Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DHAs will be freed from the responsibility for operational management to enable them to concentrate on achieving the optimum improvement in the health of the population they serve . |
| 2 | The TECs ' chairmen are already warning that budget cuts are forcing them to concentrate on alleviating the worst excesses of the training shortage , rather than on instigating innovative schemes . |
| 3 | But if I insist on forcing the spontaneous towards an end which I already deem rational , I remain imprisoned within a circle of old concepts , reason goes on doing the same kind of sums , there can be no novelty except the discovery of unnoticed implications of the familiar . |
| 4 | I begin by welcoming the hon. Member for Hemsworth ( Mr. Enright ) to the House . |
| 5 | I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Stockton , North ( Mr. Cook ) on becoming a grandfather again . |
| 6 | I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Gateshea East ( Ms. Quin ) on being successful in the ballot , on introducing such an important subject for debate and on doing it so well . |
| 7 | And with bright , almost gaudy colour schemes including bright blue and really bright red , the £12,500 Wrangler is certainly an eye-catcher , I confirmed after leaving the off-road track for a spin around Renfrewshire . |
| 8 | I graduated to doing the mixed grills . |
| 9 | I started by using the fine point of cool grey 01 . |
| 10 | I started by highlighting the important role SCFE played in assisting the implementation of Action Plan , SHACE will play an equally important role developing the Higher National Units to the agreed competencies . |
| 11 | And now I felt like doing the same . |
| 12 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
| 13 | I insisted on taking the two till four in the morning watch , as I had read somewhere that this is the time when one is at one 's lowest ebb , and therefore when death is most likely to occur . |
| 14 | The first thing I learned in running the Grand Canyon are The Rules . |
| 15 | I come after finishing the domestic chores at home which is not far off . |
| 16 | So I went into the studio and , as it turned out , I ended up doing the whole album . |
| 17 | The animals failed to draw blood but , two weeks later , she was still so worried about getting her fingers bitten that she admitted to finding the whole business of pushing letters through a letter box as nerve-wracking , in its own way , as trying to hole a four footer . |
| 18 | If you concentrate on maintaining the correct heading your feet will look after themselves . |
| 19 | Following the three articles in which Anna has reported on the Designaknit 4 software , a great design aid for any knitter , she concludes by exploring the extra facilities provided by the Designaknit 4 Professional package . |
| 20 | Stefan , can you see about ordering the old sets and costumes ? |
| 21 | What accessories or trimmings might you use in displaying the following goods : |
| 22 | Certainly it 's the case that there 's a a down side if you like with providing the new roads through what is mostly open countryside . |
| 23 | They 've actually gone from a full service back to this level because this is what they 've found is what people need and obviously this is surely what we should be able to do , erm I think that you know by providing the extra ten thousand my concern now is that we actually make sure that our offices are fully covered here . |
| 24 | The computer asks you a question via a sound card and gives you a choice of options on screen , and you respond by pressing the relevant button . |
| 25 | Asked how she felt about reducing the 800-year-old hospital to a shadow of itself , she said her aim was to secure better health care for Londoners . |
| 26 | He laughed then , at her flustered madness , and she felt like throwing the whole lot over him . |
| 27 | Sally went out , still chuckling , leaving Jess planted in front of a steaming tub , sleeves rolled up , arms red to the elbow , washing pots , pans , cutlery — more pots , more pans ( burnt this time ) , more cutlery , until she felt like tipping the whole lot on to the floor . |
| 28 | On this question of proven worth , what criteria did you adopt in choosing the five artists for the historical section housed in the tower of the Fridericianum ? |
| 29 | How clever of you to think of drawing the little pug ; I knew it at once . |
| 30 | She moved languidly , in the way she had of emphasising the full line of her bosom as opposed to the slim waist below . |