Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of their observations several authors comment in passing on the confusion created by gratuitous editorial practices of reducing note-values to half those that the composer thought appropriate — a muddle which is exemplified perfectly by the printing of ‘ five minims ’ where , in terms of the music example supplied , ‘ five semibreves ’ was meant ( see line 27 of p.13 ) . |
| 2 | What slight hope the East London club retain of sharing in the projected Premier League bonanza was dimmed further here by two pieces of sloppy defending that allowed Chelsea to end a run of four games without a win more easily than the one-goal margin might suggest . |
| 3 | The more you can avoid using lights , especially bright ones , the better chance your eyes have of adjusting to the darkness , making every move you make easier and more pleasing . |
| 4 | If America is to win in the new global competition , we need to begin telling one another a new story in which companies compete by drawing on the talent and creativity of all their employees , not just a few maverick inventors and dynamic CEOs . |
| 5 | Effective marketing , the programme offered , the speakers appearing , the styles of presentation — all these elements contribute to pulling in the public and the theme of ‘ bottoms on seats ’ will appear again as I deal with them . |
| 6 | When researchers look at schooling from the point of view of girls , it is perhaps not surprising that writers as diverse as Alison Kelly and Valerie Walkerdine can come up with very similar findings . |
| 7 | The actions responsible for this misfortune vary from dancing on the Sabbath , dancing through the night until sunrise , refusing to accept Christianity , and peering uninvited at festivities . |
| 8 | One of the reasons Mr Houghton and his managers cite for staying in the pots-and-pans business sounds pretty lame : namely that the business was handicapped in the 1980s first by a recession at the start of the decade and then later by a strong dollar and so could now recover . |
| 9 | The market return minus the risk-free return is the risk premium that investors expect for investing in the market portfolio . |
| 10 | J.S. When someone who has cancer is finally dying , that 's one thing , but many families go into mourning at the first diagnosis as a form of disavowing their own pain and fears . |
| 11 | Several themes in physical geology suffer from falling between the stools of historical geology and geomorphology . |
| 12 | The porpoises delight in riding on the bow waves of motor boats , which has frequently proved to be a fatal mistake . |
| 13 | Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land . |
| 14 | Some of my best friends are civil servants , but what the hell do civil servants know about working in the mining industry ? |
| 15 | ‘ People talk about going on the priority list . |
| 16 | It is thought that high sugar intakes and low chromium levels predispose to hardening of the arteries and raised cholesterol levels later in life . |
| 17 | Some people go into teaching with the intention of becoming active in the union , either out of genuine commitment to teaching as a profession , or because it offers a political platform . |
| 18 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 19 | So far I have tried to argue that the competences people have in dealing with the outside world vary in kind , adequacy , number and distribution . |
| 20 | How much does society lose by producing at the free market equilibrium point E rather than at the socially efficient point E ' ; ? |
| 21 | How many units of alcohol could a normal weight man take without going over the limit ? a.2 b.4 c.8 d.10 |
| 22 | However , additional peaks arise from focusing of the scattered trajectories at the edge of the blocking cones of neighbouring atoms . |
| 23 | The difficulties that public sector graduates have in getting into the senior positions in the professions have little to do with their academic accomplishments and much to do with the cultural stratification in society of which academic institutions are a part . |
| 24 | Livingstone and Wilkie conclude by arguing for the decentralisation of control and the democratisation of work processes . |
| 25 | Under the heading of political philosophy , feminist philosophers begin by arguing with the tradition , trying to reconcile feminist insights with already existing systems of thought such as liberalism or Marxism , and go on to attempt to define a new perspective in philosophy . |
| 26 | Controversial American sprinter Butch Reynolds marked his return to championship racing following the end of his drugs ban by powering to the 400 metres crown in a new championship record 45.26secs . |
| 27 | The reports come amid fighting at the country 's principal military airbase at Bagram , 40 miles from the capital . |
| 28 | The fundamental question proved to be this : can the job creation and training schemes for West Belfast succeed in turning round the economic marginalisation and discrimination which the area has traditionally experienced ? |
| 29 | Despite the political problems that basically anti-Western regimes have in dealing with the TNCs , the Arab desire for Western , particularly US , technology is the crucial test , as Bassiry and Dekmejian ( 1985 ) illustrate in the case of the TNCs and the Iranian revolution . |