Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Significant compression has only developed comparatively recently ( the Alpine Fault was transtensile until the Pliocene ) but has generated rapid uplift with the highest peaks in the Southern Alps now exceeding an altitude of 3000 m . |
| 2 | The protesters withdrew , but were angered by news that the council had again refused to meet the deputation , although accepting an amendment that the next general purposes committee would receive it . |
| 3 | Rather than proving an insoluble methodological problem , these contradictions are , in fact , a key finding in the research . |
| 4 | This is usually more valuable than generating an allowable loss for capital gains tax purposes . |
| 5 | just as when reading a favourite novel , we create the people and places described as we see them , so we draw on our own images and imagination to enrich our inner world , rather than accepting an unknown intruder — the voice on the tape . |
| 6 | It is a burden that Russia could do without , but at least it is far cheaper than maintaining an army of occupation in what Richard III might have called the very long winter of discontent . |
| 7 | Will he use this opportunity to ask British Steel to consider modernising the Dalzell plate mill in Motherwell rather than building an expensive new plate mill , which would be less profitable for British Steel ? |
| 8 | Operating the 238S requires a separate mixer , which I actually find easier than using an all-in-one machine because working alone and trying to remember complicated bounces and mixes and all the things which have to go on tape is hard enough , so routing signals through the desk seems to make more sense to an already cluttered mind . |
| 9 | This was probably cheaper than setting or marking exams locally or than employing an individual solely for the purpose . |
| 10 | Although adopting an integrated problem based course may be one way of achieving elaboration , Dr Coles believes that such radical approaches are not essential . |
| 11 | Buying two wooden spoons can be more fun at this time than purchasing an expensive set of china in later years . |
| 12 | This would not only save money and help to curb the growth of the world 's stocks of separated plutonium ; it might also help to persuade Russia to dispose of its plutonium , rather than weaving an economic pipedream around it . |
| 13 | Rather than adopting an inappropriate legislative approach , we must persuade people and affect attitudes . |
| 14 | Often , the risk of sharing is far greater than keeping an idea to oneself . |
| 15 | It would seem that changing differentials is better than fitting an overdrive as it will broaden all four gears . |
| 16 | Is there anything I can do to improve this other than fitting an overdrive ? |
| 17 | The County Council 's environmental consultants had said of the inner northern routes , rather than damaging an irrepr irreplaceable sensitive landscape as could happen with the other routes , the inner northern route could be seen as a means of improving the landscape . |
| 18 | Not one of the little piece picking a little piece out , but an overall assessment and this was produced for the County Council by their environmental consultants and was specifically referred to in the County Surveyor and I think County Planning Officer 's joint report , and that er assessment said , rather than damaging an an irreplaceable , sensitive landscape as could happen with the other routes , the inner northern route could be seen as a means of improving the landscape . |
| 19 | If suitable provisions ( Clause 19 ) are included in the partnership agreement ( and they are discussed in greater detail in Chapter 7 ) the interests of the firm can be largely protected ( or at any rate damage limited ) : when getting rid of a miscreant partner is likely to be rather easier than dismissing an employee whose thoughts may have turned to taking proceedings for wrongful dismissal . |
| 20 | The firm must maintain an independent and objective attitude throughout the engagement , rather than advocating an acquisition . |
| 21 | Although the co-founders , Phil Edwards and Dave Jordan , both come from Dun & Bradstreet Corp , they will be focusing on attracting a new customer base rather than wooing an old one . |
| 22 | Again , there is no charge for purchases other than paying an exchange rate 2 p.c. or 3 p.c. worse than the wholesale money market rate . |
| 23 | What banana brain thinks that a curved edge to the lid is more important than removing an excess 200g ? |
| 24 | She half believed him now , simply because she knew a man like Luke would n't invent something of this nature , but the belief was shot through with a conviction that he was talking about more than sating an inconvenient lust . |
| 25 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the South Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply met from primary land sources will decline from 65% to about 45% over the period from 1991 to 2011 ( although requiring an absolute increase of up to 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , coastal super quarries are anticipated to supply almost 30% of demand during the last five years of this period . |
| 26 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the South Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply met from primary land sources will decline from 65% to about 45% over the period from 1991 to 2011 ( although requiring an absolute increase of up to 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , coastal super quarries are anticipated to supply almost 30% of demand during the last five years of this period . |
| 27 | It 'll take more time than buying an off-the-shelf solution , it wo n't be so neatly packaged , and there are a few ‘ gotchas ’ for the unwary . |
| 28 | These are generally either thermal or electrostatic units which tend to offer a cheaper solution than buying an interface and a good quality matrix printer but the results obtained tend to be less professional . |
| 29 | Saying this is , of course , much easier than persuading an employer to agree to it . |
| 30 | Depression , as an illness is not normal any more than having an ulcer |