Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere in C was slightly more informal ; this was in large part due to the physical layout of the lecture rooms , which bore a greater resemblance to school classrooms — students sat on chairs at desks and the lecturer 's podium was on the same level as the desks , allowing lecturers to move about the room answering questions . |
| 2 | Whatever the need for honesty , there is little point , and usually no advantage , in allowing discussions to continue on the basis of anger or mutual recrimination . |
| 3 | Other big Japanese consumer-electronics companies , such as Sharp , Casio , Sega and Nintendo , are also showing interest in producing gadgets to profit from the blurring of boundaries between TV , telecoms and computers . |
| 4 | For example , now , she would be gathering shells to show to The Beloved , searching for ways to describe the perfect Disney sky . |
| 5 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 6 | They 've so far pledged almost twenty-five thousand pounds — which the scheme 's organiser hopes to transfer into Morland shares , enabling workers to vote against the bid … |
| 7 | An essential tool for enabling astronomers to advance beyond the stage reached by Bede was the astrolabe . |
| 8 | No level of belief or un-belief in God is assumed ; the purpose is clarification and enabling pupils to enter into the debate , at their own level , from a basis of developing knowledge and awareness of the complexity of thinking about God . |
| 9 | The number of hotel and catering companies to fall into the hands of receivers more than doubled during 1991 , according to figures published by Touche Ross . |
| 10 | He originally planned to earn enough cash selling computers to pay for the time he spent on the race track . |
| 11 | A mild adventure is offered : the base of the crag is undercut , permitting walkers to pass behind the curtain of falling water . |
| 12 | The wind was getting up , rattling against the wooden shutters , and forcing twigs to scratch against the window panes . |
| 13 | Such ‘ choice ’ can be a means of motivating students to follow through the decisions of others . |
| 14 | Held , ( 1 ) allowing the cross-appeals ( Lord Mustill and Lord Slynn of Hadley dissenting ) , that , where a visitor 's decision was made within his jurisdiction in that he had power under the relevant regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute in question , his decision was not amenable to challenge by judicial review on the ground of error in fact or law contained in that decision ; and that , accordingly , the Divisional Court had had no jurisdiction to entertain the applicant 's motion for judicial review ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1121G–H , 1124H — 1125B , H ) . |
| 15 | Before an election , voters uncertain of the outcome are viewed as assigning probabilities to the result , allowing wage-setters to negotiate on the basis of the average expected post-election monetary growth rate-the average being a weighted one with the weights the assigned probabilities of each party 's success . |
| 16 | ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn has been helping efforts to deal with the flooding in Connecticut . |
| 17 | Where arts projects follow this model ( the Art and the Built Environment Project show some features of this approach ) there seem to be difficulties in persuading participants to respond to the evaluator 's findings ( Pring , 1984 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ What we are aiming for are manning levels to cater for the re-opening of the station . |
| 19 | Doleys and Arnold ( 1975 ) treated an 8-year-old mentally handicapped boy by encouraging him to copy another child and by reinforcing attempts to sit on the lavatory for longer periods . |
| 20 | Benny did n't really believe Eve about Sean having ambitions to marry into the shop , but there was something deeply unsettled all right about the way he looked at her . |
| 21 | one man who 's been losing pounds to go on the rally is Ade Jeffries from Gloucester … for the past two months he 's been in the local gym geting fit … he 's lost nearly two stone … |
| 22 | Gupta Technologies Inc is to port its SQLBase database server to Univel Inc 's UnixWare and will also make its SQL/API application programming interface available , allowing users to integrate with the likes of Oracle Corp , Informix Corp , Sybase Inc and Ingres products later in the year . |
| 23 | During the Saturday morning rehearsal , with Beecham conducting the Vancouver Symphony , the players arranged in tiers from the podium to the back of the stage , a disquieting incident occurred : in the midst of a quiet passage in a Mozart divertimento the tympany player , one George W. Ball , accidentally dropped the cymbal , which rolled down with clanging crashes to rest at the conductor 's feet . |
| 24 | Carol 's uses , using sponges to take off the gel . |
| 25 | These quotations hint at a number of important dimensions to policing in Northern Ireland : that policemen and women in the RUC have common-sense conceptualizations of their role , with some defining it in terms of community service ; that they have sets of standardized guide-lines , what Schutz ( 1967 ) calls ‘ recipes ’ , appropriate for the situations they handle ; that they make , and try to maintain , a distinction between work and leisure ; and that they employ various distancing strategies to cope with the demands of their job . |
| 26 | The children are collecting plants to go into the garden . |
| 27 | there if you want to , have that with a biscuit or something , I said what about this then , erm everybody gon na be taking things to sell at the stalls |
| 28 | It gave the Bank additional power by creating a board of banking supervision ; by making the provision of misleading information to this board a criminal offence ; by taking powers to consult with the auditors and accountants of individual banks ; by defining the circumstances in which it would not consider an individual a ‘ fit and proper person ’ to run a bank ; and by taking powers to limit individual shareholding in a bank . |
| 29 | South Glamorgan SSD 's Emergency Intervention Service enables people with learning disabilities to remain in the community , and to prevent the inappropriate hospitals providing support during an emergency . |
| 30 | But the rise of chains has resulted in booksellers playing a much more active part in the promotion of books , inviting publishers to contribute to the costs of catalogues , books of the month and generic campaigns , and taking a lead , too , in organising author events . |