Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , in the interests of staff morale and good personnel relations , this power should be used with great care ; governing bodies should always seek advice before embarking on the process . |
| 2 | After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business . |
| 3 | It is all very well to have two-way communication , but we need some high technology which will prevent trains from slamming into the back of each other . |
| 4 | The Policyholder or his legal personal representatives shall give notice in writing to the Head Office or any Branch Office of the Corporation as soon as possible after the occurrence of any accident loss or damage with full particulars thereof . |
| 5 | The Policyholder or his legal personal representatives shall give notice in writing to the Corporation as soon as possible after the occurrence of any accident injury loss or damage with full particulars thereof . |
| 6 | It is maddening , since so often you can see traces of underdrawing on the painting 's surface just with the naked eye ! ’ |
| 7 | The Newson studies do , however , suggest ways of looking at the backgrounds of those children we are setting out to serve . |
| 8 | He said Darlington had attracted a lot of new companies and businesses and if the town was downgraded it could actually deter others from coming to the town . |
| 9 | For example , a manager who generates ‘ bad ’ news may make profits by trading on the basis of that bad news . |
| 10 | Pilots should have experience at flying on the Turn and Slip indicator before using an Artificial Horizon , so that they can manage if the Horizon topples or becomes unusable . |
| 11 | If there are obstructions upwind to turbulate the airflow , then even the perfectly bridled stunter will have difficulty in breaking through the rough air at low level . |
| 12 | Lacking experience of that kind , casual listeners may have difficulty in responding to the finer musical distinctions that make an individual performance unique . |
| 13 | If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent . |
| 14 | Male vigour in display could also indicate vigour in caring for the young . |
| 15 | Cut costs by looking for the sign Zimmer if you want bed and breakfast in a private house . |
| 16 | Farmers can cut costs by disposing of the corpses themselves . |
| 17 | Observation of children reading aloud , however , shows that they can have problems in adjusting to the change from third-person narrative ( the author 's voice ) to quoted speech ( the character 's voice ) . |
| 18 | The draftsman should take care in dealing with the option to renew itself . |
| 19 | To end the day we will all have dinner before going to the theatre to see a top London show . |
| 20 | Oil companies insist that exploitation can go hand-in-glove with caring for the environment , and have begun an intensive lobbying campaign to support the bill . |
| 21 | ‘ These killings started when he broke free ; and he did not escape punishment for working under the Great Criminal , as we did . ’ |
| 22 | For example , a tenant who uses the demised property for the business of a dry cleaner , may receive goods for cleaning on the property but process them elsewhere . |
| 23 | Even at the design stage it is useful also to recognise that all this material will require procedures for updating in the light of experience |
| 24 | Fatally , it may also lose interest in talking to the vulgar herd outside . |
| 25 | Members of third parties may make complaints in writing to the director . |
| 26 | Proteins can bind to sites on the DNA at the beginning of the gene — known as the promoter — and so initiate transcription ; on the other hand , there are proteins that can block transcription by binding near the promoter and so prevent its transcription . |
| 27 | ‘ These factors do discourage shoppers from coming to the centre . |
| 28 | He acknowledged that the students may at first find difficulties in adjusting to the Scottish education system , the language , the weather and life in Edinburgh , and said that he hopes that these awards will remind overseas students that the University has confidence in them . |
| 29 | An argument for clemency toward him could be grounded in the belief that it would be a tactical error to declare Copernican doctrines heretical , because that might discourage Protestants from returning to the Roman fold . |
| 30 | British audiences may derive enjoyment from laughing at the psychobabble , wincing at the plot contrivances and gaping at the crashingly obvious phallic symbolism , but the movie as a whole goes off at half-Hitchcock . |