Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you been using that the whole day ? |
| 2 | Returning from Paris on Nov. 5 after talks with President François Mitterrand , President Hassan Gouled Aptidon proposed peace talks with the FRUD on Nov. 20 , but these were then cancelled , the government demanding that the Front release prisoners first . |
| 3 | Using half the remaining marzipan ( 225g/8oz ) , model a long tail and attach it to the back of the body , smoothing over the join with your fingers . |
| 4 | ‘ I think it 's time we stopped poisoning half the land and concreting in the rest . ’ |
| 5 | However when using this the circuit was prone to electrostatic hum pickup . |
| 6 | Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain . |
| 7 | This is why you 're only seeing half the Winchess program . |
| 8 | There has been a feeling that they would compromise with Chelsea to the extent of accepting half the £22.85 million valuation . |
| 9 | The latest , which has now been introduced on a voluntary basis , is that , instead of one of his A levels , a pupil may take two AS ( supplementary ) level examinations , demanding half the time each of a full A level . |
| 10 | Renamo was said to have proposed an army of 24,000 soldiers , with a further 1,000-strong air force and 800-strong navy , with each side contributing half the force . |
| 11 | When confronted with the difficult problem of explaining this the diffusionist will try to establish the movement 's place of origin . |
| 12 | ‘ I can not believe you were here , in Roma , while I was employing half the detectives in New York to find you ! ’ |
| 13 | During the 1970s for example , this proportion was around 19 per cent for manufacturing firms representing half the West German and about one third of UK or US levels . |
| 14 | I know you 're eliminating yeah and al and also eliminating half the brain cells in the room ! |
| 15 | most times keep interfering all the time |
| 16 | What no one , as far as I know , has ever done is to show whether there is any space , weight , efficiency or cost saving that results from assembling all the windings onto one core . |
| 17 | For each proposal a group was given the task assembling all the arguments in favour of the development , while another , the reasons against . |
| 18 | A few children were assembling all the props on a table over by the far wall . |
| 19 | Last week , Mr Perez de Cuellar called for a ‘ structured ’ Afghan delegation representing all the Afghan factions to meet and organise an intra-Afghan dialogue . |
| 20 | With BCM delegates reserving their position , the remaining delegates adopted the Harare declaration and further resolved to call for a ‘ constituent assembly , established on a non-racial basis and representing all the people of South Africa , to draw up a new constitution for our country ’ . |
| 21 | A coach departed from Leeds at 8.15pm with parties representing all the constituencies in Leeds plus a party from Shipley and another from Bradford . |
| 22 | It has varied this century from small war time cabinets where the ministers have had 110 departmental responsibilities , to cabinets consisting of more than 20 ministers representing all the main departments of state . |
| 23 | This they call the " balanced slate " , and their insistent message is that whereas under our present system a vote for a party is a vote for just one candidate regardless of his precise political stance , the operation of the STV would allow a party , or rather oblige it , to put up a spread of candidates embracing and representing all the factions it supposedly includes . |
| 24 | According to the Institutional Fund Managers Association ( IFMA ) — the trade body representing all the key institutional traders , the problems of the existing system can be summarised as follows : |
| 25 | When Shell and UKOOA — representing all the major companies — appeared before the Select Committee , they were astonished that anyone should suggest that they , as operators of various North sea fields , could not be approached by any employee , regardless of whether that person was employed directly by a company or employed by a contractor . |
| 26 | David is the officials ’ representative , representing all the grades 8 to 10 in Glasgow , as well as the regional auditors and the regional marketing controllers . |
| 27 | The Newmarket trainer runs Top Class in the Longchamp spectacular and the faithful backing Brittain will expect to be laughing all the way to the bank as they help themselves to the generous 40-1 on offer . |
| 28 | THEY 'RE laughing all the way to the funeral , ’ said one corporate wit . |
| 29 | As Lorelei Lee said immemorably in Diamonds Are a Girl 's Best Friend , a girl ca n't go on laughing all the time . |
| 30 | Bet he 's laughing all the way to the bank ! |