Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they said we 're not naming the home for the elderly that will probably be closed . |
| 2 | The somewhat carefree atmosphere of this event was dampened a few months later when the Electricity Board 's contractors prepared to start work on levelling the ground for the new power station . |
| 3 | The PACE Day Centre near Aylesbury has been using the technique for the last 3 years , but it could all be over in the next couple of days . |
| 4 | When using the machine for the first time , the manufacturers advise that the machine should be filled to capacity and then emptied , before re-filling and stripping . |
| 5 | The structure was solved by molecular replacement using the model for the HyHel-10 Fab/lysozyme complex ( Brookhaven ; accession number 3HFM ) with the lysozyme coordinates removed . |
| 6 | The text as structured above should be capable of generating the typography for the New OED . |
| 7 | Turakina behaved as if she was seeing the offworlder for the first time . |
| 8 | He had often imagined seeing the enemy for the first time , but it was strange how very commonplace and yet how exciting this baptism was . |
| 9 | It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way . |
| 10 | Announcing the draw for the Caledonian Brewery-sponsored Currie Tournament , club president Gordon Bell said : ‘ Gala and Melrose are unable to compete this year because they have their own cup final the following Wednesday . ’ |
| 11 | Many authorities have advocated the practice of setting clear political objectives and compensating the enterprise for the resulting financial detriment . |
| 12 | The coup was , however , perceived worldwide as a development of the greatest significance , challenging the basis for the recent profound changes in superpower and East-West relations , and possibly calling into question the validity of arms control agreements , the continuation of the process of Soviet troop withdrawal from eastern Europe , oil and gas supplies , and the future of a Middle East peace conference . |
| 13 | He would , as the Diary records , sometimes enliven the journey by opening the door for the local MP , or for the headmaster of the Grammar School . |
| 14 | This ‘ residual charge ’ can be a hazard if you are careless when opening the packaging for the first time . |
| 15 | And while others are softening the mood for the Nineties , Versace has stuck resolutely to his guns , and looks all the more refreshing for it . |
| 16 | Climbing the hill for the first time Whiggie Geo dropped back and Bradley decided to try to make the rest of the running . |
| 17 | Sh I mean to , to my mind , should n't the land ownership possibly one of the key issues cos that is if you have land ownership and then you 're just paving the way for the new capitalist society and to , you know , according to Marxist theory which I think is a pretty dodgy one , they have to go from capitalism to achieve socialism |
| 18 | However , it quickly neutralized the country 's state enterprise unions , paving the way for the increased role of the private sector in the development of state enterprises . |
| 19 | The Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 16 — the first since January 1989 — was widely seen as paving the way for the next election , expected to be held ahead of the constitutional deadline of June 1992 . |
| 20 | Once you are familiar with the program , selections from the current menu can be made more quickly by pressing the key for the initial letter of the option you require , or you can bypass the menus altogether for some of the most frequently used options by using the predefined HOTKEYS . |
| 21 | Yeltsin made an official visit to Italy on Dec. 19-20 , signing with the Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti a joint declaration establishing the basis for the two countries ' relationship . |
| 22 | By 1801 , not only had the conflicts between monarch and nobility over the extraction and use of rents and taxes , and the respective rights and duties of each , largely been resolved and in the process made irrelevant , but also the industrial revolution was well under way , establishing the basis for the growing political ascendancy of the industrial classes over both monarchy and aristocracy . |
| 23 | Feeling in Congress was less critical than it had been and Senator William F. Knowland ( Republican , California ) , a lively critic of the administration , supported it over Korean aid while castigating the administration for the serious economic plight in which the Koreans found themselves . |
| 24 | It now seemed that Watt was well on the way to developing the engine for the commercial market . |
| 25 | This project involves establishing computer files containing Sri Lankan data from censuses and vital registration for the period 1926-54 and then ( since data for the earlier period have already been computerized ) analyzing the material for the entire period 1900-1954 . |
| 26 | The libretto now needs writing , not in terms of expectation of aid from elsewhere — little will come — but expressing the room for the innate , self-help strengths of local people and communities . |
| 27 | There is no point in ransacking the cellar for the finest bottled sunshine that has been put away for the special occasion . |
| 28 | Tawell 's second piece of bad luck was when the tenacious Dr Champney , who had been searching the countryside for the dark-robed perpetrator of the crime , noticed him boarding the train . |
| 29 | Writing the cheque for the first term 's fees was wonderful therapy . |
| 30 | ‘ You know Howard 's writing the scenario for the New Jerusalem , do n't you ? ’ |