Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formula ‘ protects ’ the incomes of second families by not allowing them to fall below income support levels plus £8 and 10 per cent of the difference . |
| 2 | Some Western conservationists have welcomed Martin 's departure but local conservationist groups generally supported his policy of giving local communities an interest in preserving wildlife by allowing them to benefit from wildlife management schemes . |
| 3 | Polluted water often smells , and a serious and persistent pollution may turn a stream anaerobic , causing it to give off hydrogen sulphide , with its familiar odour of rotten eggs . |
| 4 | When the kids are really young , it 's no use expecting them to wait for Christmas Day — and two four-month-old Siberian tiger cubs at Howletts animal park , Canterbury , are no exception . |
| 5 | When James Gill of SPAG informed the County Council of the lack of planning permission for the lake , the council wrote to Mogul asking them to apply for planning permission to retain the lake . |