Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] on [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the Trade and Industry Select Committee , which produced a lengthy report on the investigation system during 1990 , almost totally ignored the very existence of the s 447 enquiries , preferring to concentrate on the public inspections . |
| 2 | Eleven black protesters were killed on March 26 in the township of Sebokeng , near Johannesburg , when police opened fire on a crowd seeking to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party . |
| 3 | The turning is a little after the village of Gan , where there is a tastery and a large cave coopérative where you can buy your Jurançon on trust , without troubling to check on the nearby vineyards . |
| 4 | A few neon signs are beginning to appear on the larger buildings advertising the usual Western wares such as Levi jeans . |
| 5 | While not wishing to comment on the economic arguments for communism in terms of its capacity to create more wealth more equally distributed , an aim Freud thought to be very important for the future , he thought that communism contained an ‘ illusion ’ about man 's nature . |
| 6 | I returned to the toll office , got our money refunded plus a signed waiver that allowed us seven days to return to St Michael without having to pay on the Austrian roads . |
| 7 | Publicity officer Frances Hopwood told the Herald : ‘ It would be a difficult task trying to report on the many aspects of Le Court which have benefited from her influence and forward thinking during these 19 years but it is thanks to her that Le Court has evolved to be the ‘ flagship of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation ’ . ’ |
| 8 | Alexandra was still in her dressing gown , trying to decide on the appropriate garments for dinner at a portrait painter 's flat . |
| 9 | Commenting on the mission Iain McTaggart , SCDI 's trade promotion executive , said : ‘ The high profile events in Spain last year have added fresh impetus to the country 's economic development and we are hoping to capitalise on the emerging opportunities in the principal commercial centres of Madrid and Barcelona . |