Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A significant number were aimed at positive prevention and these included altering the time allowed for lesson changeover to reduce crowd chaos , a decision to involve all staff in corridor supervision , a move to set up mutual support pairs amongst staff and the creation of a rewards system following the realization that for non-academic pupils the school offered little or no incentives . |
| 2 | The Indian kids would n't matter , but the Yuppie type might get half an hour in the back of a police car checking the pavements and the pub car parks for some sign of his attacker . |
| 3 | He moved his heels slightly and the horse edged towards me like a police horse controlling a crowd . |
| 4 | In some West Indian islands a yacht arriving without one will be confronted with a customs officer producing a rolled-up flag from his pocket and offering to sell it at an inflated price in an atmosphere of thinly disguised pressure . |
| 5 | Each track would stage a home leg , with a points system determining the winners . |
| 6 | The following day I received a mail-shot from the Friends Provident promoting the merits of the ‘ ethical investment policy ’ of the Stewardship Savings Plan . |
| 7 | A letter from the Highways Department stating the Lothian Regional Council propose to promote an Order to introduce waiting restrictions at the junction of Lanark Road and Baberton Avenue . |
| 8 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 9 | Progress on each syllabus is clearly defined in the contents section describing the units . |
| 10 | A report and data package was produced and sold to the hydrocarbons industry following the Department of Energy 's announcement of a Frontier Licensing Round offshore of north-west Scotland . |
| 11 | ‘ I have now written to the Rates Agency explaining the mistake and the bill will be discharged . ’ |
| 12 | If that information became available to the police officer investigating the assault , would it affect the way in which he pursued the investigation ? |
| 13 | Each item of data on its own may not be useful to the police officer studying the data . |
| 14 | Application forms may be obtained by either telephoning or writing to the Admissions Office using the tear-off slip at the end of the booklet . |
| 15 | Twenty travellers are staging a protest outside a police station demanding the return of their vehicles . |
| 16 | I have myself spent many hours at the police station compiling an accurate photo-fit of the stand and , through my many contacts in the local underworld , supplied them with the names of many undesirables known to deal in second-hand wood . |
| 17 | This point is normally proved by the police officer examining the vehicles concerned or person , animal or property involved and recording the details of damage or injury in his pocket book or accident booklet . |