Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held against a background of unexpectedly firm oil prices in the period since the organization 's Feb. 15 quota decision [ see p. 38794 ] , the meeting was brief and reportedly uncontroversial , ending with agreement to maintain the overall output quota of 22,982,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) . |
| 2 | The recognition that managers needed training in order to acquire the necessary skills to manage effectively implicitly accepted that such skills could be moved around and injected into businesses when required . |
| 3 | Opposition parties operating from exile include the Ugandan People 's Democratic Movement ( UPDM , led by Otema Alimadi , Prime Minister under Obote from 1980-85 ) , with which the government signed a peace agreement in July 1990 [ see p. 37602 ] . |
| 4 | According to press reports the final cost of the last-minute deals struck by Likud with its partners was an estimated IS220 million about US$97,000,000 ) , to come from budget reserves . |
| 5 | According to press reports the two were subsequently charged with manslaughter . |
| 6 | According to government figures the final death toll for the May 17-19 riots was under 50 , but most other estimates put the figure at well over 100 . |
| 7 | If I select MS-DOS Shell and attempt to delete the unwanted directories , I get the message : ‘ You can not delete a non-empty directory … ’ but according to MS-DOS Shell the specified directory states : ‘ No files match file specifier . ’ |
| 8 | It is well known that the majority of dementia sufferers living at home receive the main part of their care from family , friends and neighbours ( see for example Bergmann , 1978 ; Levin et al , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | The Trees seemed to be waiting for Tealtaoich to make the first move and the largest of the Oaks had inclined their heads quite courteously . |
| 10 | In moving into family work the social worker has a complex number of responsibilities to balance : |
| 11 | Shortly after Chaptal 's publication a few Champagne manufacturers began to add the sugar , not at the time of pressing , but immediately prior to bottling in order to promote the second fermentation or , as the French call it , the prise de mousse . |
| 12 | The Campaign attacks the carve-up of the brewing industry by vested interests , and the way that large companies are getting around legislation following the 1989 MMC Report . |
| 13 | It is also important that the teacher is quite familiar with the electronic equipment he is using in order to get the best results from his efforts . |
| 14 | And you are n't asking for help to get the other stuff back into the files at Bad Schwarzendorn . ’ |
| 15 | I think we need the sweeper system , OR forget attacking using the full backs unless we are completely in control — and push Speed/Strach wider and have them running into space pulling the full backs wide , so giving wallace/deane more space to run into in the middle area . |
| 16 | This matter has dominated the talks Virgin has been having with BA following the High Court settlement which saw BA pay Virgin and Mr Branson a total of £610,000 in damages . |
| 17 | The Commanders having in person executed the covetous part of Sacrilege , they leave the destructive and spoiling part to be finished by the common soldiers ; [ who ] broke down the organs and dashing the pipes with their pole-axes , scoffingly said ‘ hark how the organs go ’ . |
| 18 | The change also raises important theoretical questions because reading by touch involves the same cognitive and linguistic skills as visual reading but uses a system which differs physically and in modality . |
| 19 | Erm we 're talking about week commencing the fifth , fifth of October . |
| 20 | The nine gods emerging from creation formed the Heliopolitan ennead . |
| 21 | This is not a description that applies to WordStar alone — most of the Windows based word processors aspire to this kind of characterization , but WordStar as a company has paid a great deal of attention to the graphics side of the equation , and this includes fiddling with text to get the most impact from it . |
| 22 | They reached the shelter of the brick-built cainca far enough ahead of their pursuers to lock themselves in , and for several minutes the coolies milled around the building , trying without success to smash the stout wooden doors and shutters . |
| 23 | Now whether you like it or not , and you 're not in our position , because we er prepared to manage this authority , you would have had that same reduction to find , and I did hear Councillor and he was also referring to capital spend the other day , saying he could have found ten million . |
| 24 | Yet paradoxically , the conditions governing award of a pension should encourage the older people to continue working in order to reduce the total cost of pensions , and thus the scheme adjusted to the differing capacities of individuals to work in old age . |
| 25 | Never since the wartime cabinet saw Churchill and Atlee working in concert have the main political parties seemed so close on defence . |