Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter starts by looking at the issue of control and discipline , and the related skills of questioning and reflection . |
| 2 | This chapter begins by looking at the formation of groups , and the emergence of roles , norms and control devices . |
| 3 | The vehicle starts after cranking on the starter , and runs perfectly until I switch off , and then the whole process has to be repeated . |
| 4 | To my mind , the answer to the question depends on ascertaining in the context of the Act as a whole what is the administration referred to . |
| 5 | make test checks on posting to the accounts from records of receipts and payments ; |
| 6 | Beccaria starts by looking at the justification of the right to punish ; he concludes that it is to be found in the social contract whose central tenet he declares to be ‘ the greatest happiness of the greatest number ’ ( it is possible that he is responsible for originating this particular cliché ) . |
| 7 | However , it is interesting because of its paradoxical nature ; the apparent lack of behavioural responsiveness actually conceals very much heightened psychological and physiological sensitivity , with which the sufferer copes by withdrawing into the inactivity of catatonic stupor . |
| 8 | Perhaps the rationalisation the person devises for coping with the first loss is shattered by the second loss . |
| 9 | In either case the presence of hot mantle leads to melting at the base of the lithosphere and the lithosphere as a whole becomes thinner ( Fig. 4.5(B) ) . |
| 10 | Drill holes and fit the wall plugs before screwing on the shower slider rail or bracket ( see How to drill through tiles in best , issue 20/91 ) . |
| 11 | Tit for Tat begins by cooperating on the first move and thereafter simply copies the previous move of the other player . |
| 12 | You can remove your name from direct mailing lists by writing to the Mailing Preference Service , Freepost 22 , London W1E 7EZ . |
| 13 | So it seemed plausible that these elliptical fields are stimulated best by bars orientated parallel to their long axis , and that the lack of obliquely oriented cells explained the difficulty the octopus has in distinguishing between the two diagonals . |
| 14 | DESENSITIZING THE POSITIVE SUPPORTING ACTION ; THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST CONCENTRATES ON LENGTHENING OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT AND ACHILLES TENDON . |
| 15 | The same basic policy should be used for all " exceptions " : acknowledge the existence of alternatives , and encourage the habit of checking guesses by referring to the dictionary . |
| 16 | The greater the complexity of systems , the more danger of something going wrong , and the less chance individual will has of operating on the systems for good . |
| 17 | Licences over the whole of the Republic of Ireland were awarded jointly to Ambassador , Continental and Marathon in 1957 and , after some encouraging gas shows during drilling in the Northwest Basin , the consortium acquired licences in the adjacent part of Northern Ireland in 1965 . |
| 18 | It is , therefore , possible that NCp7 facilitates IN recognition of the DNA ends by binding to the DNA but leaving the ends exposed for IN cleavage and integration . |
| 19 | Holiday tragedy : Man dies after falling from the boot of a car . |
| 20 | Now all the effort goes into preparing for the next one … although the RAF 's team is calling it a day . |
| 21 | The latter form handles for winding in the line and the handles can be at opposite ends , or have one central to act as a pivot , rotating in the free hand . |
| 22 | The true moral of the Nun 's Priest 's Tale is a moral of character and attitude not of precept ; and appropriately the Host responds by commenting on the Nun 's Priest as a character who has proved to be what the Monk has turned out not to be . |
| 23 | In four weeks ' time the regiment moves from peacekeeping with the United Nations to peacekeeping by deterrent in West Germany . |
| 24 | For instance , an invisible pollution might not come readily to attention if an officer decides against sampling in the interests of easing the load on the laboratory : in the example above officers had reported that the water was ‘ clear and satisfactory ’ . |
| 25 | The solution lies in removing from the fourth head the bulk of cases which are charitable in spite of the fact that a particular group is primarily benefited , namely gifts in relief of distress , and thereby making possible a more limited definition of the general sections which can be regarded as benefiting the community and a more sweeping rejection of gifts which though benefiting the community do not do so directly . |
| 26 | A feminist perspective consists of keeping in the forefront of one 's mind the life-styles , activities and interests of more than half of humanity — women . |
| 27 | This section begins by looking at the changing fate of old people during the past century as they have retired . |
| 28 | This section begins by looking at the role of sales and market forecasting in the operation of the business . |