Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) . |
| 2 | FROM Graham White come more photographs of Tamiami Airport , taken during the expensive mopping up operation after the terrible night of August 24 . |
| 3 | Once it was finished we went outside and swept round the entire barrack block in an extended line , picking up litter from the damp grass . |
| 4 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 5 | Fingers subconsciously searching out damage beneath the glossy surface , while he otherwise engages in conversation . |
| 6 | Frustrated at this set-back Azhag headed south , where the horde wreaked havoc , destroying the town of Forstich before turning back east through the Great Forest and into Ostermark once more . |
| 7 | South Georgia and Heard Island , lying well south of the Antarctic Convergence , are both heavily glaciated . |
| 8 | Here is an extract from a letter written by an indignant rentier to his bailiff ( Driver , no. x ) : When in the next century Alexander the Great , after winning the battle of Issos in Cilicia , turned south against Egypt rather than going immediately east towards the Iranian centre of the Persian Empire , his decision , as we shall see , was strategically sensible ; what is surprising is that the Persians surrendered so quickly , not trying to defend Egypt at all , although economically Egypt probably mattered more to the Persian upper class than any other satrapy . |
| 9 | By a curious paradox , the nuclear lobby has a vested interest in ensuring maximum coal burn in UK power plant as an alternative to stepping up output from the new generation of gas-fired power plant . |
| 10 | Yet it is intriguing that on that day , he cut between Mary in the redoubt of her fells , puzzling over this ominous invasion of her feelings , and John-Augustus on the lake , drawing up char from the deep and cold lake , re-experiencing the failed innocence of his life . |
| 11 | Alien is primarily a mood piece as well as a visual display — there are slow passages in which little happens , building up suspense for the main action scenes , the deaths of six crew members . |
| 12 | Type 3 shows that elite competition can be stable , with democratic arrangements building up support for the political system in a ‘ centripetal ’ fashion , so long as the political culture of the country is relatively homogeneous . |
| 13 | And I 'm glad the Chancellor has been fairly tough on public spending and holding down pay in the public sector . |
| 14 | This makes Britain in autumn a very special place as a staging post for birds flying further south to the Mediterranean and Africa and as a winter home for many others . |
| 15 | As the horses trotted past , kicking up gravel from the rough road , women in dark-brown shawls picked up their babies and shouted at their children to come inside — as though strangers from the east were liable to spell trouble . |
| 16 | But he blew his chances when he said that giving up sovereignty to the European Commission was like giving in to Hitler . |
| 17 | They feared that well-meaning people giving out money to the poor would merely encourage the ‘ non-deserving ’ poor to pursue their lazy and irresponsible ways . |
| 18 | Begin with the most common offenders : milk , milk products and chocolate , cutting out beef at the same time as this can sometimes cross-react with milk . |
| 19 | There is a crucial role for partnerships in taking on responsibility for the local co-ordination of education . |
| 20 | After knowing only life at the highest level of the game , McGrain is full of admiration for the players Arbroath have assembled from Tayside , Edinburgh and Glasgow who combine playing , training and travelling long distances with everyday jobs . |
| 21 | Marshal Shaposhnikov said Russia 's Foreign Minister would be asked to open talks with the Ukrainian leadership on handing over part of the 300-ship fleet to Ukraine for a coastal defence force . |
| 22 | Lending Services continued to play an active part in the work of the Library and Information Co-operation Council ( LINC ) and the Circle of Officers of National and Regional Library Systems ( CONARLS ) , handing over chairmanship of the latter body to the Irish Central Library for Students at the AGM held in Edinburgh in May . |
| 23 | With the approach of the second anniversary of the brutal suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations by the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , and no sign of the regime handing over power to the National League for Democracy ( NLD ) despite the latter 's sweeping electoral victory in May 1990 [ see pp. 37457-58 ; 37612 ] , there was a marked increase in tension and a renewal of violence at protests in early August . |
| 24 | They have asked that we take that on , there is a report later in the agenda with detail on that , but as far as these papers are concerned that 's simply us taking over responsibility for the best part of two million pounds ' worth of spending which the health authority will refund to us by way of a section twenty eight grant . |
| 25 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 26 | His adoption led to his taking up work with the deaf . |
| 27 | Valerie Archibald has kept the West Coast moving the Medau way since taking up residence in the mid '80s . |
| 28 | Even belting out duet of the Cuban anthem ‘ Guantanamera ’ with salsa star Celia Cruz . |
| 29 | This square is very large and was originally faced with 70 offices carrying on trade with the whole ancient world . |
| 30 | the transaction , even if internal and concluded between persons carrying on business in the same State , produces effects in another State ; |