Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 2 | DEC is rumoured to be pressing for a Unix SVR4 personality on top of OSF/1 : remember it already has SVR4 for its telecomms stuff . |
| 3 | In fact , assuming that the time elapsing between a subject 's decision to respond and the actual pressing of the button was about 75 milliseconds , subjects on average identified the target after having heard only the first 200 milliseconds of it . |
| 4 | Trust supporters have recently been invited to consider applying for a Midland Bank/National Trust credit card ( see page 9 ) , the income from which has benefited a wide range of projects . |
| 5 | They all worked at the BUPA South Bank Hospital in Worcester , and were returning after a day 's training at a hospital in Cardiff when the crash happened . |
| 6 | Evidence is mounting against the received wisdom that interfering with a person 's cholesterol intake can reliably alter his or her destiny . |
| 7 | This is a very brief overview of some of the aspects of Homoeopathy and a view of the world which may help to shed a little light on what is happening with a person 's health . |
| 8 | ( b ) That later on the same night , after Zaidie had reached home , the defendant had driven there with another man and confronted him with a gun and had said that he had come to move out Paulette. ( c ) That after that incident , but still in June 1986 , when Zaidie was driving into a friend 's house , the defendant drove up and , saying that he had heard that Zaidie had hit Paulette , again threatened to kill him if he touched her . |
| 9 | Then , suddenly and unexpectedly , in the spring of 1933 my uncle collapsed lapsed and died while walking in a friend 's garden . |
| 10 | FRS 3 will also effectively kill off extraordinary items — the ASB is adamant that any geographical or political event happening within a company 's environment should be counted as part of normal business risk — and reduce what ASB chairman David Tweedie has seen as the abuse of earnings per share . |
| 11 | The powers set out in the rest of Clause 3 are standard matters often appearing in a company 's memorandum and , as is common practice , they are broadly worded for the sake of completeness . |
| 12 | The powers set out in the rest of Clause 3 are standard matters often appearing in a company 's memorandum and , as is common practice , they are broadly worded for the sake of completeness . |
| 13 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 14 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 15 | They were returning from a day 's repair and construction work at an army base in Omagh . |
| 16 | Bunny was going home on a twenty-four-hour pass and Meredith returning from a week 's leave in Hoylake . |
| 17 | Unfortunately nonsense remains , however many people accept or pretend to accept it ; and it has a nasty habit of exploding in a nation 's face with effects which can be as devastating as those of a nuclear weapon . |
| 18 | Similarly , Jackson , reminding us of the different varieties of bureaucrat identified by Downs ( 1967 ) , questions the assumption that everything contributing to a bureaucrat 's utility function can be represented by the bureau 's budget . |
| 19 | Appeals against the decision of a licensing board in an application relating to a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 20 | He or she will not be responsible for hearing appeals on matters of law relating to a person 's tax liabilities , or for property valuation appeals ; those will continue to be the responsibility of the independent general and special commissioners for tax and the relevant tribunals for valuation matters . |
| 21 | valuations relating to a company 's purchase of its own shares |
| 22 | They do this by acting on the experience mode of establishing truth , and , given the uncertainty associated with any economic analysis relating to a company 's future , experience of a crisis is probably far better at getting us to reassess our schemas and scripts than is rational analysis in times of stability and success . |
| 23 | Section 1(2) of the Act requires the court to have particular regard to the general principle that any delay in determining a question relating to a child 's upbringing is likely to prejudice the child 's welfare . |
| 24 | ( a ) The welfare principle Under s1(1) of the Act the child 's welfare must be the court 's paramount consideration when it determines any question relating to a child 's upbringing . |
| 25 | ( d ) Avoidance of delay Section 1(2) requires the court to have regard to the general principle that any delay in determining any question relating to a child 's upbringing is likely to prejudice the child 's welfare . |
| 26 | The court may ask a court welfare officer or a local authority to provide a report on particular matters relating to a child 's welfare ( s7 ) . |
| 27 | Sometimes I feel frightened and sometimes tired from walking on a knife 's edge , and also from seeing too many beautiful things . |
| 28 | When the officers were finally allowed to see Oliver , Dr Losberne said , ‘ This is a boy who was shot this morning while walking on a farmer 's property where he should n't have been . |
| 29 | I can only remember listening as a child 's body was carried down the stairs of my husband 's house , and the way the moon came into my kitchen as I listened . |
| 30 | One should n't be narrow-minded when looking for a man 's weakness . ’ |