Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [coord] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The functional managers are responsible for choosing the right staff , for instructing them and for the result with regard to quality , quantity and cost . |
| 2 | The problem with the DIY approach in the past , both for the Institute in publicising it and for the accountant in implementing it , has always been the difficulty of ensuring that its content is , in fact , adequately structured . |
| 3 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 4 | Call them A — F. Three groups ( A — C ) would be trained on water , three ( D — F ) on the methylanthranilate , and amongst both water and methylanthranilate birds , one group ( A and D ) would be unshocked ( or rather , to be sure , ‘ sham ’ shocked — I would go through the motions of shocking them but with the current turned off ) , one group shocked immediately after training ( B and E ) and one shocked after a delay ( C and F ) . |
| 5 | The wife signed the necessary documents at the bank without reading them and without the benefit of any explanation . |
| 6 | Once the parents had been shown how to carry out the technique they became more confident in using it and over the course of the next two weeks Mary stopped physically attacking her sister . |
| 7 | Now , an increasingly influential and literate middle class was sharing in making it and in the demand for it . |
| 8 | Neville Southall , whose saves had prevented Forest running away with the game in the first half , gathered the ball and started to think about clearing it but in the view of the referee , George Tyson , he had thought too long . |