Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merioneth , wooden spoonists in last season 's competition , are having to delay announcing their team to visit reigning champions Denbighshire at Gwersyllt . |
| 2 | Solicitors Neil Cobley representing James Mullen and Mike Hogan representing his brother made successful applications for legal aid . |
| 3 | Some news in brief now — Labour 's new Scottish spokesman , George Robertson , has stamped his authority on the job , introducing his new front bench team , and announcing his plan to involve back benchers in the political process . |
| 4 | Fruit bushes , roses and other plants can be kept in trim with ease , keeping your garden tidy all year round . |
| 5 | The numbers attending fell short of expectations ; nonetheless the CP was pursuing its campaign to recruit 1,000,000 members in an attempt to persuade the government to hold a general election . |
| 6 | The UN Security Council on Aug. 15 unanimously adopted Resolution 707 condemning Iraq for its failure to disclose full details of its weapons programme and ordering it to provide complete access to UN inspection teams [ see pp. 38307-08 ; 38360-61 ] , including accepting their right to conduct aerial inspections anywhere in the country . |
| 7 | To be able to make an accurate replica of a sculpture without touching its surface has far-reaching implications , both for the museum replication industry and for open-air sites where stone sculpture is suffering from irretrievable decay . |
| 8 | Sources in Hong Kong say the British Government is finalising its package giving key Hong Kong people the right of settlement in Britain as a form of insurance in anticipation of the consequences of the Chinese takeover in 1997 . |
| 9 | Mrs Whitehouse is concerned not only that television companies are using their influence to promote political causes but , as was suggested above , that they are in many ways responsible for the ‘ moral decline ’ which she has identified . |
| 10 | We want government to serve the whole nation — using its power to realise this vision . |
| 11 | ‘ Pity they do n't spend their time catching criminals , ’ observed the Commander , ‘ instead of wasting their time harassing respectable citizens . ’ |
| 12 | You might think that Young and Helmholtz were wasting their time using psychophysical procedures when improvements in physiological techniques would allow direct measurements of this sort . |
| 13 | Now , those little reminders ought to give you a kind of mental map of how to go about writing your press releases this afternoon . |
| 14 | But under capitalism ( or any other class-divided society ) , other state functions are class-biased , serving capital owners ' interests and enhancing their ability to extract surplus value from workers . |
| 15 | Its auditor , Arthur Andersen & Co informed the company that it is withdrawing its audit reports dated August 19 on the company 's financial statements included in the 10K , Sequoia added . |
| 16 | Mrs Quinton closed her eyes for a moment as if recalling her cousin relating this girl 's history , which had not included the scissors ' business with Sister Mary as being the reason for her leaving because that might have put any caring mother off from engaging such a virago . |
| 17 | In many ways the challenge of qualifying games could have made life much easier for Vogts , who has had the problem of motivating his team to play two years of friendlies before they defend their World Cup crown in 1994 . |
| 18 | Business Post , the express mail and parcel carrier went to TEC Consultants for advice when it set out on the path of getting its network accredited two years ago . |
| 19 | You know your Mum , she has to keep riding her bike to make fucking laundry drip dry . |
| 20 | Gaining the trust of such youngsters is one of the most important elements of the work , listening to them , exploring the circumstances leading to running away , giving them time to disclose painful incidents from their past , involving them openly in all aspects of planning and negotiating a mutually agreeable solution for their future with parents or guardians ( De'Ath and Newman , 1987 ; Adams and Adams , 1987 ; De'Ath , 1987 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ In some ways , I regret losing my opportunity to perform this piece , but I do n't begrudge you yours . ’ |
| 22 | There are signs that government , by means of the legislation it is pushing through Parliament , is doing its utmost to prevent judicial review of governmental action . |
| 23 | The Government announced on 19 February that it was abandoning its plan to abolish legal aid in asylum cases . |
| 24 | That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status . |
| 25 | The question ‘ but is it philosophy ? ’ is losing its power to block further discussion . |
| 26 | Signalling his willingness to make key concessions , Bush also hinted that the USA would drop its resistance to formal negotiated restrictions on the deployment of sea-launched cruise missiles ( SLBMs ) — naval versions of the Tomahawk cruise missile scrapped under the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces ( INF ) treaty [ see pp. 35601-03 ] — in which the USA enjoyed a numerical and technical advantage [ see pp. 38255 ; 38320 ] . |
| 27 | TOMMY SMITH : ‘ So you 're saying his decision to have this operation and to actually sell it to the Sun came all within five seconds ? ’ |
| 28 | Now Martin is looking forward to spending his retirement enjoying outside interests which will include travelling , walking and watching cricket . |
| 29 | ‘ We 're doing our part to spread this style of music . |
| 30 | In turn , the waste management companies that operate the incinerators are redesigning their equipment to reduce these emissions to comply with new legislation . |