Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In rural communities , pressures to conform to a fixed structure of normative obligations were strong , since most people 's livelihood depended upon remaining within the family unit .
2 far from being crushed as a nation by the Russian conquest , the Yakuts succeeded in adapting to the ways of their conquerors and extended their own influence over their Tungus and Yukagir neighbours , not to mention the Russians themselves .
3 As a respondent in my study commented about economising on the heating : ‘ I turn it off when I 'm in on my own and put a blanket on myself .
4 In a typical wing-bearing segment of most insects there is a single apodeme on either side formed by infolding along the pleural sulcus and known as the pleural ridge .
5 And also the marks of the little side axe used for trimming off the sides .
6 Warmer fluid escaped through the interfacial region above the sedimenting layer and enhanced the convection driven by cooling at the roof .
7 There would be the ox-roasting at midday and then a demonstration of marching by the lads followed by skirmishing with the Ancient Britons .
8 Emotions ( according to this theory ) are purged because of the release of tension involved in identifying with the participants in a representation of violent events .
9 For some reason , no one knew why , he had for the last four months taken to sleeping in the south porch .
10 He was n't up to the fancy footwork required for duelling on the high seas .
11 That defeats the whole purpose of requiring a certificate , since it destroys the certainty which the parties required by providing for the certificate .
12 Boom predicted in shopping on the telephone
13 But his career all but ended that August day in 1967 when the MCC announced he 'd been suspended from bowling suspected of throwing for the rest of the season .
14 The backlog of homeowners prevented from moving by the recession in the housing market has increased , according to a survey today .
15 It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls .
16 In 1979 the state constitution was amended and a ceiling placed on spending by the state and in local jurisdictions within its borders .
17 The State Department announced on Feb. 7 that Felix Bloch , a US diplomat suspected of spying for the Soviet Union , had been informed that he was being suspended without pay with immediate effect .
18 This distortion may be important in providing the flexibility needed for binding of the binuclear iron cofactor .
19 ESTIMATED TONNAGE OF RAW POTATOES USED FOR PROCESSING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
20 Anglo-Saxon battle based on drawing in the Canterbury Hexateuch .
21 Pupils from Lexden Primary School spent the day at the zoo , learning about the work involved in looking after the chimps and other animals .
22 The committee charged with looking into the habits of the EBRD , which last year spent more on itself than on helping ex-communist countries , has set strict standards for the inquiry .
23 The change in anxiety invoked by reading about the potential complications of surgery is shown in table II .
24 The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end .
25 11.2 Any statement made in writing by the Landlord 's solicitors to the Tenant 's solicitors prior to the making of this agreement [ in reply to an inquiry made in writing by the Tenant 's solicitors ] was made with the authority of the Landlord
26 Mr Husseini , the most senior supporter of the PLO in the occupied territories , has spent much of his time recently trying to prevent the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities .
27 Yassin had been sentenced to life imprisonment in October 1991 for ordering the killing of Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israeli authorities [ see p. 38550 ] .
28 An Israeli military court in Gaza on Oct. 16 sentenced Sheikh Ahmed Yassin , the founder of Hamas , to life imprisonment plus 15 years for ordering the killing of Palestinians suspected of co-operating with the Israeli authorities .
29 But what one now sees belongs chiefly to the centuries of this book , the great church to the tenth and eleventh centuries , the atrium before it — though in form and function preserving the great courtyard of an early Christian basilica , where clergy and laity met before processing into the church for solemn eucharist — is of the early twelfth .
30 Four Palestinians accused of collaborating with the Israeli security forces were shot dead and their bodies dumped near the West Bank village of Kafr Rai on Jan. 26 .
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