Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cold water cistern is drained by shutting off the mains stopcock ( or , if fitted , the servicing valve ) and then opening the bath and basin cold taps . |
| 2 | The spatial association is checked by searching through the hierarchical spaces for an intersection between the geometric domains of the parts . |
| 3 | Transparencies can be studied for longer periods than drawings on the board , and no time is consumed by drawing during the lesson . |
| 4 | Most of the time is consumed by waiting for the various processes of typesetting , page design and layout , proofing and so on to occur . |
| 5 | Thus the view that stainless steel knives would have replaced carbon steel ones even if individual industrialists had acted differently is justified by appealing to the competition inherent in capitalist production . |
| 6 | You will look at your own child , whose current display of skills is limited to marching around the house with a pair of knickers on his head claiming to be Postman Pat , and you will get restless . |
| 7 | In 1435–9 he is heard of lodging in the ‘ cornertowre ’ at a property in Penshurst , Kent . |
| 8 | In Year I of the core subject of Information Systems , therefore , emphasis is given to creating within the student the facility for gathering information efficiently , analysing it systematically and acting on it effectively using clear , concise communication techniques . |
| 9 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role of the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 10 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role or the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 11 | Only an idealized observer could see both the inner processing and the causal relations of the symbols to outside objects that give them meaning : no one could actually be that idealized observer , because each observer is confined to operating on the symbols that are within his computational machinery , and this excludes their external causal relations . |
| 12 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 13 | If he is reported for striking with the boot then he 's liable for a three month ban . |
| 14 | Nathalie Ions and Clare Jefferson , aged seven and eight , both live on Blue Hall estate , which is included for revamping in the City Challenge bid . |
| 15 | Aphrodite 's lie about a non-existent human father , ‘ King Otreus , of Phrygia ’ , is designed to conceal her divinity from her human mate , who is applauded for seeing through the fiction because of something uncanny in his bed-mate 's bearing — sometimes specified as her gait , her way of walking . |
| 16 | Therefore , previous ultrasound experience is recommended before starting with the Piezolith 2300 . |
| 17 | The Board of Examiners shall review the case and confirm or amend its decision provided the information is presented in writing to the Academic Registrar by the date specified by or on behalf of the Senate . |
| 18 | The Antarctic meteorite ( ALHA8 1005 ) , which is suspected of coming from the Moon , was discovered far to the west of the main meteorite concentrations in the Allan Hills region . |
| 19 | Barley is grown for malting in the manufacture of beer and whisky and for animal feed , particularly the fattening of pigs and intensively reared beef . |
| 20 | The individual is prevented from commenting on the inconsistencies in that if he attempts to do so , he is met by condemnation that increases the confusing bind ( Bateson et al. , 1956 ) . |
| 21 | A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb . |
| 22 | As the blood tries to flow backwards , the pockets fill up , closing the valves so that blood is prevented from flowing in the wrong direction . |
| 23 | PAMELA overhears some of the ensuing scene but is prevented from interrupting by the CARDINAL and the FOX ] |
| 24 | This data is incorporated in publicizing of the unit and its work ; in articles , meetings with other professional groups and in a display on the wall of the head 's office-cum staffroom where it is often referred to in the course of interviews with parents and pupils . |
| 25 | In the UK this is done by working with the Department of the Environment , HM Customs and Excise and the police to identify illegal trade and by actively encouraging and helping these bodies to increase their efforts to control such trade . |
| 26 | This is done by blowing through the egg leaving just the shell . |
| 27 | This is done by distributing to the membership a quarterly magazine ( Ada User ) , organising an annual conference and an exhibition . |
| 28 | These can complicate the assignment of spectra of crystals , and care is needed in deciding on the numbers of active fundamentals in crystal spectra for this reason . |
| 29 | The rod is heated to almost 2000 degrees centigrade in the white hot coke , then it 's forged by hammering on the anvil . |
| 30 | The angularity is produced by tilting of the Grey Measures sequence into the basin and the gradual overstepping/onlapping of the Barren Measures as the ‘ bulge ’ progressively flattens out . |