Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | From its inception in 1983 to the winding up of the programme in 1987 the government through the Training Agency ( formerly the Manpower Services Commission ) will have committed close on 1 billion to TVEI . |
| 2 | She was found dead hours after walking out of the unit in a suicidal state after her family had been told it was secure . |
| 3 | Probably Dizzy 's gang , keeping out of the way in case the sight of others working made them feel weak . |
| 4 | The fact is that as a consequence of climbing out of the depression in the early 1980s , of remodelling our business processes , and of becoming a serious entrant into the high tech race , the work force profile has changed and will continue to change . |
| 5 | He reached the top of the bank , lizards scattering out of the way in front of him . |
| 6 | And it was an old woman — she was a religious maniac and she was rushing out of the house in her nightie and praying in the gutter . |
| 7 | I think of myself rushing out of the house in North Oxford , or the quiet residential streets beyond the University Library in Cambridge , snatching my ancient portable typewriter off my desk as I go , with the voices of boorish boys shouting ‘ Mum ! |
| 8 | Pulling out of the ERM in September and letting the pound float away from the rest of the bunch now looks even smarter than it has in the interim — particularly in the light of Sweden 's experience . |
| 9 | Cameron and Menzies found themselves moving out of the door in a file of soldiers whose feet were already walking in step . |
| 10 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 11 | Intersel Inc , a joint venture of response fulfillment house Response Technology and market tester Strathmore Group , is getting out of the ground in Waltham , Massachusetts . |
| 12 | Edward recalls his earliest years at Wakehurst Road : I have only one clear early glimpse of my father — darting out of the house in his slippers and chasing and catching a big boy who had bullied me . |
| 13 | ‘ But … but I love you ! ’ she cried , suddenly coming out of the trance in which she had been imprisoned , and desperately anxious that she should in some way communicate her feelings for him . |
| 14 | It was early one evening , coming out of the Empire in Leicester Square with a head full of Harrison Ford , that she 'd seen Gary again . |
| 15 | However , as foreign ambitions and the dragging on of the war in China increased the threat of Japanese action in neighbouring territories , the implications for European colonies and nationals , as well as for the broader Asia — Pacific region , forced the industrialized West to take notice . |
| 16 | Before this Board the commissioner advanced two main submissions , namely : ( 1 ) that the business of the bank was one and indivisible since all the profit earning operations were directed from Hong Kong by staff therein employed , no overseas branch of the bank was involved and the funds employed in the purchase of the certificates of deposit arose from the carrying on of the business in Hong Kong ; and ( 2 ) that in any event , even if the sale and purchase of certificates of deposit failed to be treated as separate operations , nevertheless the profits from these operations arose in Hong Kong . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) In this Act references to the rules of a self-regulating organisation are references to the rules ( whether or not laid down by the organisation itself ) which the organisation has power to enforce in relation to the carrying on of the business in question or which relate to the admission and expulsion of members of the organisation or otherwise to its constitution . |
| 18 | Provision similar to those in a share sale for the carrying on of the business in the period between signing and completion . |
| 19 | Then Gene Tierney , emerging out of the night in a ridiculous hat , surprised Dana Andrews , the cop who thought he was investigating her murder . |
| 20 | Disclaimer notices , such as ‘ Articles left at owner 's risk … etc ’ are not valid unless the firm concerned can show in court that they were reasonable in the circumstances , and in any case would not protect the firm against any claim arising out of the negligence in respect of the articles . |
| 21 | The trial commenced in late May 1990 of 35 defendants accused of fraudulent bankruptcy and other offences arising out of the collapse in August 1982 of the Banco Ambrosiano [ see p. 32083 ] . |
| 22 | It may be that a court of equity will regard the bank as affected by equities arising out of the manner in which the husband persuades his wife to agree to the proposed transaction . |
| 23 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 24 | He thanked them all , leaning out of the blaze in order to be closer to them , saying they were great , saying they were lovely . |
| 25 | Unlike Alexai Ybreska , Zhukov was not disappearing out of the country in a hurry . |
| 26 | If he had been working out of the Embassy in Washington , if he was being shunted round the F.B.I . |
| 27 | Its concern is the working out of the manner in which production , coercion , and cognition enter into various societies and types of society . |
| 28 | Similarly behind the ebb and flow of wars , regime changes and sporadic technological advances , Marx and Engels emphasized the ever-present working out of the dialectic in history , following the predetermined sequence of modes of production . |
| 29 | He returned to portraiture in 1945 , this time working out of the studio in his sitters ' home environment with three portable floods . |