Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 2 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 3 | Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her . |
| 4 | In the general election the Labour Party made sweeping gains , more than doubling its share of the seats in the Dáil at the expense of Fianna Fáil , which won its lowest number of votes since the 1920s , and Fine Gael , which suffered its worst result since 1948 . |
| 5 | So there 'd be something rather odd about people voting out of moral motivation for a utilitarian because they would be voting their estimate of where the general happiness lies , rather than putting their input into the sum from which someone else can calculate where the general happiness lies . |
| 6 | Put on , on the bottom of the blank line , rather than putting it top of the total line . |
| 7 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 8 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |
| 9 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 10 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 11 | They 're now considering taking their campaign to the European Court . |
| 12 | Cairn is also considering merging its interests in the United States with Omni Exploration , a quoted American company , where Cairn acquired a 64 p.c. stake in December . |
| 13 | This challenge can be very threatening to men and to white people , partly because changing your interpretation of the world is an uncomfortable experience , and partly because a change of attitudes inevitably causes social change , and this in turn brings about a shift in power relationships . |
| 14 | Bernice and Defries were lying on the floor , edging backwards while firing their blasters at the black-robed androids . |
| 15 | To pan a camcorder smoothly , hold it normally while rotating your body from the hips to mimic the action of a pan-and-tilt head on a tripod . |
| 16 | A hegemonal class may be more or less ingenious at furthering its political interest while maintaining its position in the power bloc ; the working class may make better or worse use of a revolutionary situation . |
| 17 | By announcing America 's ‘ preparedness ’ to intervene in the European conflict , while maintaining her neutrality between the combatants , Wilson had emerged as the main hope for peace in Europe . |
| 18 | The following evening he was shot dead while walking his dog along the wharf here . |
| 19 | I got up , staggered to the window and , while keeping my head below the level of the sill , attempted to close it . |
| 20 | For stomach curls you lie on your back on the floor , bend your knees upwards slightly ( while keeping your feet on the floor ) , then lift your head and shoulders a few inches off the floor ( do not use your hands or arms to support your weight ) . |
| 21 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |
| 22 | Consideration will be given to seasonal dwellings ( such as the shielings where members of rural communities lived while tending their animals in the upland summer grazing ) and to the temporary nature of much Scottish housing in the past . |
| 23 | Comparisons with the 1914–18 career of Monty should be viewed with the knowledge that this outstanding man was gravely wounded while leading his platoon of the Royal Warwicks early in the conflict and this slowed his promotion considerably . |
| 24 | She can lie on her back like an inverted cockroach while waggling her legs in the air . |
| 25 | In doing so we will create the opportunity to deliver an individual service to our members through instant response and while improving our service to the members we will also improve our recruitment potential . |
| 26 | Antonio 's father , Pedro ( Biro ) Custodio , was informed of his son 's death while reporting his kidnapping to the military barracks the next morning . |
| 27 | He wants to visit them all , while minimising his time on the road . |
| 28 | The weather broke overnight and it blew hard from the south east for the following week which , while postponing our patrols to the north islands , was no great setback to our plans . |
| 29 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 30 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |