Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She insists on looking after the hens herself . |
| 2 | One advantage of the no-choice system is that Vaughan can write her menu late in the afternoon , around the dishes that she feels like cooking on the day , with the best ingredients available to her . |
| 3 | 4 She retaliates by going over the top of her partner 's defence . |
| 4 | The more opportunities he/she has of looking at the illustrations and reading the captions with you , the more he/she will come to recognise the words . |
| 5 | If you are uncertain of the type of frame you want to use , or even of the very important role it plays in setting off the finished picture , browsing through the photographs in this book should give you a good idea of the tremendous versatility of frames , and also show you how the correct frame will focus the eye on the design itself , as well as balance all its elements . |
| 6 | He 's a very bright man , Michael Howard , but it 's quite clear that he 's much more concerned with grabbing the headlines and finding scapegoats , than with taking action through law that will actually improve the chance , both of preventing crime and of detecting crime , and then even more so , deterring people from re-offending , and it 's most distressing to see that when research showed that a particular non-custodial method of punishment is effective in perhaps fifty or seventy or eighty percent of cases , whereas prison is not , he goes for prison , he goes for picking on squatters , he goes for picking on the defendants right to silence so that we can see more people like er , jailed when they were innocent . |
| 7 | While he persists in looking for the golden egg before the chicken is even hatched the terrorists will continue to exact a mounting price in blood for his dithering approach to security . |
| 8 | ‘ It looks like pimping in the West End is a lucrative business . |
| 9 | He starts by sitting on the side of the plinth , and the physiotherapist may use mobilizing techniques to reduce any spasticity in the patient 's trunk or arm . |
| 10 | Editor , — I agree with J D Swales 's contention that the Tomlinson report will damage postgraduate education if it results in weakening of the vital links between the special health authority hospitals and teaching in the postgraduate research institutes . |
| 11 | ‘ Looking to the future further controls on mercury ought to follow the path it takes before accumulating in the fish . |
| 12 | It seems worth stating at the outset that there are two ways geographical research in this general area can proceed . |
| 13 | He speaks with feeling about the magic of a solid , round arch : ‘ You go into wonderful places like York Minster with its beautiful tracery , but , for me , the sheer strength and solidity of Romanesque architecture — its robustness and simplicity — are endlessly fascinating . |
| 14 | For the speaker can not settle what he means by settling on the effects it will produce as he can settle what he is setting out to mean in saying it . |
| 15 | Recognizing that people do act according to established beliefs and pre-existing knowledge systems , he focuses upon distinguishing between the establishment of those beliefs ( which he calls ‘ ideologies ’ ) and action in accordance with those beliefs . |
| 16 | This practice ended when it was declared unlawful by judicial review in 1985 ( R v Hallstrom ex parte W ) , although under Scots law it continues with monitoring by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland . |
| 17 | He carries the burden of having been sworn in just before the US operations began , and he remains in hiding under the protection of the United States . |
| 18 | It begins by looking at the Reagan record in such areas as pollution control , natural resource management and energy , at the administration 's attitudes to the international environment ( it wants to cut its contribution to the UN Environment Programme by 70 per cent ) and at the massacre of the Council on Environmental Quality ( two thirds of its budget and four fifths of its staff chopped ) . |
| 19 | It begins by looking at the ideas of lecturers , but is primarily concerned with the meanings that ‘ physics ’ or ‘ physical science ’ have for students , and the ways in which those meanings are sometimes at odds with the experience of studying those subjects . |
| 20 | When it comes to thinking about the questions before , another — the time between you agree to do the interview and actually doing it , is your preparation time . |
| 21 | Furthermore , the lawyer can only respond to knowledge that has already been established ; he has little scientific imagination , especially when it comes to pushing at the frontiers of advancing aerodynamics or similar matters . |
| 22 | This is a common problem with PageMaker — though not exclusive to that program — and is caused by the program losing its link to the graphics file when it comes to printing from the copy . |
| 23 | It was designed to discover the feelings of fathers and ascertain exactly how much help they really are when it comes to tending to the baby 's needs . |
| 24 | For both children modern gadgets like these make a huge difference when it comes to learning about the world around them . |
| 25 | When viewers have had time to develop their own theories about the scene , they are strongly motivated when it comes to listening to the soundtrack to check whether or not they were right . |
| 26 | By effectively refusing to consider a particular type of ball for Category A tournaments , the Association would appear , in Mr MacCaughey 's words of response , ‘ … to treat us equally with other companies , when it comes to paying over the proposal fee and the contribution of free of charge tennis balls ( another condition of the Agreement ) , but are unwilling to do so when it comes to exposure at major events . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They seem to be jinxed when it comes to playing in the UK . |
| 28 | Yet , when it comes to concentrating on the work involved in training you for a career , the standard that you achieve is inferior . |
| 29 | When it comes to planning for the future , however , a pension plan — whether a company scheme or a private contract with a life company — is more tax effective than any other savings or investment vehicle . |
| 30 | There is clearly something special about the apparatus of government when it comes to talking about the power which it has over our daily lives through its ability to take decisions which shape and lead society in a certain direction . |