Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will also be conflicts and disagreements arising from the organisation itself which will result from a number of factors . |
| 2 | The water is dirty with unsightly debris along the banks but swans do not seem to be deterred and ropes hanging from the freight railway bridge downstream show that local children swim in the river . |
| 3 | A temporary ceasefire between the currently ruling United Somali Congress ( USC ) and groups operating in the south was announced after talks in the southern port of Kismayu on April 2-4 . |
| 4 | They were touting for trade , crying out ‘ Want some business ? ’ or ‘ Want some love ? ’ at the men and groups walking through the fog . |
| 5 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
| 6 | Just then there came the sound of horses and riders thundering along the road . |
| 7 | Furthermore , as the French kings developed and extended their legal powers they increasingly intervened in the affairs of the duchy , and cases arising in the duchy might be taken on appeal to Paris , thus undermining the authority of the duke . |
| 8 | A QAO log is also created for any installed Pmodel module and holds records of any installations and deinstallations occurring under the module name . |
| 9 | In modern times this authority is generally granted by statute but certain powers , rights and immunities appertaining to the Crown still have their origins in the common law . |
| 10 | ( I was Deputy Chief Inspector at the time and privy to the discussions and proposals relating to the investigation . ) |
| 11 | ‘ We are budgeting for growth in sales and profits , reflecting gains in market share and improvements resulting from the reorganisation . ’ |
| 12 | Ethical considerations also underpin policies and programmes working towards the democratisation of public communication , let alone such questions as violence and peace , sexual harassment and human dignity |
| 13 | Mounted on fine horses and riding at a gallop , two abreast , naked to the breech-clout , their faces covered with white , red and yellow paint in fanciful designs , and decked with plumes and feathers and trinkets fluttering in the sunshine . |
| 14 | This was the backdrop to a rising tide of anti-trade-union sentiment and pressure by the media and employers culminating in the passing of the Labor-Management Relations Act 1947 ( the Taft-Hartley Act ) , which purported to recreate a more equitable balance of power between unions and management by prohibiting certain unfair practices by the former and providing specific rules for handling large strike which , in the president 's view , constituted national emergencies . |
| 15 | The Commission was to have not just the right to initiate and recommend policy to its executive partner , the Council of Ministers , but also the task of ensuring that the provisions of the treaty and policies emanating from the Council of Ministers were carried out by the other institutions and the member states . |
| 16 | This report gives a structured listing of a specific package , detailing its modules and sub-packages according to the version specified . |
| 17 | But as it was I travelled only so far down the ramp and stuck there with my head and shoulders protruding into the street . |
| 18 | Schmidt went backwards off his heels , dropping his full length on the slope , head and shoulders slamming into the chalk . |
| 19 | Domesticated buffaloes lumbered through the flooded fields , too , hauling tiny wooden plows , or wallowed at rest in deeper hollows with only their scimitar-shaped horns and noses showing above the water . |
| 20 | While ahead were the threatening lights of houses and cars going round the perimeter of the Park . |
| 21 | The lands and castles belonging to the Taillefer Counts of Angoulême and their vassals at Jarnac , Bouteville , Archiac , Barbezieux and Montignac , as well as Angoulême itself , lay across the roads which linked the centres of ducal power at Poitiers and Saintes with Bordeaux . |
| 22 | They have started a petition which has already gathered 450 signatures from residents of Ferryhill and drivers calling at the garage . |
| 23 | We watched windsurfers and waterskiers racing through the water ( and falling over ! ) , while the children built sandcastles and paddled at the water 's edge . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid it may be no more than the zoological equivalent of chauvinistic snobbery , analogous to the attitude that sees every Australian as an uncouth swagman with not much under his hat and corks dangling round the brim . |
| 25 | Reaching their goal , the two men crouched panting in the cover of the rustling shrubs , their eyes and ears straining into the darkness for evidence of enemy activity … two-legged or otherwise ! |
| 26 | He reminded me again of a puppet , with his out-of-proportion head and stubby little arms and legs waggling with the exertion of punching the ‘ fire ’ button and jiggling the positioning joystick . |
| 27 | The search for consistency , on this account , can explain why judges are so concerned with the past , with the various statutes and precedents lying in the neighbourhood of the new law they create in hard cases . |
| 28 | The development of a simple method of gall bladder cell culture from a readily accessble source will facilitate the study of several aspects of the gall bladder epithelial cell function and in particular the regulation of ion transport and hydrogen ion secretion , identification and cloning of the several antiport systems and channels operating on the cell membrane , regulation of mucin secretion and prostaglandin metabolism , and will enhance the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of gall bladder disorders . |
| 29 | It 's in what was obviously quite a nice terrace at one time , early Victorian or something , with big fat columns holding up the porches and railings on the street and steps leading to the basement . |
| 30 | The appellate court instructed the district court to apply the law of salvage instead , determining the share of salvagers and insurers according to the cost of recovery and the care taken by the salvagers to preserve the historical and archaeological value of the wreck . |