Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion that MCE somehow models the speech code by allowing the child to see English word order , which can then be internalised , is not theoretically viable . |
| 2 | Under the agreement China would provide the Soviet Union with a commodity loan worth 1,000 million Swiss francs ( US$730 million ) allowing the country to purchase Chinese grain , meat , tea , tobacco , peanuts , textiles and light industrial products . |
| 3 | The merits of an approach allowing the company to seek civil redress are essentially twofold : first , no victim need be identified ; and secondly , an action may be brought in the context of anonymous stock market trades . |
| 4 | The people involved have naively played into Fisons ' hands by allowing the company to divert public attention from its own eco-vandalism " . |
| 5 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 6 | For one thing it increases the length of the margin , allowing the animal to admit more food per unit of length . |
| 7 | Alternatively the basic restored airframe and engine components can be supplied part finished allowing the owner to perform final assembly and painting . |
| 8 | If the above arguments possess cogency , how can control be achieved without review becoming like appeal and without allowing the tribunal to have unlimited power ? |
| 9 | It binds to haemoglobin much more readily than oxygen , thus allowing the blood to carry less oxygen . |
| 10 | Only if this is done will the stress of the deputy 's role be reduced and his task of maintaining the cycle receive spontaneous support from the primary work groups . ’ |
| 11 | In a sense , then , little had changed , as the managers had to resort to the old method of cajoling the workforce to extract maximum effort . |
| 12 | If you select each program group in reverse priority ( using the cascade command each time ) the boxes will be arranged in diminishing priority with the most important at the front . |
| 13 | Chromosomal DNA was isolated and purified from each isolate using the guanidium thiocyanate reagent method . |
| 14 | Illegal traders are using the recession to hawk rip-off clothing , perfume and music tapes . |
| 15 | There is , however , a difference between imposing liability where the company has collapsed and it emerges that a director has been in total dereliction of duty or something close to it , and using the law to promote managerial dynamism . |
| 16 | As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them . |
| 17 | Using the right sized appropriate screwdriver and WORKING ON ONE SIDE AT A TIME , remove the outside round brushes and plastic gears . |
| 18 | Labour has claimed ministers such as Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley , Portillo , and Michael Howard , who were associated with the Thatcherite ‘ no turning back ’ group , have gained wider political support by using the review to reinvigorate Conservative thinking about privatisation and ‘ marketisation ’ . |
| 19 | The microcomputer now presents the school librarian with the opportunity to produce new types of publicity materials and information displays by using the microcomputer to produce electronic notice boards , interactive library guides on screen and school magazines or newspapers either on screen or in hard copy . |
| 20 | The design is extremely simple , with a poppered front allowing easy over-the-head access , and a nylon trim helping the collar give some neck protection . |
| 21 | Miss Schuett has been hired to travel with Capriati throughout the summer , with a particular responsibility for helping the teenager shed some puppy fat before it becomes a lasting problem . |
| 22 | We 've said all along that staffing the community centre should be reduced er and that we should be encouraging the community to take more interest in running their community centres . |
| 23 | Helping to facilitate group processes in an involved but non-directive manner , encouraging the group to take concerned responsibility for its own development and that of all its members . |
| 24 | For example , in underlining the need to reduce public welfare provision in the long term , the state upholds the family as the alternative centre of provision , with consequent implications for women 's domestic role in the care of children and the aged . |
| 25 | Liability is anticipated except where the seller is not in fact selling in the course of a business and prior to contracting the transferee knows this fact , or reasonable steps have been taken to bring it to his notice . |
| 26 | The verdicts were set aside on 25 December by means of a law passed on 23 December empowering the President to quash any decision of the Special Court . |
| 27 | The National Assembly on April 8 passed legislation opening the way to direct foreign investment in Romania . |
| 28 | In April 1991 the leu was devalued by 72 per cent , legislation was passed opening the way to direct foreign investment , and an IMF loan of US$748,000,000 was announced [ see p. 38163 ] . |
| 29 | Opening the case to confirm this suspicion is easy . |
| 30 | Geologists had been active in surveying the land to reveal new mineral deposits , but had occasionally warned that the supply was not infinite and would eventually become exhausted . |