Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EHOs said the domestic kitchen was completely inadequate for cooking on such a scale . |
| 2 | In the middle of the night he rose and , after eating about half a jar of honey , felt a lot better . |
| 3 | On April 6 Brightness was lasooed and after struggling for half an hour was ignominiously hauled from the water . |
| 4 | To give the stern form-mistress some credit , it must be recorded that she did not flinch when the metal bucket struck , after falling from such a height . |
| 5 | ‘ There are no fractures , ’ he said , ‘ which is astonishing after falling from such a height . |
| 6 | It was with the aim of contributing to such an improvement , as the representative body of employers and business investors , that the 1988 Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) Task Force on business and urban regeneration came to three conclusions : first ( in line with the Government 's own beliefs ) , that business must take the lead in reversing urban decline ; second , that charity — governmental or voluntary — can not in itself deal with problems , and any regeneration must spring from private investment , commercially motivated ; and third , that the potential exists for such investment , provided that early projects are seen to succeed ( CBI , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | The other main formulation is the rule of acting in such a way that you treat humanity , whether in your own person or in the person of any other , never simply as a means , but always at the same time as an end . |
| 8 | A reader is bound to ask how you arrived at the idea of writing on such a subject . |
| 9 | The popular habit of listening with half an ear to a radio during study is a deliberate division of attention . |
| 10 | I 'm just sort of rushing through this a bit , and I 'm trying to show where the where most people get it wrong . |
| 11 | Apart from the more obvious advantages of belonging to such a group , the RCN had an indemnity insurance scheme that clinical research nurses wanted to join . |
| 12 | But the practical difficulty of moving towards such a solution , given existing comparatively small school buildings , was conclusive ; and the then Permanent Secretary , Maurice Holmes , advised the Minister to divide secondary school children up into relatively small units , each with its own type of curriculum , according to ability . |
| 13 | The evangelical Lord Ashley viewed the prospect of marrying into such a family with trepidation , particularly as it was rumoured that his bride-to-be was the illegitimate daughter of Palmerston and Lady Cowper . |
| 14 | Few managers would think of embarking on such a course if they faced competition from B R itself , that 's why the Government originally barred B R from bidding . |
| 15 | The brutish , uncaring nature of the staff was conveyed as almost an inevitable necessity brought about by the institutionalisation of working in such a place ; just as the public will accept that prison warders will overstep the line from time to time because of the people they are dealing with . |
| 16 | However , the danger with relying upon such a model is that the necessity to summarize and simplify the more relevant economic relationships can lead to the omission or misrepresentation of some important features . |
| 17 | More surprising , to me , about the present sorry situation , is how the old regimes managed to get away for so long with presiding over such a ragbag and still getting all that advertising ! |
| 18 | And can you pardon me for coming to such a conclusion as that in the last line of my verses ? |
| 19 | Nor would there be any point in living in such a village unless one were largely prepared to conform to its public mores since otherwise one could not be within the community in any real sense . |
| 20 | We have found that volunteers have no difficulty in living in such a unit , either alone or in groups of up to four . |
| 21 | Sheriff Michael Munro imposed bail conditions forbidding Cowans from going within half a mile of the Timex factory at Harrison Road and preventing him from approaching anyone known or believed by him to be member of the new Timex workforce . |
| 22 | Careful thought regarding suitable journals for advertisements , advertorials or articles may help to dissuade workers considering strike action , for example , while good on-going press relations can do much to fortify not only the publics image of a company but also reinforce the workers sense of pride in belonging to such an organisation . |
| 23 | One crowd of pickets was prevented from getting within half a mile of the gates by lines of police officers , while a second group , who had managed to assemble earlier opposite the gates , was charged by police horses and dog handlers . |
| 24 | NELSON MANDELA , the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress , is in favour of negotiations with F W de Klerk 's government , but feels strongly that the black majority of South Africans should be in favour too , before embarking on such a venture . |
| 25 | Mr Beckett makes the point that before embarking on such a venture the land would need to be fully assessed to determine the stocking rate . |
| 26 | They felt that a number of questions about the random nature of intervention by artists should be posed before embarking on such a strategy . |
| 27 | Before embarking upon such a course of action , heads and governors must decide how far down this entrepreneurial road they wish to go , what scale of profits they seek and at what possible cost to their pupils . |
| 28 | Even though Matthew seems to exaggerate in talking of half a hundredweight of flour , the principle of yeast increasing the size of dough still stands . |
| 29 | In behaving in such a fashion , maintained Marshall , " the majority today sends a clear signal that scores of established constitutional liberties are now ripe for reconsideration " . |
| 30 | You might wonder why UNFPA should expend quite so much effort in arguing against such a crackpot idea . |