Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your puppy must be used to walking on the lead before you start any proper heel work training . |
| 2 | In the outdoor environment , the dog will be used to walking on the leash with you . |
| 3 | We seem somehow , to be shy of shouting from the rooftops of our many , many achievements over the years , here in the United Kingdom and overseas . |
| 4 | If the Queen lives to 92 — and she has said she wo n't abdicate — Charles would be 70 before coming to the throne . |
| 5 | I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny . |
| 6 | Canon Elvy encourages the churches to respect European values and also to be careful in distinguishing between the terms ‘ communication ’ , ‘ publicity ’ , ‘ image-building ’ and ‘ information ’ . |
| 7 | The report continues by making reference to the factors that might be instrumental in contributing to the development of a whole school policy : curriculum-general , language , mathematics , expressive subjects and physical education , science , social education ; schemes of work , children 's progress and school organisation . |
| 8 | Both sides , however , agree that ‘ while poor standards prevail , competent musicians will not be interested in working for the Church , and standards will consequently continue to remain low , . |
| 9 | Well , I would be interested in going to the Blackburn game , that is if there is still room in your car ! |
| 10 | If you did n't all want to go , you know you do n't have to go , but then I could just take maybe ten or fifteen of you , but how many will be interested in going to the one in the summer in this lovely out-door theatre ? |
| 11 | Why should focusing on form not be consistent with focusing on the message or on content , which is supposed to preclude the use of the monitor ? |
| 12 | You will appreciate that it may be subject to redrafting in the light of experience . |
| 13 | The Commission finally agreed on Dec. 21 , 1989 , after some years of often bitter disagreement , on a formula for determining whether cross-border corporate mergers within the EC should be subject to vetting by the Commissioner for competition policy so as to determine whether they would result in an unduly large market share for the newly merged companies ( for earlier drafts see p. 36310 ) . |
| 14 | Eurobankers are beginning to be chary of lending to the nationalized industries and state authorities of even big countries in balance of payments deficits . |
| 15 | That is why we should be cautious about proceeding in the way proposed by the Leader of the House . |
| 16 | Rapidly gulping down the first drink ( or starting on spirits before changing to beer or wine ) may be indicative of craving for the " feel " of alcohol . |
| 17 | Since changes in blood group antigen expression in the colon are associated with dysplasia and may be useful in screening for the development of colorectal carcinoma , we were particularly interested to look for a similar association between inappropriate expression of blood group antigens in the biliary tree and biliary dysplasia and cholangiocarcinoma . |
| 18 | The profession had already been reviewing the role of the pension scheme actuary and this groundwork will be useful in responding to the calls which have been made for the professionals involved in pension funds , including actuaries , to play a stronger role . |
| 19 | This information will also be useful in deciding on the approach to adopt for information systems development . |
| 20 | Now in some respects what I think should happen , is we should , yeah we should not be negative about going on the course , but in terms of the financial implications I 'm very worried about that and I think there is a erm , there is some need for the client to say , that if he wants us to go on this course we 're happy to go on it , but that he should look seriously at financing and he plus it should have been in the tender document . |
| 21 | My other concern is that no strategy can be competent without looking at the urban fringe — the countryside around the City , and by the nature of the Green Belt this includes land in Midlothian and East Lothian . |
| 22 | But the rich will always be better at hiding from the tax collector than the poor . |
| 23 | What is appealing about the structure at Ichthus is the logic with which it is all applied : each Christian can be involved in a small group that can be healthy , supportive and can help the Christian to be involved in caring for the people immediately around where he lives . |
| 24 | Will they be confident in reading between the lines ? |
| 25 | Gryschenko had been known to be unhappy about embarking on the first leg of the race . |
| 26 | Editor , — J N Fordham and C Speed challenge H S Jacobs and F E Loeffler 's statement that bone densitometry would not be helpful for screening for the risk of hip and vertebral fractures . |
| 27 | This thought may be helpful in thinking about the evolution of human language . |
| 28 | ‘ Let him be late in coming to the table . |
| 29 | So , the answer is that the strongest motives restrain Governments from limiting the rate of growth of public expenditure to that rate which they could be sure of meeting within the growth of the national product and thus without any substantial increase in taxation but also without relying upon borrowing and without monetisation of debt . |
| 30 | He allows that , despite his claiming to have no consciousness of them , a court may punish a man for his drunken actions , but this is only because it can not be sure of distinguishing in the defendant 's plea ‘ what is real , what counterfeit ’ . |