Example sentences of "[adv] of [v-ing] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prosecutor-General had accused the defendants not only of helping to organize the advance of some $4,000 million of US loans to Iraq , in contravention of US sanctions , between 1987 and 1990 , but also of fraud , money laundering and conspiracy . |
| 2 | Only of having leapt a lifetime in one night . ’ |
| 3 | How she wished now that she had obeyed her mother and taken Donald straight back home instead of staying to play a game ! |
| 4 | An example would be writing a book in longhand instead of learning to use a word processor . |
| 5 | Instead of trying to explain the extinction and replacement of species in terms of observable causes , Lyell 's opponents looked to the patterns revealed in the fossil record to explain the history of life on earth . |
| 6 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that he personally was informed about British Steel 's decision to close Ravenscraig over a fortnight before the official announcement last week and that instead of trying to reverse the decision , he and the Secretary of State for Scotland took part in a conspiracy of silence ? |
| 7 | and use that as a reference so you can work out the others from it instead of trying to remember the lot . |
| 8 | ‘ It would help if clubs caught cheating accepted first time instead of trying to create a web of mystery and deception on the way because cheats never prosper . ’ |
| 9 | In Masailand , cut off from all civilized amenities , and , if he conscientiously followed the herds instead of trying to rule the country from his office , beyond the reach even of the telegraph , a DO could enjoy as much autonomy as he liked . |
| 10 | Since he and his policies are uniquely responsible for the difficulties being experienced and the record repossessions and arrears , will he accept the obligation for introducing a proper mortgage rescue scheme , like the one recommended by the Labour party , instead of trying to shift the blame on to everyone else ? |
| 11 | Structuralist theory builds on connotation instead of trying to sweep the question under the carpet ( as the New Critics might be said to have done ) . |
| 12 | Instead of trying to solve the problem all at once there is an attempt to create sub-problems . |
| 13 | But now I think there 's a new feeling abroad that instead of trying to solve the poverty of third world countries , by providing them with aeroplanes , particularly for their armies and providing them with electricity generating plants , we should actually start at bottom ; we should start with the children , in providing medicines , in providing enough food , so that those children will grow up and will be able to fend for themselves , providing them with skills , providing them also with markets for the goods that they 'll produce . |
| 14 | Instead of trying to confront the English in pitched engagements , the French tried the tactic of clearing towns and castles of their garrisons , employing units of mounted — hence mobile — troops to do this . |
| 15 | Instead of struggling to fill a sale each year , it might be better to skip a year , or two , if necessary . |
| 16 | When I am called to meet my Maker face to Face , I hope my doctor helps me do it gently , instead of striving to avoid the issue . |
| 17 | instead of going use the garage . |
| 18 | There Oh that 's why we 're not doing it any more , so what do we have to do instead of having to do an essay ? |
| 19 | And it was nice to have someone else caress your body , and release the springs of pleasure hidden within it , instead of having to do the job yourself . |
| 20 | We could go for eight days between fill-ups instead of having to brim the tank every four days , ’ he says . |
| 21 | The little woman , instead of having to explain the spending of twenty-five shillings of the housekeeping money on a half bottle of " cooking " brandy , would be at liberty to raid the Scotch for a few tablespoonsful at any time , and nobody the wiser . |
| 22 | Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube . |
| 23 | and they used to collect the rents from there er some of them and er up er he came home one day and he said erm , I 'm not going up there collecting again , as he er collected the bugs used to drop on his collecting pad I said , finish the job do n't go again , but anyway they persuaded the people to take the rents into the office you see instead of having to have a rent collector , but er it was horrible he , he worked for them twenty five years and then when he was sixty four he had his , a stroke , but he went back again after eight months and he completed his job for when , you know he stayed in the office , he was er him and erm started the rebate , well it was footwork the rebate system was worked out at the Town Hall , but they , the rent men had to carry it out you see and er he er work the system out and of course erm , when he was sixty five he finished , course he was lucky really , but then er he could get about fairly well , but after the years drew on you know his , his health deteriorated and er but he lived er he was sixty four and he was eighty five when he died but erm |
| 24 | It has been suggested that during the last four years of his reign Charles " at last emerged as an unfettered sovereign " , and that " instead of having to solicit the support of his subjects , he now commanded their obedience " . |
| 25 | Knowledge of such factors is important because if a doctor is worried that a certain patient is likely to take an overdose , it would be better to explore the patient 's difficulties and share this anxiety with the patient instead of avoiding discussing the issue or prescribing psychotropic drugs . |
| 26 | We revert to these distant ideas when discussing the press and the media instead of attempting to recast the core concepts in the context of today 's society . |