Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two techniques are primarily intended for use in table searching in main storage , and are only incidentally usable for direct files ; it is worth noting that they are intended to eliminate the order-preserving properties of division , while using division as a convenient randomizing algorithm . |
| 2 | The USA on Nov. 13 suspended a US$19,000,000 aid programme , demanding progress on democratization . |
| 3 | But he said nothing , just sat down at the table , a pale-faced , freckled child , his school tie knotted to one side , and catching part of his collar . |
| 4 | Were he to join a Government of Conservatives and Liberals , he continued , he would be a ridiculous figure , unable to command support and bringing odium on them as well as on himself . |
| 5 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 6 | Although their reception by whites was more hostile than they anticipated , their conditions were still improvements on what they had left behind and their thoughts for the future would have turned about accumulating money through regular , if uncomfortable , comparatively rewarding employment . |
| 7 | Spinal trabecular bone mineral density was measured in the anterior part of the first three lumbar vertebrae by quantitative computed tomography ( Philips Tomoscan 350 CT scanner ) using amodification of the method of Cann and Genant . |
| 8 | Males continue to court in the way they do because if a male were to stop producing part of the species ' typical display , females would not mate with him . |
| 9 | Um now one thing er I notice you 're you 've gone for quite heavily is using kind of declarative directional statements . |
| 10 | It was a practice requiring the submission of the lower classes on the street , yet at the same time reflecting subordination of the constables to the whims of senior officers and to a manipulative body of law . |
| 11 | The scheme has already been dubbed the ‘ M12 ’ and a Stop the M12 action group has been formed , drawing support from many villages south of Chelmsford . |
| 12 | The first-generation immigrant , however zealously he or she tried to learn the techniques of the new life , lived in a self-imposed ghetto , drawing support from the old ways , the men of his kind , the memories of the old country which he had so readily abandoned . |
| 13 | He makes that sucking noise with his teeth again . |
| 14 | Elaine drained hers thirstily and made a loud sucking noise with her straw . |
| 15 | He makes that sucking noise through his teeth . |
| 16 | Already my body was beginning to feel restless : demanding reunification with the object of its yearning . |
| 17 | Unisys has set in place its Colleagues developers programme , offering development and porting support to independent software vendors , plans to begin software distribution via compact disks during the second quarter , and will introduce network licensing software from Gradient Technologies Inc . |
| 18 | Coldness , blueness , or numbness of the injury , or the part beyond the injury , suggesting damage to the blood or nervous supply of that area . |
| 19 | The problem is overcome , at least partially , by using money as the unit of measurement — this greatly simplifies the adding up , but it gives rise to the problem of distinguishing between real and nominal values . |
| 20 | No longer were people in small communities sharing the necessities of life , but they were using money for everything . |
| 21 | Now their pension money has been frozen while trustees investigate certain deals made using money from the fund . |
| 22 | It was paid for by the county using money from the national Transport Road Research Laboratory . |
| 23 | The US exporter has now been paid , using money from the UK bank 's NOSTRO account . |
| 24 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 25 | The family and the media , it can be argued , both work at an ideological level in perpetuating inequality of the sexes , while firms which pay lower wages to female workers operate at a material level . |
| 26 | Literature is an innovative resource book which offers the teacher a wide variety of interesting and practical ideas for using literature in the language class . |
| 27 | FIG. 1 a , Stereo drawing using MOLSCRIPT of the crystallographic asymmetric unit which consists of a planar pentamer complex of five CypA molecules bound to five CsA molecules . |
| 28 | None of the banter Lou heard , however , compared with the stories he told about mutual acquaintances — sometimes in the embarrassed and blushing presence of the people about whom he talked . |
| 29 | The Cabinet accepted the recommendation that a substantial British aircraft industry was required to hold off competition , and should be developed with more than just the Empire in mind ; also the premise that work on new aircraft should proceed under government direction , with the Treasury accepting responsibility for new types . |
| 30 | It also includes accepting responsibility for one 's own family , and it is here that the burden of active citizenship is liable to fall disproportionately on women . |