Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He followed up his earlier limited charge of praemunire against selected churchmen with a similar charge against the whole of the English clergy , accusing them of exercising a spiritual jurisdiction that conflicted with their duty as his subjects . |
| 2 | Even so , like a dog at the bone , The Times was driven to search out the foreign disposition of the garotters , accusing them of abandoning the traditional civility of the traditional English highway robbery : ‘ Without the old challenge and parley in use among highwaymen , your garotter knocks a man 's head against the kerbstone as the best way of getting at his pocket . ’ |
| 3 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 4 | For example , if we have raised our body temperature by exercise or effort then cooling ourselves by taking a cold shower , a swim , or a cold drink makes us more comfortable . |
| 5 | Apart from making sure that permanent mains-voltage lights are installed by a competent electrician , the main way of protecting yourself against getting an electric shock from garden lights is to install an RCD . |
| 6 | We are conscious of what Zuckerman does for Roth : when he helps a man to gather his spilt heart pills , it is Roth helping himself by assigning a small mercy . |
| 7 | MRS THATCHER has cunningly provoked the Labour party and the media into pushing her into holding a general election at the best time for the Conservative party . |
| 8 | James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’ |
| 9 | Our plans for local government will bring decision-making closer to the people rather than alienating them by imposing an extra layer of bureaucracy on top of local government . |
| 10 | Atherton batted beautifully for 42 but then left kicking himself for slamming a wide ball from Reiffel straight to cover off the back foot . |
| 11 | After joining in 1930 the Oriental Ceramic Society , founded in London a decade earlier , David had begun a career of scholarship with papers read to that body , distinguishing himself by identifying the imperial ru ware made between ad 1107 and 1127 . |
| 12 | Reconciling yourself to making the final decision can take a long time and be very painful . |
| 13 | We have the problem facing us of implementing the planned museum extension , i.e. of building the mezzanine floor over our landlord 's garage . |
| 14 | The simple childhood device for sketching them by superimposing a small egg shape for the body remains unrivalled . |
| 15 | Punishing someone for doing the wrong thing may inhibit him from that action but does not establish a better pattern . |
| 16 | Foreign assistance has taken some of the strain off the Jordanian authorities ; with Canada now pledging two point two million dollars in aid , and the European Community committing itself to sending a further three point seven million dollars in food aid . |
| 17 | Chissano and Dhlakama pledged ( i ) to guarantee conditions that would allow complete political freedom " in accordance with internationally recognized principles of democracy " ; ( ii ) to guarantee the personal security of all Mozambican citizens and all members of political parties ; ( iii ) to accept the role of the international community and particularly the UN in monitoring and guaranteeing the implementation of the general peace agreement , particularly the ceasefire agreement and electoral process ; ( iv ) to respect the principles contained in Protocol No. 1 [ see p. 38517 ] under the terms of which the government undertook not to adopt or apply laws which could conflict with agreements between the parties , while Renamo undertook to stop fighting and to behave as a political party ; ( v ) to respect political rights , with the government specifically committing itself to incorporating the various agreements and protocols into law [ see pp. 38517 ; 38565 ; 38804 ] ; and ( vi ) to complete an agreed agenda and sign a general peace agreement incorporating a ceasefire by Oct. 1 . |
| 18 | Now , six months after an American biographer , Donald Spoto , did a hatchet job on Olivier , accusing him of having a homosexual affair with Danny Kaye , the key is to be removed from its resting place . |
| 19 | The IRA statement of responsibility had incorrectly named another man , the brother of a well-known Belfast republican , as the victim of the shooting , accusing him of having a bizarre paramilitary career stretching for more than a decade . |
| 20 | If caught , they can avoid arousing the predator 's urge to kill through not wriggling , and then panic the predator into dropping them by making a sudden unexpected attack . |
| 21 | The sound of choking woke the boy next to him out of dreams of home , shocking him into knowing the hideous rocking hole where they lay . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's his birthday , Monsieur Armand , but I 'm afraid we were spoiling it by having a political discussion . ’ |
| 23 | Existing contractual arrangements are inadequate as a means both of attracting sufficient high calibre practitioners to work in London and of rewarding them for providing an appropriate range of services . |
| 24 | The year before the Baptists had sent a telegram to Queen Victoria congratulating her on completing the longest reign in British history . |
| 25 | I was just congratulating myself on negotiating the first and second holes fairly well when disaster struck at the 142-yard par-three third . |
| 26 | An arsenal of political treacheries was employed to impede our progress , from the medium-range one of accusing us of lacking the right political perspective , to the more insidious long-range ones of accusing us of divisiveness , bringing men into feminism by speaking about the war in Ireland and , even on one occasion , attempting to show an exhibition — the famous , ‘ Bin Lids and Barricades ’ . |
| 27 | Emily ? … laughing and teasing him about deserving a white feather … ? |
| 28 | Rather than concentrate the raising of revenue at the production end of the broadcasting process , by selling airtime to advertisers , the Sykes Committee recommended raising it by charging a flat rate annual licence fee to the consumer . |
| 29 | Next she considered the potatoes : in the past she had always cooked them in their skins , but recently it had been suggested that potato skins , if not carcinogenic , were yet harmful to the system , perforating the bowel or preventing it from absorbing the vital vitamins . |