town councillors arguing about building a swimming baths or an old people 's home . |
| 5 | Now they 're talking about building a bypass around Winchelsea . |
| 6 | An egalitarian mixture of social realism and modernism , the Festival conjured up a real sense of design direction : it was all about building a better environment for everyone , with stylish cars , labour-saving gadgets and buildings that were easier to inhabit . |
| 7 | Everyone thought Pratesi was the buyer because he 's been talking for years about building a bigger place , rearing his own pigs and growing his own feed . |
| 8 | In one sense CBHPs are not about building a grass roots community health movement but more about broadening the popular understanding of the root causes of ill health . |
| 9 | It does this through encouraging a favourable internal climate of opinion in which all employees can feel involved with , and understand , the firm 's affairs . |
| 10 | Although the film did not accurately portray the attitudes and feelings of mentally handicapped people , it may be commended for bringing a sensitive subject into the public eye . |
| 11 | The connotations of this in the creation of manhood were made clear by Baden Powell , founder of the Scout movement , who observed that masturbation checks the semen from getting its full chance of making the strong , manly man : ‘ You are throwing away the seed that has been handed down to you as a trust instead of keeping it and ripening it for bringing a son to you later on . ’ |
| 12 | Thank you for bringing a little bit of light in . |
| 13 | However , in the same Pul Eliya context , the business of the two pots with the gold coins formed part of the procedure for bringing a spirit medium out of his state of possession , while the business of the head shroud worn by an individual in a state of dangerous sanctity occurred in an elaborate ritual for the painting of the eyes of a new image of the Lord Buddha . |
| 14 | Milton 's Paradise Lost or Spenser 's Faerie Queene are applauded for bringing a sophisticated use of classical epic conventions into English , creating national works which stand comparison with those of antiquity . |
| 15 | In other words it 's about buttonholing a large crowd , together , instead of chasing them individually . |
| 16 | It would appear some of our customers have developed a new method of claiming a penny back for re-using a JS carrier bag ! |
| 17 | A grant of a licence in a restricted form , when a full licence has been applied for constitutes a refusal and may be appealed ( Wolfson v. Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1981 S.L.T. 17 ) . |
| 18 | If you want to lay concrete , you can improve its appearance by giving it a surface treatment , such as drawing a stiff broom over it when the initial set has taken place , which gives a fine-lined texture . |
| 19 | Excellence is not necessarily a criterion for including a picture or a sculpture in a chronological survey . |
| 20 | Yet the Franks have received criticism for including a lot of songs dedicated fans will already own . |
| 21 | The best reason for including a Giant in your army is that they are very entertaining ! |
| 22 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 23 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 24 | Experience can also be evoked as the condition for attributing a characteristic behaviour to someone , however , and this explains the possibility of using to even with the operative sense of know . |
| 25 | Such measures involve different aspects : physical security , such as the security of disk storage facilities , from flood as well as unauthorised access ; software security , such as maintaining a log of all failed access requests ; and , operational security , for example with regard to work data being taken home by employees , and periodic data protection audits of the computer systems . |
| 26 | It needs to be done subtly , for flashing a TA card or immediately mentioning membership of the police reserve , for example , incenses some regular police . |
| 27 | In 1834 the Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported to Australia , ostensibly for administering a secret oath but in fact for forming a trade union . |
| 28 | The recent case of a consultant convicted of attempted murder for administering a lethal injection of potassium chloride to a patient in intractable pain has highlighted the issue of pain that , contrary to expectation , does not respond to opiates . |
| 29 | In a compliance system , in contrast , there is much less concern for proving a violation took place ; indeed widespread reliance on strict liability would make the question of proof relatively straightforward if matters ended up in court . |
| 30 | I often think about seeing a therapist , in the hope that one day I 'll be able to have a fulfilling love life . |