Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [art] [noun pl] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Six goods trains arrived at Histon every day , bringing in the necessaries for jam-making : sugar from Amsterdam , Hamburg , and other Continental ports , earthenware jars from St Helens , Newcastle , and Chesterfield .
2 The answer was to develop the system of Cabinet Committees to reduce the load on the Cabinet by settling minor matters and , in other cases , sharpening up the issues for decision .
3 I mean , making up the rosters for instance .
4 The discussion began with criticism of who is setting down the guidelines for development , and who is actually undertaking this community economic development work .
5 Orders in Council were then passed setting out the conditions for participation in the fund .
6 Far above on the moor we could see some new machinery which meant that someone was working out the tailings for spar and barytes for the North Sea oil industry where they 're used in the drilling Processes .
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