Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Chancellor of the Exchequer recall that , in its report on the Budget , the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee stressed that it was important that the so-called automatic stabilisers should be allowed to operate fully and that there was a case for supplementing them with discretionary increases in public expenditure ? |
| 2 | The British initially negotiated with the Vichy authorities and showed no enthusiasm for replacing them with Free French officials , and in the end made belated concessions to appease Free French sensibilities . |
| 3 | One other scheme allowed for one-to-one tests but left the decision about including them to individual teachers . |
| 4 | — Members of Framwellgate Moor and District Royal British Legion branch have used the Framwellgate Moor WMC as a meeting place for over a quarter of a century and Legion members said thank you to the club for providing them with free accommodation during that time . |
| 5 | A sense of inner worth , and the talent for reflecting it in outer forms and appearances . |
| 6 | The CAR are studying the feasibility of converting them to electronic warfare trainers . |
| 7 | For those thinking of saturating themselves in full-time tuition , a G.I.T. , B.I.T . |
| 8 | Having created the luxury 4 × 4 niche , it has no intention of relinquishing it to recent pretenders in the form of the revised Shogun , G-Wagen and Land Cruiser . |
| 9 | Now the National Gallery , London , is borrowing the picture , minus the rest of the exhibition , but with the intention of comparing it with other works by Leonardo in their collection . |
| 10 | But here — since he had not the slightest intention of addressing anything but common courtesy towards Miss Skelton — he could allow that sympathy to exercise itself . |
| 11 | In 1968 , the Kittyhawk was purchased with the intention of returning it to flying condition . |
| 12 | His touch lanced through her like a lightning bolt , clenching every muscle and tightening every nerve before filling her with liquid heat . |
| 13 | Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water ? |
| 14 | However , lip service is often paid to the desirability of delegation without accompanying it by actual practice . |
| 15 | This legislation is designed not only to counteract the violence by harsh , emergency measures , but also to undermine the political nature of the violence by characterising it as mere criminality ; the hope being that it will diminish the level of public support for those involved . |
| 16 | However , Aglen 's appointment as inspector-general coincided with the anti-Manchu revolution of 1911–12 which resulted in the breakdown of the administrative arrangements of the Chinese , and faced by these unprecedented difficulties , Aglen made arrangements for the safety and integrity of customs revenue by placing it in foreign banks in his own name . |
| 17 | This results in the DH being reached over the field with little hope of seeing anything in marginal conditions . |
| 18 | He wants to talk about The Miser , so you persist with that line of questioning in the hope of drawing him on other aspects of his career . |
| 19 | Very few men took clerical orders in the hope of devoting themselves to pastoral work at parish or diocesan level . |
| 20 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 21 | I am glad to have the opportunity of welcoming you to WISE V — this special mobile classroom which British Rail Signal and Telecommunications Engineering has funded is to provide your pupils a chance to experience the excitement of working on the equipment on board . |
| 22 | I am delighted to have the opportunity of welcoming you to WISE VI — this special mobile laboratory which The Nottingham Trent University has funded to provide your pupils and colleagues with a chance to experience the excitement of working with the equipment on board , which has been developed by the : |
| 23 | This article does not propose to discuss philosophical , practical , theological or moral questions related to this subject but to take the opportunity of examining it in technical detail , as befits those who practise the science of embalming . |
| 24 | He deduced that carbon had a combining power ( valency ) of four or two and a unique capacity for joining itself to other atoms of its own kind , the secret of the existence of millions of organic ( carbon ) compounds . |
| 25 | He has a great advantage , for seldom need anything be done to alter its physical features : it is merely a question of dressing it with suitable plants . |
| 26 | Moreover , it allows us to talk more confidently of a psychic and cognitive unity of humanity without limiting us to absolute categories . |
| 27 | He was an expert at extracting himself from emotional entanglements … the bitter voices were mocking her … |
| 28 | Iran has , after all , infringed British sovereignty by forcing it into massive protection for one of its own citizens . |
| 29 | The great Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne ( d. 814 ) convoked synods and gave their decisions the force of law by issuing them as royal capitularies . |
| 30 | They make the organizational labyrinth less treacherous , make it easier to find the other team members , help groom the baton before passing it along , assist management by providing them with mature ideas for review and generally increase the odds of getting a hearing for ideas within the organization . |