Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the commercial world diplomacy is profiting through people , not from people . |
| 2 | The trench will need to be around 500mm wide and 600 to 700mm deep — allowing for 100mm of bedding material |
| 3 | Allowing for 1% transactions costs led to a big reduction in the number of mispricings , with few overpricings . |
| 4 | Fish of more than 10lb in weight have been caught , generally by autumn anglers , trolling for salmon . |
| 5 | Gristy had been trolling for mackerel since dawn , and had had one of his best catches ever . |
| 6 | But er do you quite like singing for folk that know you ? |
| 7 | His hair was trailing behind him like a veil and Mike , the bass , observed that he looked as though he was trawling for mackerel ; and as he turned , Colin , the drummer , said : ‘ Bugger me ! |
| 8 | catering for minorities ; |
| 9 | We 're not only catering for Harlow people we are catering for people outside which is bringing money into Harlow helping the finance of Harlow and I think we are just progressing with the times . |
| 10 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 11 | Crusting for chub is an art that requires concentration and constant attention to the performance . |
| 12 | It 's billed as a dog agility extravaganza , as hundreds of pets compete across the Three Counties showground in Malvern.Over the next six days the dogs will be leaping over hurdles , jumping through hoops , and careering through tunnels . |
| 13 | I 've tried they 've got no , they 're struggling for staff at the moment for external training and the they 've said that er |
| 14 | Although famed for rattling off statistics on the recession , rather than the ‘ vision thing ’ , his Sovereignty Lecture for Charter 88 at the start of the election campaign set out some useful parameters for the debate that must now take place : on citizenship and community , ‘ not just tidying up our constitution but transforming it ’ . |
| 15 | They have fairly regularly staged , what you might call bigger bands who play the university circuit as such and they 're always , you know , dying for people to come along so there 'll , th there 'll be lists published at what time , what events are on at these places if you wan na go and do that and if you wan na go to the top notch bands , Birmingham 's a good venue for that with the Leisure Centre , the M I A the N E C , the K G B etcetera etcetera all that stuff there so there 's always plenty to do , do n't , do n't feel restricted just cos we 're in er the middle of the city centre in this college and there does n't seem a lot to do , there 's a lot going on . |
| 16 | Thieves have stolen seating worth £500 from a caravan at the Burtree Caravan Centre in Burtree Lane , Darlington . |
| 17 | The forty-one lots in the Old Master pictures section made £4.5 million , a gratifying total according to Charles Beddington , Head of Old Master Paintings , who pointed particularly to the strength of bidding for works estimated at less than £500,000 . |
| 18 | BT , which closed in the 101p to 103p range , was trading between 107p and 112p while electricity stocks also gained . |
| 19 | The combination of lack of access to a car , difficulty in using public transport because of the increased likelihood of disability , and inaccessible location of necessary services , means that older people are both more likely to have difficulty walking and yet more likely to depend on walking as means of getting about . |
| 20 | A new economics is possible , maintains Robertson , which ‘ should be systematically enabling for people ; it should be systematically conserving of resources and environment ; it should treat the world economy as a multi-level one-world system , with autonomous but interdependent parts at all levels . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The Elector is dying of smallpox … |
| 22 | A lover dying of smallpox — Miss Phoebe was scarred from it . |
| 23 | Although Liz 's body is disposing of alcohol at the rate of about one unit a hour , her last drink pushed her over the legal limit for driving of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood . |
| 24 | She could n't help disapproving of people . |
| 25 | If they had all spent a little of their energy cooperating with staff instead of moaning , they would have got out a lot quicker . |
| 26 | Those who rank relationships highly will be attracted to jobs where relating with people is a major part of the work . |
| 27 | Greve in Chianti is some 18 miles from the city — a town where the houses smile out at you above colourful balconies brimming with geranium pots . |
| 28 | We could all have rivers brimming with salmon if you wish . |
| 29 | Perfect jewel lakes brimming with fish and the rugged majesty of the Agawa Canyon . |
| 30 | Parliament also approved stricter laws allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants , wider powers for border police , and checks on potential refugees disembarking from aircraft . |