Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] them [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A complete and intentional obliteration of a will or any part of it , so that what was written can no longer be seen , amounts to a revocation of what is obliterated ; but merely striking words through with a pen or altering them has no effect , unless the cancellation or alteration is signed by the testator and attested by two witnesses like a new will . |
| 2 | Whether he was still staring out of the window at the storm or watching them made no difference . |
| 3 | ‘ That is what makes them different from other student movements , since they work with the oppressed and underprivileged , making them more aware of their role and situation in society and helping them to realise the need to organise themselves and to start doing the work by themselves . ’ |
| 4 | On Aug. 18 Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata had attempted to restore confidence by announcing a series of measures aimed at discouraging financial institutions from selling shares until the end of September , and allowing them to postpone the reporting of unrealised losses on share holdings until the end of the financial year , in March 1993 . |
| 5 | Drama quickly reveals to children the effectiveness of language , building up their language resources and allowing them to develop an awareness of a whole range of linguistic choices and registers . |
| 6 | Poems order experience and share it ; understanding them and writing them involves an act of creativity , and in both activities there is a kind of joy involved when the order of words , or insight into the effect of that order , corresponds with the way things are . |
| 7 | At the end there are sequences of free paddling , both at Nottingham and on natural water , allowing the viewers to see practical use of the moves and permitting them to see the film to examine the techniques , the paddling by the six paddlers involved always being very confident and competent . |
| 8 | How about going wild and making squares of patterns and joining them to make a sweater ? |
| 9 | He had robbed another couple about 10 minutes before the killing , after parking his car and approaching them waving a gun . |
| 10 | This lack of exposure in itself must have the effect of limiting motivation : staff nurses are rarely found battering at the tutors ' doors for advice on how to develop their teaching skills , and some way of motivating them and making them see the importance of teaching must be found . |
| 11 | ‘ A scientific truth , ’ he wrote , and one can almost see the tightly pressed lips , hear the snapping of the pencil , ‘ does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light , but rather because its opponents eventually die , and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it . ’ |
| 12 | Short , high-intensity bursts of neutrons will be produced 50 times a second by accelerating protons by potentials of up to 800 million volts , and steering them to hit a target of heavy material — uranium . |
| 13 | Once back upstairs in the box , he could not leave the mystery alone and his mind conjured up all sorts of solutions but analysing them brought no relief . |
| 14 | Similarly with public goods : there may be many potential suppliers of television broadcasts , but funding them presents a problem . |