Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [art] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for the Northern Polar Institute claimed that nuclear tests on the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya were also contributing to the seals ' deaths . |
| 2 | He had already begun contributing to the Gardeners ' Chronicle . |
| 3 | However , the questions and answers relating to the officers ' comments on what they had observed during surveillance might well have been edited out . |
| 4 | The plaintiffs , A and others , who were customers of the defendants , obtained an injunction before Morland J. on 13 August 1990 restraining the defendants from delivering up or disclosing to the United States court or to third parties otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs , any documents relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the defendants , and ordering the latter to return to its London branch certain documents which had been removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 5 | The [ defendants ] whether by [ themselves , their ] servants or agents or otherwise howsoever be restrained until trial or further order from : ( a ) delivering up or disclosing to the grand jury in the County of New York empanelled in the matter of the People of the State of New York v. John Doe ( B Bank ) or , without the prior consent of the plaintiffs , delivering up or disclosing to any third party otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs or any of them , all documents and information contained therein held by [ these defendants ] at [ their ] branches in London or elsewhere within this jurisdiction concerning or relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the [ defendants ] or any of them or otherwise relating to the business of the plaintiffs or any of them ; ( b ) without the prior written consent of the plaintiffs ' solicitors herein , removing from the jurisdiction of this court any of the documents referred to in subclause ( a ) hereof or any copies thereof . |
| 6 | Time given to listening to the parents ' point of view at an early stage and to reducing their anxieties by giving well-founded information can be helpful in arranging a placement which satisfies them . |
| 7 | Now , she lay panting by the fire , warming her flanks and apparently listening to the humans ' conversation . |
| 8 | Roskill J said that B was in breach of an implied duty in : ( a ) not communicating to the plaintiffs ' board the information which he received from the patent agents and in taking no steps to protect the plaintiffs against possible consequences of the existence of the patent ; and ( b ) using information regarding the patent for his own benefit . |
| 9 | In the " Old Rental " of 1682 certain properties were described as " Proper lands " and were " supposed " to be the benefaction of Sir Edmond ; according to the Goldsmiths ' records they were yielding only 56 13 4d a year between 1671 and 1720 , or only a little more than half as much again as the rent receivable two centuries earlier . |
| 10 | Homework should be differentiated according to the learners ' ability . |
| 11 | According to the boys ' version of the evening , no drugs had been present . |
| 12 | The level of service offered varies according to the expatriates ' needs and may consist simply of handouts — printed property sheets with information of what is available . |
| 13 | According to the Broadcasters ' Audience Research Board , it had an average of 7.8 million viewers across the week . |
| 14 | ‘ There is no fixed routine as such — we vary it according to the residents ' wishes . |
| 15 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
| 16 | When a discretionary life sentence is passed , for an offence other than murder because of the danger to the public from the convicted person , there is no undue difficulty in ascertaining the determinate sentence which would otherwise be appropriate according to the judges ' tariff . |
| 17 | In September the government announced a ceiling of 5.5 per cent for wage increases in 1991 ; according to the employers ' organization , the Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales ( Spanish Confederation of Employers ' Organizations — CEOE ) , wages rose by 9 per cent in 1990 — well above the level of inflation . |
| 18 | It was made with a slit for the blade to pass , like the slits at the back in angels ' tunics for their wings , and was changed according to the seasons ' calendar . |
| 19 | According to the buyers ' guide produced by estate agents Savills , who specialise in such properties , the price of prime properties in Yorkshire has risen by more than 130 per cent over the last three years . |
| 20 | According to the pilots ' statements and other available evidence the aircraft departed from Keflavik , Iceland , at 0924 hours , for a flight to Goose Bay . |
| 21 | 6 Individual voters are rational and informed ; they have an appreciation of their own best interests ; and so they give the parties programatic support and vote according to the parties ' past or prospective action in office in the light of their own knowledge and interests . |
| 22 | Both tests were also carried out according to the manufacturers ' instructions . |
| 23 | The ‘ cure ’ for over-indulging at the office Christmas party is also much cheaper , according to the Consumers ' Association Which ? magazine . |
| 24 | Advice on energy conservation provided by British gas and electricity companies is " hopelessly inadequate " , according to the Consumers ' Association . |
| 25 | We were told , because of the shortage of paper , we were told only to use secondhand papers er paper that had already been used for letters or memos when writing to the Clerks ' Department and erm we erm used to get the grubbiest paper that we could and then you had to condense it and type it erm without too much space and erm that went over to the Clerks ' Department , then erm when it got over th oh sorry you had to trim off the edges erm so that there was no spare paper left around the memo so that er you know there was just this little bit of paper with the |
| 26 | Attendance at a day centre where the parents and child attend together can be very valuable or the professional 's going to the parents ' home to watch a play session will enable sharing of the observations . |
| 27 | Stella , who for a miserable quarter of an hour had been contemplating going to the ladies ' room and not coming back , was suddenly struck by the curiously fragmented nature of the group about the table . |
| 28 | Then we would sail south to Easter Island to explore the mysterious statues before going to the mutineers ' refuge on Pitcairn Island . |
| 29 | Adding to the refugees ' fears were hundreds of Iraqi special police , sauntering peacefully through Zakho with their automatic rifles . |
| 30 | Adding to the Socialists ' embarrassment , the prosecutor 's report said Boublil gave Pelat the key tip-off at a lunch in a Paris restaurant celebrating Mr Beregovoy 's 40th wedding anniversary . |