Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Access is also to be extended to Eastern Europe , using funds from the Community 's PHARE programme under a separate contract between the EC and PTT Telecom : Poland , Hungary , Czech and Slovak Republics , Bulgaria and Romania are to be connected into the system . |
| 2 | It can lead people to linking arms at Blackpool and , depending on whether it 's the Labour Party Conference or the annual darts team binge singing The Red Flag or the Okie Cokie but it can also lead to a group of skins bunging bricks through a Pakistani 's shop window . |
| 3 | Successful nursing depends very largely on the nurse 's ability to deal effectively with information received through the senses , whether it is obtained by formal means , such as taking blood-pressure , temperatures and so on or by informal means such as noticing changes in the patient 's condition during bed-making . |
| 4 | The column itself is decorated by a long relief frieze wound round from top to bottom and representing episodes from the Emperor 's Dacian campaigns . |
| 5 | The Escada show was proceeded by a lengthy speech from Mr Ley denying rumours of the company 's decline . |
| 6 | Y'kin bet yore bottom dollar I 'll be keepin' tabs on the sect 's new set-up from now on , ’ he commented grimly . |
| 7 | As the majority of the mill machinery remained — waterwheel , axle , pit wheel , ‘ wallower ’ , power shaft and millstones — and these components were chiefly situated in the lowest storey , Michael Manser decided to retain most of these items in a ‘ set piece ’ display , reminding visitors of the mill 's former function , and visible from the generous entrance hall of the house through a glass door ( Fig 56 ) . |
| 8 | She was still occasionally allowed to leave the compound under guard , on the pretext of gathering ingredients for the settlement 's pharmacopoeia . |
| 9 | Considered primarily as a means of spoken communication , language has been regarded , both traditionally and in modern linguistics , as a system for translating meanings in the speaker 's mind into sounds , or conversely , for translating sounds into meanings in the hearer 's mind . |
| 10 | It may appear that putting this strategy into practice will take more time than the conventional practice of writing words in the children 's own spelling books . |
| 11 | inserting pieces of the student 's work into the marker 's comments . |
| 12 | The Quakers had to withstand a barrage of early pressure , with both Biggins and Stein causing problems in the visitors ' defence . |
| 13 | Farwaggi , his Arab provenance showing in the bluish ( Camus-esque , thinks Letterman ) stubble which grows stronger as the day progresses , a gentle mycological stain spreading on his eager , almost good-looking face , spends all day on the phone either ordering variations on the club 's menus or rushing to and from the fax office . |
| 14 | As Fraser tried to drive out of the car park one of the men tried to prise open the sunroof of his car , then kicked the side of it , causing dents in the driver 's side wing and door . |
| 15 | Laura placed her trembling hands upon the coffin 's lid . |
| 16 | Now he is losing hope of getting anything back despite continued efforts , including faxing pleas to the star 's Paisley Park base , in Minneapolis , USA . |
| 17 | Until this week , they had all their lessons together , but following a governor 's meeting , the school has agreed to segregate them for swimming lessons in the school 's pool . |
| 18 | He relapsed into a dangerous silence when they accused him of ‘ breaking family ties ’ by his refusal to stop writing letters to the Strickers ' home . |
| 19 | My grandfather was born at Farrochil , on Bolfracks Hill — we would still be there — but was my father to slave at carting stones from the Menzies 's quarry for old Wade to build his damned bridge ? |
| 20 | The working party prepared written submissions drawing comparisons between the Bar 's training and that proposed by the Law Society but taking account of the experience solicitors would be likely to have had in the lower courts . |
| 21 | The nominally independent homeland government of Transkei on Aug. 29 published a draft decree for a referendum , aimed at testing views on the homeland 's possible re-incorporation into South Africa . |
| 22 | The CRL 's main task is testing products for the Consumers ' Association , publisher of Which ? magazine . |
| 23 | East Shropshire Group raised £110 in one and a half hours selling products through the town 's local Amnesty shop . |
| 24 | I wandered one more time round the whole place , seeing the sunlight slant in through the barred unopenable windows ( which would keep people out as well as horses in ) , smelling the sweet hay and the faint musty odour of the horses themselves , feeling the swirls of fresh air coming from the rows of small ventilators along the roof , hearing the creaking and rushing noises in the car 's fabric and the grind of the electricity-generating wheels under the floor . |
| 25 | Whilst the pure search work may be sub-contracted to other specialist departments , MAS should have principal responsibility for monitoring the progress of the search process ( particularly ensuring that time is not being spent researching targets outside the purchaser 's price range ) and drawing together all the findings . |
| 26 | The sum was raised in various ways : by donations from members of the public and exhibiting retailers at the Company 's ‘ Craft , Embroidery & Fashion ’ event held at Harrogate in November 1991 ; from advance ticket sales through Needlecraft magazine and from the raffle held at the show , which was generously supported by large numbers of people . |
| 27 | This can be provided by the magic power or words , such as inscribing prohibitions into the nation 's constitution , and by manifestations of the divine in terms of either retribution for failing to uphold the truth , or grace for upholding the truth , with rewards ‘ such as oil finds and victories in the World Championships ’ . |
| 28 | Consider a database comprising details of a company 's customers . |
| 29 | Since they formed in Birmingham way back in 1978 , they have been leading players in the UK 's reggae movement , even if their sound has become rather commercial in recent years . |
| 30 | There are landmarks and turning points in the movement 's evolution but few paintings that demand to be considered or discussed at the expense of others . |