Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [v-ing] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was delighted to hear the right hon. and learned Gentleman refer to the work of his own police force in setting up a unit to receive that kind of report from women . |
| 2 | I mean many people wrote disparagingly about your attempt , your nerve in taking on a gem of the New York stage and turning it into a British directed movie . |
| 3 | The general consensus was that the Scottish Selectors were at fault in putting up a team that could n't beat half-decent third-raters . |
| 4 | This was not a requirement that rested easily with Cleo , who liked to show off , and while obeying Wakelate 's orders to a certain degree , she always took pleasure in singling out a male at these dull gatherings , on whom to focus the power of her charms . |
| 5 | In March 1171 the monks of St Martial 's , Limoges , though perhaps with some embarrassment , asked for , and were sent , aid in putting down a revolt of their townsmen at La Souterraine , a revolt which had the backing of Count Audebert of La Marche . |
| 6 | " The meeting having considered the application of the Schoolmaster of Kildaltan for the payment of the sum he expended upon building his House — they have examined said accot. — and reprobate the conduct of the Schoolmaster in carrying on a work of such magnitude without authority — and they refuse to countenance such conduct … " |
| 7 | He is seeking help in building up a stock of frames . |
| 8 | He is seeking help in building up a stock of the frames . |
| 9 | Her talents and determination in building up a company , and her love for her family are among Tim 's most cherised memories . |
| 10 | This regretfully brought to an abrupt end his continuing work for the Building Employers Confederation as well as destroying a lifetime 's work in building up a family company . |
| 11 | One of the most remarkable contributions opens the book : Monte San , born in the 1880s , in an age where the then sovereign , Queen Victoria , refused to believe lesbians existed anywhere , let alone in the British Empire 's colonies ) Bradstock and Wakeling have done an admirable job in putting together a collection of personal essays that explore the inner and outer ramifications of being a lesbian , in the last hundred years of the myth-shrouded place that is Australia . |
| 12 | There would be no point in picking up a man — even a man who 'd given CI5 the slip years before — when that man was coming to them . |
| 13 | Is there any point in paying out a lot of money each week . |
| 14 | In your opinion , is there any point in carrying out a census to find out how many paintings , sculptures , and historic buildings there are in Italy ? |
| 15 | The CAB service has taken the initiative in setting up a system of advisory sessions in which local solicitors , operating on a rota , give free legal advice to clients who have been ‘ booked in ’ to a special session by a local CAB . |
| 16 | N C V O has taken the initiative in putting up a number of ideas to the Prime Minister 's and the Home Office , to make this commitment a meaningful one , and a constructive one for voluntary organisations in this country . |
| 17 | Our offer was made promptly and proudly yesterday to honour Lamb 's bravery in ripping aside a cover-up which is shielding cricket cheats . |
| 18 | However there was a long delay in sending out a rescue launch as the raid was still on , and he was dead when eventually picked up ; Waghorn was also killed . |
| 19 | This was the case in Lord Rothermere v Bernard Levin & Times Newspapers , where the defendants had published an attack ( " Profit and dishonour in Fleet Street " ) on Rothermere 's integrity in closing down a newspaper . |
| 20 | The trick in bringing about a change in attitudes towards marketing is to go after the easy stuff first , there is nothing to be gained from knocking your head against a brick wall . |
| 21 | Played a crucial part in setting up a network of anti-tobacco organisations to campaign in the most effective way possible for a ban on tobacco advertising |
| 22 | He was also very active on the economic front and played a prominent part in killing off a proposal to float sterling in 1952 . |
| 23 | There may be an advantage in laying down a procedure where the application is novel , and/or the parties believe that a particular approach is necessary and that if it is not stipulated an expert is likely to follow some other undesired procedure . |
| 24 | There is no difficulty in explaining how a structure such as an eye or a feather contributes to survival and reproduction ; the difficulty is in thinking of a series of steps by which it could have arisen . |
| 25 | Adams ( 1985b ) illustrates this kind of difficulty in showing how a subject with good vision in the right eye , but perception of light only in the left eye , could easily bump into a half-open door before realising it was there . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) The following classes of cases are usually not subject to the doctrine : ( a ) those which include a restraint which does not involve the convenantor in giving up a freedom which he would otherwise have enjoyed unless the restraint creates a positive duty to do something which restricts his freedom during the period of its operation ; ( b ) those which , under contemporary conditions , may be found to have passed into the accepted and normal currency of commercial or contractual or conveyancing relations ; and ( c ) those in which the purpose and nature of the restraint is coterminous with the purpose of the contract . |
| 27 | For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ . |
| 28 | Hartlepool had no hesitation in turning down a bid from an unnamed Scottish Premier League club last week . |
| 29 | More than half have an average of five years managing director experience in at least two positions and four out of five claim experience in turning around a company . |
| 30 | In the latter case it will be necessary to work closely with the local authority in carrying out a capital project . |