Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It remains to be seen to what extent the operation of the new mergers policy will prove successful in helping to preserve a competitive environment throughout the EC . |
2 | You do n't look to me like someone desperately struggling to nurse a company-patient back to life . |
3 | But since microwaving became a recognised method of cooking on catering students ' curricula , the level of microwave knowledge sits equally alongside that of steaming , frying and grill work alike . |
4 | Each man tightened his grip or loosened it , pygmies struggling to coax a reluctant giant into a narrow cage . |
5 | On training prisons such as Maidstone he found , generally , that most establishments were struggling to provide a basic level of regime activities . |
6 | This is then used to feed the rabbits which they are producing to provide a valuable source of protein . |
7 | The process of assessment incorporates a number of key elements and involves the assessors ( including users and carers ) in bringing to bear a wide range of observational , communication , interpersonal , cognitive , and analytic skills . |
8 | This story concerns the sounds of footsteps walking in the ballast ; no one was seen but the sounds were very convincing and one respects the account of this mystery from Mr Leslie , who certainly did n't believe in the supernatural , preferring to find a logical explanation of this sort of thing . |
9 | The ‘ air diaphragm ’ of this port has an area equivalent to that of the midrange cone , thus matching its directional characteristics and helping to provide a seamless transition at the crossover . |
10 | One day after her daughter 's death , she was driving to see a new house to which the family planned to move . |
11 | What Hollywood offered was ‘ a medley range of vague and variable impressions — a disconnected assemblage of ideas , feelings , vagaries and impulses ’ and it followed therefore that the movies were ‘ not endeavouring to provide a consistent philosophy of life ’ . |
12 | Although they do lie outside the mainstream — indeed , because they lie outside it — authors such as B. S. Johnson have at the very least an important exemplary function , keeping open a wide spectrum of possibility , even for authors who may not always wish to go so far in such radical directions themselves . |
13 | This was regarded by some observers as a shift in position , with President F. W. de Klerk 's government appearing to surrender a central tenet of its policy of rejecting interference in internal affairs . |
14 | And perhaps , sensing that matters have come full circle , some of that era 's pop idols are returning to host a new generation of adult oriented music shows . |
15 | Right : These curved , gently steps continue on from a path which follows a rounded lawn , helping to create a relaxed atmosphere in the garden . |
16 | This module enables a student who is working in retailing to acquire a basic knowledge of consumer law . |
17 | Six men have appeared in court charged with conspiring to plant a fake bomb on a residential street . |
18 | It does n't here , that 's fine , it 's great here , but , at the bottom because it , it 's not being lit quite so well as the top you 're tending to lose a little bit of quality , especially there . |
19 | Functionalism in public law views this apparatus of government as serving to promote a distinct set of purposes . |
20 | Care should , however , be taken where a section appears to confer no right of appeal , but that section is in fact linked to another section where a right of appeal exists ; e.g. under s.62 a licensing board may attach conditions to a grant or transfer of a licence and apparently there is no right of appeal against that section , but in Wallace v. Kyle and Carrick Licensing Board , 1979 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 12 , it was held that as s.62 was ancillary to s.10 under which licences were granted , an appeal was competent ; see also M. Milne v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 145 where an appeal against a decision by the clerk under 5.10(1) refusing to accept a late application for renewal was allowed in respect that the application related to a renewal of a licence under s.17(4) . |
21 | It says it is looking to provide a full range of products ranging from low end consumer devices through to those aimed at users in vertical markets such as insurance or medicine . |
22 | Just before serving melt a little butter in the frying pan and seal the strips of beef . |
23 | From the point of view of the ‘ host ’ or ‘ hostess ’ the most immediate benefit of showing art would be to enhance a pleasant ambience , but the more ambitious would also be seeking to attract a certain clientele by offering more than the comfort of food . |
24 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
25 | The Labour party is trying to prop up its popularity in Scotland by seeking to impose a similar solution on the rest of England . |
26 | Nevertheless , it does seem reasonable to suggest that teachers need to be aware that when tackling many writing tasks pupils will achieve a greater degree of success , both as writers and as learners , if they can work in stages , and if within these stages they have sympathetic and informed support from both teachers and peers — not , I would insist , seeking to impose a preconceived notion of how to plan or how to write , but helping pupils to discover what works best for them . |
27 | It was as if the Commission was seeking to impose a common market with common prices , rather than to ensure that competition prevailed . |
28 | Anyone seeking to find a reliable predictor of Alliance voting would be hard pressed to find one . |
29 | erm , the adventure section was quite successful in a lot of respects they had quite a few people er attached to it , the scout group and the cub group , cub packs did n't have very many , but erm the adventure section had quite a few people , er and in fact we 've got people doing the tent stalls at the moment that are from a seventh mutant , which is , what it was and of course they 've disenfranchised if you like er but we 're looking , the district is looking to create a new group with Buckland |
30 | Hence when the Wernicke 's aphasic is seeking to create a functional-level representation by applying these two processes to the message-level representation , the patient will be left with an appropriate argument structure but no content words to insert into it . |