Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a contagious infection caused by mites burrowing under the skin ( mange is a term used for any condition caused by mites which causes itching and results in a mammal losing its fur ) . |
| 2 | Tests will be derived by checking whether generalisations of a model under scrutiny lead to significant gains . |
| 3 | Is this enough , particularly in the case of the operated transsexual , remembering that proceedings for a decree of nullity must now be instituted within three years of the date of the marriage ? |
| 4 | In particular it wanted to ensure that British nuclear thinking , planning , targeting and developments as a whole evolved along lines which were compatible with and were harnessed as far as possible to fit in with its own requirements . |
| 5 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 6 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 7 | All listings for the final thesaurus must be converted to the format appropriate for typing , printing or input to a computer database , and each feature checked , edited and tested on some examples . |
| 8 | S 159(2) ( C ) , ICTA 1988 is quite specific in stating that availability as a pool car is only granted if ‘ it was in that year not normally kept overnight on or in the vicinity of any residential premises where any of the employees was residing , except while being kept overnight on premises occupied by the person making the car available to them ’ . |
| 9 | When he was n't sketching or painting as a relaxation , Viktor took a rod and line down to the banks of the Moscova and fished for the grey roach that lurked in the sluggish water . |
| 10 | Saying that Germany as a whole has not yet bottomed out of recession and that recovery could come in 1994 at the earliest , the management board chairman of IBM Deutschland GmbH said that the government 's solidarity pact to help recovery in the depressed east of Germany had been over-valued — ‘ The pact received praise I do n't think it deserved ’ Hans-Olaf Henkel said . |
| 11 | Traditionally , a low ratio is interpreted as indicating that investors as a whole expect rather low levels of future earnings or that those earnings are subject to a high level of risk . |
| 12 | The term ‘ pillar ’ indicates the purpose for which they are well suited — tying and training to a pillar , pole , tree stump or whatever — although of course they will also do quite well on a fence or wall . |
| 13 | It is hard to see what sense there is in , for example , assuming that individuals without a car ought to have the same utilisation of services wherever they live . |
| 14 | I am pleased that he mentioned coppicing and wood as a fuel , because there is no doubt that with the increasing amount of agricultural land at our disposal wood as a fuel , including coppicing , could be an important part of our renewable energy strategy in future . |
| 15 | There are now several ways that you can remove unwanted hair , including shaving and depilatory creams at home , or waxing or electrolysis at a Salon . |
| 16 | In showing that cognition as a whole can not be treated behaviouristically , I have not thereby shown that a behaviouristic treatment of sense-experience is false . |
| 17 | ( a ) Some writers have stressed the similarity between conventions and legal rules arguing that breach of a convention will ultimately lead to the imposition of a sanction . |
| 18 | Two men posing as officials from a Water company called at Grace Barber 's home in the King 's Heath area of Northampton . |
| 19 | This may seem surprising , but I do n't think it matters — the important thing is that you 're right in thinking that mixing with a group of people is the way to get over your problems . |
| 20 | Maturin counters the captain 's protestation that happy ships did exist by asserting that harmony on a ship depends ‘ upon the whim , the digestion and the virtue of one or two men , and that is iniquitous ’ . |
| 21 | In the burning pages , he imagined his electro-acoustic instruments sparking and self-destructing like a spaceship set at the end of a low-budget science fiction film . |
| 22 | Indeed , the planning , planting and growing of a window box or tub is a real challenge , calling for a mixture of inspiration and skill . |
| 23 | Dolphin groups tend to travel in specific formations , exhibiting refined and developed skills in working and cc-operating as a group . |
| 24 | The centrepiece of the hoax was a mechanical device a traditional way of arranging when horses in a race should begin to run . |