Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , believing that the reforms do not go far enough , and backed by the National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) and The Independent , he is still pursuing the campaign to the European courts . |
| 2 | At the beginning of his term as General Secretary , Brezhnev had been seen as a leader pursuing the art of the possible but by the end of his life , his leadership was seen , more pointedly , as the avoidance of the necessary . |
| 3 | Since there are seven university departments involved , I find this difficult to understand and will be pursuing the matter with the Scottish Office . ’ |
| 4 | Which is , perhaps , sad for the writers of television series , or even for those more serious people who think agencies are full of a breed of viciously frivolous vampires bent on sucking the blood of the poor innocent public . |
| 5 | The gathering , organised by the Union of Officers under Col Sviatcheslav Terekhov ( ret ) , declared Grachev responsible for dismantling the country 's defences , allowing the break-up of the armed forces , and betraying national interests . |
| 6 | The conference is open to all those people of good-will , who recognise the challenge to traditional family values , and appreciate the danger in allowing the breakdown of the social ecology to go unchecked . |
| 7 | The tsar was prepared , on occasion , to reproach German nobles for allowing the condition of the Estonian and Latvian peasantry to deteriorate , and in educational and especially religious affairs he sanctioned attempts to bring the Baltic provinces into line with the rest of the empire . |
| 8 | A compact representation of local ambiguities is applied systematically in syntax and semantics , allowing the adoption of the modular staged approach without sacrificing computational efficiency . |
| 9 | Flaws in the government 's land reform programme were revealed in 1989 , halting the advance of the agricultural sector on which the country 's economic resurgence depended . |
| 10 | Hundreds of birds might be circling the lighthouse in the misty darkness , illuminated briefly as the beam swung round in a circle . |
| 11 | He was now heading back in the direction of New York City , by circling the perimeter of the vast estate . |
| 12 | Now you 're preaching the sacrament of the foaming fibreglass , and digging your rail into the face like it was some kind of religion . |
| 13 | And they said we 're not naming the home for the elderly that will probably be closed . |
| 14 | The choice of cream base is very important in maintaining the stability of the active substance and in controlling its absorption by the skin . |
| 15 | Support for the European Communities ( EC ) was becoming generally stronger since the EC was seen as a means of integrating a united Germany into western Europe and maintaining the influence of the smaller countries . |
| 16 | Maintaining the appearance of the civilised centre fighting the savage margins ( and Europe is still a margin for some ) displaces any confrontation of potential savagery at the centre , and the anxieties that raises . |
| 17 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton the Minister for Education and Housing at the Scottish Office not only ascended in a ‘ cherry picker ’ with the Principal to uncover the Napier University sign at Merchiston but also unveiled a plaque and addressed the crowd , praising the contribution of the Scottish ‘ Techs ’ to Scottish education and to the local and national economies . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not about these young chaps in particular , it 's about bottom , ’ boomed McAlpine , who is being described as Neil Kinnock 's speechwriter after the Labour leader , in his resignation statement , quoted his article praising the contribution of the Tory tabloids to the election victory . |
| 19 | Whereas contemporary French Catholic institutions devoted only one-sixth of their curriculum to what might be termed science , Ramus allocated a half , praising the value of the mechanical arts . |
| 20 | Building the cost into the first part of the proceedings , so that the cost was recovered as part of the original action , would hardly be practicable . |
| 21 | He held office from 1503 to 1513 and , among other things , he was responsible for building the beginning of the great Church of St Peter 's . |
| 22 | Often a successful project is followed by another , building the foundation of the first . |
| 23 | The most recent feasibility study , completed in November 1988 , recommended building the dam at the eastern end of the Yangtze 's famous Three Gorges , one of the world 's scenic wonders . |
| 24 | Having lost his sense of direction , he attempted a foolish back-pass following a clever chip by Franck Sauzee , but only succeeding in touching the ball beyond the advancing Goram . |
| 25 | Dawn rose out of St Andrews Bay , touching the rooftop of the Royal and Ancient clubhouse and casting a long shadow towards the 18th green and the Valley of Sin . |
| 26 | Chuck and Joseph were hunched on facing seats in the covered interior , their sun helmets touching the underside of the curved wooden roof . |
| 27 | Wincing at the protesting ache from his injured leg , he climbed the rungs until his head was touching the underside of the smooth wooden planking . |
| 28 | Farrell reached inside his jacket , his fingers touching the butt of the .45 in his shoulder holster . |
| 29 | ‘ Across the path , ’ she said firmly , ‘ with his feet just touching the grass on the landward side , and his head and shoulders in the river . |
| 30 | The sky is reddening , reminding the viewer of the ghastly hues of the night sky above Auschwitz when the ovens were working at full capacity . |