Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a tight thicket of new , thorny growth in the clearing , a bird darting between the branches picking at the red and blue berries that hung from the twigs . |
| 2 | Here in the open grass he broke into a headlong run , lurching and recovering as the tussocks turned under him . |
| 3 | The inhuman whistle from the pinioned man 's throat reached a new pitch as the sunlight filtering through the trees glinted on a knife blade . |
| 4 | Queueing for the Chuckwagon ; queueing for the freezer-van ; queueing for the toilets installed by WC in Fields Ltd . |
| 5 | These are examples of synchronic analysis : slicing through the relationships obtaining at any one time in the social-cultural formation . |
| 6 | Their heavy armour-plating may have originated as a way of disposing of the salts derived from their food which accumulated in their bodies . |
| 7 | Tenth-century kings tried to achieve a balance between secular and ecclesiastical power in the localities rather than to crush the former ; this was demonstrably the aim of Otto I and Otto II when disposing of the tributes exacted from the Slav peoples . |
| 8 | He was probably mixed up in disposing of the pictures stolen in that big robbery from the Duke of Suffolk 's place , and there 've been other things . |
| 9 | If the poetry of the early part of the eighteenth century is already grappling with the problems associated with a realistic treatment of agricultural labour , it is not surprising that an agricultural labourer should eventually make an impact as a poet . |
| 10 | Malicious acts and vandalism , except for loss or damage occurring in the circumstances detailed in * The Buildings Unoccupancy Clause in your Policy . |
| 11 | Escape of water from or frost damages to any washing machine dishwasher or plumbed-in domestic water or heating installation , except for loss or damage occurring in the circumstances detailed in *The Buildings Unoccupancy Clause in your Policy . |
| 12 | occurring in the circumstances detailed in the * Contents Unoccupancy Clause . |
| 13 | He nevertheless insists that the " range of plausible " and " scale of valid " interpretations is constrained by the theory to which he adheres , although argument is admissible and he himself has progressed in understanding within the constraints imposed by the theory ( rejecting the PATH schema in favour of the BALANCE one ) . |
| 14 | While the politicians were pre-occupied with the death penalty and corporal punishment in the late 1950s and early 1960s , the civil servants were paddling in the mainstream , adjusting to the implications of the increased volume of crime and trying to get a grip on what was to become a perennial problem for the next quarter century , the growth in the number of persons appearing before the courts charged with criminal offences . |
| 15 | John House , who had organised the exhibition , came almost leaping down the stairs accompanied by a smallish woman in a pine-green tent-like coat . |
| 16 | I had paid my rent early on with the last inelastic cheque I 'd written , had n't paid my Poll Tax , had tried to find bar work but been unsuccessful , and was borrowing off Norris , Gav and a few other pals to buy food , which comprised mostly bread and beans and the odd black pudding supper , plus a cider or two when I could be persuaded to squander my meagre resources on contributing to the funds required for a raid on the local off-licence . |
| 17 | The UCTA 1977 restricts the use of certain terms in contracts of supply ; in particular , it prevents exclusion of the statutory implied terms relating to the goods supplied under contracts of supply where the buyer is a " consumer " as defined in the Act . |
| 18 | ( ii ) Sale and supply of goods.Sections 6 and 7 control clauses which purport to exclude or restrict liability for breach of the statutory implied terms relating to the goods supplied under contracts for the sale and supply of goods . |
| 19 | Around 100 members and guests participated in the programmes , the first of which looked at the future economic development of Scotland while the second examined the social and political circumstances relating to the ambitions outlined in the first . |
| 20 | 5.9.10 Within [ 28 ] days of any assignment charge underlease or sub-underlease or any transmission or other devolution relating to the Premises to produce for registration with the Landlord 's solicitor such deed or document [ or a certified copy of it ] and to pay the Landlord 's solicitor 's [ charges of [ £20 ( twenty pounds ) ] for the registration of every such document or reasonable charges for the registration of every such document such charges not being less than [ £20 ( twenty pounds ) ] ] [ 5.9.11 Notwithstanding clause 5.9.1 the Tenant may share the occupation of the whole or any part of the Premises with a company which is a member of the same group as the Tenant ( within the meaning of Section 42 of the 1954 Act ) for so long as both companies shall remain members of that group and otherwise than in a manner that transfers or creates a legal estate ] On the one hand , the tenant will wish to deal with the premises in the most cost effective manner , even if this means subletting parts and , on the other hand , the landlord will wish to exercise fairly strict control over alienation , first by ensuring that any assignee is able to pay the rents reserved by the lease and perform the tenant 's obligations under it , and second by ensuring that at the end of the term the landlord is not left with a subtenant of a small part of the premises , which could affect the value of the landlord 's interest in the whole . |
| 21 | 5.9.10 Within [ 28 ] days of any assignment charge underlease or sub-underlease or any transmission or other devolution relating to the Premises to produce for registration with the Landlord 's solicitor such deed or document [ or a certified copy of it ] and to pay the Landlord 's solicitor 's [ charges of [ £20 ( twenty pounds ) ] for the registration of every such document or reasonable charges for the registration of every such document such charges not being less than [ £20 ( twenty pounds ) ] ] [ 5.9.11 Notwithstanding clause 5.9.1 the Tenant may share the occupation of the whole or any part of the Premises with a company which is a member of the same group as the Tenant ( within the meaning of Section 42 of the 1954 Act ) for so long as both companies shall remain members of that group and otherwise than in a manner that transfers or creates a legal estate ] As well as a joint occupation clause , the tenant should consider including a provision permitting the tenant to share the premises with franchisees where the premises are sufficiently large and the tenant 's business could accommodate such trading operations , eg : |
| 22 | He was an early investor in Newcomen steam engines , used for mine drainage , and in 1736 he conducted an experiment before the Royal Society , as a result of which he was elected FRS , relating to the problems caused in coalmines by inflammable gases . |
| 23 | It was an extraordinary moment in their history — a united leadership led by the Left , returning to the coalfields to campaign for their agreed claim . |
| 24 | Just re Chris from Wood Frampton , just returning to the comments made by Mr , erm we are on behalf of the church commissioners promoting a new settlement proposal , immediately to the North of the M A F F Central Science Laboratory . |
| 25 | In at least two of the areas I visited the regional health authority and some of the first wave fundholders were wrangling over the savings accrued during the first year . |
| 26 | The deaths of casuals or sudden or accidental deaths occurring among the inmates had to be reported by him to the Minister within twenty-four hours , and he had ‘ forthwith ’ to inform the master of every case of serious or dangerous illness in the institution . |
| 27 | Karen reported the theft the police and the ranger , and spent hours driving around the roads looking for Tang . |
| 28 | The largest group affected is , as we have already noted , that consisting of the associatives discussed in Chapter 2 . |
| 29 | For example , where particular clients agree that their money may be placed with a particular bank with a view to earning a higher rate of interest but correspondingly accepting a greater risk of default by the bank , those clients ' claims will form part of a separate pool consisting of the assets placed with that bank or ( in the case of a designated fund account ) with a group of such banks . |
| 30 | Without uttering a word , fitzAlan jerked Isabel roughly forward , at the same time riffling through the parchments scattered over the table . |