Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the head " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has among his own ranks the formidable figure of Michael Hesletine , understood to be lobbing for the head of a super ministry of Environment and Industry , in a slimmed down Cabinet . |
| 2 | He taught me to aim for the knees since any weapon firing on automatic would climb high and right , and thus the fall of shot could be evenly distributed across the stomach and torso , ending in the head . |
| 3 | Handles were varied , too , some being complete loops formed of linked scrolls , while others curved upwards , sometimes ending in the head of a marine creature . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what response he has made to the complaints he has received about measurements relating to the head of a pint of beer in the current year . |
| 5 | These include such essentials as a preliminary sounding meeting with the head and whoever else is part of the school 's senior management ( i.e. anyone in a position to further the aims of the group ) to secure their sanction and support ; and an introductory meeting with as many of the staff as possible and manageable , for instance over a working lunch , regardless of who will eventually join the group , so that everybody knows what it will be about and interest is generated even in those who may not wish to join it . |
| 6 | Meeting with the head , the school 's educational psychologist , Mrs Singh and myself at school . |
| 7 | In France , meeting with the head of Ariola Records , the company responsible for distributing Virgin in that country , Branson listened with interest as the managing director told him excitedly that Ariola were about to pull off an enormous coup by signing Julien Clerc , France 's Frank Sinatra . |
| 8 | A private collection of weapons confiscated from Manchester Scuttlers included ‘ old cutlasses , pokers , pieces of strap having iron bolts affixed to the end , the tops of stone ‘ pop ’ ’ bottles fastened at the end of a piece of string and used for whirling round the head , specially made pieces of iron … knives , and loaded sticks ' . |
| 9 | GREENPEACE is accusing Nuclear Electric of risking safety by refusing to delay commissioning of the Sizewell B power station — despite a risk of cracks developing in the head of the vessel which forms the ‘ heart ’ of the reactor . |
| 10 | Worrying about , concentrating on and listening to the head noises will make them seem even more prominent and dominating . |
| 11 | According to the head of the party 's Moscow branch , it was a late-night row in the party 's Politburo that finally persuaded Mr Gorbachev last autumn to ditch the Shatalin plan . |
| 12 | GERMAN interest rates will fall below 8 p.c. this year , according to the head of the country 's second largest bank . |
| 13 | Moreover , the curriculum was augmented by at least one thing directly attributable to the project , and this was the development of study skills , which according to the head was : one spin-off effect that I did n't envisage , I did n't realise that would come so quickly afterwards … |
| 14 | According to the head of the Jordanian delegation , Abdul Salam Majali , the two sides remained divided over the settlements issue and the interpretation of UN Resolution 242 . |
| 15 | According to the head of Berlin 's Radiation Measurement Office , Udo Morfeld , the pollution has not created as big a problem as it could have because the clay soil has slowed down the seepage of radioactive material into the groundwater . |
| 16 | * Western countries need to provide at least another £4.1 billion to make former Soviet-bloc pressurized water reactors safe , according to the head of the German Siemens group energy division . |
| 17 | He took off again , shouting to the head of the flight , I saw the buses and the windows of the waiting room on my left and dived across the road and through the door . |
| 18 | Your looking at the head on , its on the right hand side and the only you can get it so I do n't really bet how much put on it cos I do n't want to get out of my , done it all properly and that . |
| 19 | For example , he or she may complain now of thoughts racing through the head , now of having no thoughts at all , or , on one occasion , of being bombarded by external stimulation , making concentration difficult , and , on another , of being fixated on some trivial detail in the outside world . |
| 20 | Worse ( < ) warm drinks ; lying with the head low . |
| 21 | Better ( > ) pressure and alcohol , it stimulates them ; worse ( < ) mental exertion , smoking , lying with the head low , heat of the sun . |
| 22 | Pulsating and stitching pains in the head may be better ( > ) lying with the head held high , worse ( < ) motion , stooping , noise . |
| 23 | The result of marking with the head patch may sometimes be seen if a friendly cat on the other side of a window can be persuaded to approach and rub . |
| 24 | The woman suffered bruising to the head and body in the impact and went on sick leave from work . |
| 25 | Chakras connected by copper wire leading to the head of the idol . |
| 26 | The neck is conical , narrowing to the head which itself is a pointed shape . |
| 27 | Such enthusiasm , John Campbell thought wryly , taking his sister 's hand to lead her towards Abbot Kenneth standing waiting at the head of the hall . |
| 28 | The neck is the focus of special attention , at times competing with the head with which its relationship is never securely fixed , always open to negotiation . |
| 29 | Cotton wool was placed between rollers and the scalp at night to prevent rollers sticking into the head , thus disturbing sleep or making marks ( mostly lower socio-economic girls ) ; bathing the ears if pierced ( mostly lower socio-economic single girls ) . |
| 30 | Typically , the mandible of Pterygote insects is a solid compact piece articulating with the head by a ginglymus and condyle . |