Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three charges are probably enough for seeing the general trend so we shall now sum up the two partial energies |
| 2 | Although 618 remained a prototype , it paved the way for rebuilding the remaining railcoaches as one-man cars , including this one as OMO car 13. ( left ) |
| 3 | There were many good reasons for adopting the latter course as Claudius badly needed to be certain of the loyalty of his army , and there was no better opportunity for obtaining this than the prospect of a great victory . |
| 4 | But the cavalry class was back in power by the third quarter of the fourth century ( SEG ix.1 ) , after overthrowing the Kleisthenic democracy as Aristotle says . |
| 5 | In addition , it is responsible for formulating the policy for dealing with the various kinds of applications ( subject to the directions of the Bar Council and the Inns ' Council ) and for revising the Consolidated Regulations as and when necessary . |
| 6 | Some people fight shy of taking out a Personal Loan because they are worried about meeting the monthly repayments if they are unable to work because of sickness , accident or unemployment . |
| 7 | A new way of using the English language when you 're word processing is absolutely another world ! |
| 8 | Many amateur players fall into the trap of using the same club when chipping . |
| 9 | In the sonnets on the Rival Poet , for instance , whether the first or second person dominates , the technique of praising the other poet while denigrating oneself is clearly ironic , as J. W. Lever 's discussion has shown . |
| 10 | Oddly enough it can be a tricky object to locate in a telescope , because its surface brightness is so low , and there is no chance of seeing the spiral shape except with a very large instrument . |
| 11 | Unlike [ 9 ] , these sentences do not treat the two events of shutting and clicking as separate things : in this respect , as in other respects , [ 12 ] and [ 13 ] are just different ways of expressing the same sense as [ 3 ] . |
| 12 | Britain may not need to flaunt nationalism in the way characteristic of the United States but its education system can no more ignore the task of sustaining the national identity than education systems in any other nation-state . |
| 13 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 14 | Prague , the much vaunted Sleeping Beauty is in danger of enduring the same fate as Venice , with the Sleeping Beauty being snogged to death by the West . |
| 15 | It is likely that there would be significant opposition to the idea that local taxes should bear the burden of redeeming the old debt as well as building up new capital . |
| 16 | IBM was perceived as the winner , just as today , even the things it does right are in trouble because IBM is perceived as the industry 's most emphatic loser , and more and more people are talking seriously about the company being in danger of going the same way as Prime Computer Inc , Wang Laboratories Inc and Control Data Corp . |
| 17 | This has led to the legitimate graphic device of breaking the further line as it passes behind the near line . |
| 18 | Bodie shivered at the thought of undergoing the same operation as his colleague . |
| 19 | ‘ The Institute is making a career of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 20 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 21 | And with Christmas coming , they 're asking anyone who 's thinking of giving a bike for a present , to think of giving the right clothing as well . |
| 22 | The routine at this stage never varied It was unlikely that he would find it necessary to leave his office until the time came to visit the missing girl 's parents and in the meantime he was capable of giving the usual orders while half asleep — which he very nearly was , having been called from his bed not much after five in the morning . |
| 23 | What is the point of having the ultra-powerful weapon if it is not armed with the correct ammunition ? |
| 24 | I was petrified of having the same thing as my mother did . |
| 25 | The history of corporate legislation enforcement is a history of penalizing the small fish whilst letting the big ones escape . |
| 26 | We walked the length of the Hall , instead of taking the short cut though the darkened Ophthalmic Department . |
| 27 | To lock up young car thieves is another example of bolting the stable door after the horse has fled . |
| 28 | Mr Knapp said he hoped British Rail would recognise the anger among its 130,000 workers , but added : ‘ The board is in danger of making the same mistake as in 1989 of underestimating the mood of its workforce . ’ |
| 29 | Attitudes outside Parliament were very similar , and would have reduced Labour 's chances of winning the next election if they had advocated non-nuclear defence in 1957 . |
| 30 | Does the Minister realise that many small primary schools are now under enormous pressure in terms of delivering the full curriculum because they do not have the additional resources to enable them to employ the staff to teach it ? |