Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he has failed to offer a clear-cut criterion for the rejection of any coherent research programme , or for choosing between rival research programmes , one might wish to say , with Feyerabend , that Lakatos 's methodology is ‘ a verbal ornament , as a memorial to happier times when it was still thought possible to run a complex and often catastrophic business like science by following a few simple and ‘ rational ’ rules ’ . |
| 2 | Picture a teenage girl in Morocco for whom premarital loss of virginity is culturally intolerable and who faces the ‘ choice ’ , under male duress , of tolerating anal intercourse , or of submitting to vaginal penetration knowing that she will thereby have to leave home for a life of prostitution ; she may even know that both are related to acquisition of HIV . |
| 3 | They were : ( a ) murders in the course or furtherance of theft , ( b ) murders by shooting or causing an explosion , ( c ) murders in the course or for the purpose of resisting lawful arrest or of escaping from legal custody , ( d ) murders of police officers in the execution of their duty and persons assisting them , and ( e ) murders by prisoners of prison officers in the execution of their duty and persons assisting them . |
| 4 | His decision to take a year off from international rugby has left selectors with the difficult choice of going for a short-term replacement or of opting for long-term continuity . |
| 5 | The CBI report ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ rejected the notion that the Government could or should ’ be in the business of picking winners , or of engaging in direct intervention in the strategic direction and management of companies ’ . |
| 6 | The CBI report ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ rejected the notion that Government could or should ’ be in the business of picking winers , or of engaging in direct intervention in the strategic direction and management of companies ’ . |
| 7 | It provides district councils with a generous allocation , but not so generous in the County Council 's view as to prejudice the counc the county 's interests and by sterilizing land which is unlikely to be taken up or by promoting without due regard to the consequences for housing and services . |
| 8 | The priority , I think , is a good leaflet which can be used as the basis for a mailing and for sharing with Christian Aid 's partners and your contacts . |
| 9 | Although pipe cutters are generally more useful for cutting new copper pipe , a hacksaw is useful for waste pipe and for cutting through old pipe — especially if it is tough or against a wall . |
| 10 | Both are notable for their fine sense of style and for playing of passionate commitment . |
| 11 | Will he condemn the occupants of the Opposition Front Bench for using the issue in a squalid attempt to lure Liberal voters into their camp and for indulging in two-faced opportunism ? |
| 12 | " I 'm grateful to you for your help and for coming to High Brook in the first place . |
| 13 | What I see here every week , and through speaking to major food suppliers , does n't suggest that 's happening . ’ |
| 14 | Combine information during the extension of a hypothesis ( along the x axis ) , and during processing by different knowledge sources ( along the y axis ) , in order to create a set of competing hypotheses ( along the z axis ) . |
| 15 | But post GATT the occupier 's surplus from arable farming falls to £1500 and after allowing for other income total income would be only about £4000 . |
| 16 | These tales of detachment from work and of turning into virtual automata crackled with insight . |
| 17 | In the end , the account in Chapter 3 of the pressures for change amounts to an effective review of the recognition of the right of trade unions to be fully informed and consulted , in good time , by management about its intentions where they will or might affect the interests of employees organised by unions ; and so may be said to provide a firm footing for the argument that the practice of providing full information and of engaging in full consultation should be extended and adopted generally , in order that unions may better consider , and act in pursuance of , those interests . |
| 18 | Performance-related pay for general practitioners ( GPs ) — an innovation bitterly resisted by the British Medical Association — is already driving up rates of childhood immunisation and of testing for cervical cancer . |
| 19 | the skills enabling pupils to function collaboratively and to participate positively and with understanding in general discussion ; |
| 20 | For instance where machinery or surfaces , through lack of space or layout limitations , must be used for both cooked and raw meats disinfection should take place after each use with raw meat and before changing to cooked meat . |
| 21 | The CAB worker is expected by the service and by the client to be an expert in many many areas : in benefits and in housing with minimal specialist training ; in recognising a legal problem without legal training ; in consumer rights , employment rights , children 's rights and much more . |
| 22 | Fourthly , the comprehensive multidisciplinary assessments of individual older people have a key role in the overall evaluation of service provision and in planning for future development . |
| 23 | Throughout the 1920s the Communist Party leaders remained intent on affiliating to the Labour Party and on working with Labour Party members . |
| 24 | What follows is general advice applicable to either group on finding information about job and training opportunities , and on responding to local recruitment drives . |
| 25 | He supplemented his income with a number of anthologies , of which the most celebrated is Invective and Abuse ( 1929 ) , and by working as literary editor of Punch ( 1942–4 ) and the New English Review ( 1945–9 ) . |
| 26 | We will do this by improving our marketing , sales and distribution activities , and by responding to changing market and consumer demands through a closer understanding of their needs . |
| 27 | But after appearing on Central Television the sanctuary has been inundated with calls from people offering the animals a home . |
| 28 | For example , the " going rate " in 1980 for the chairmen of the major industries ( gas , aerospace , shipbuilding , railways , coal , etc. ) was £48,000 , at a time when the top executives of BP , ICI and the like were earning between two and three times that amount , including bonuses but without accounting for various fringe benefits . |