Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Released from the constraints of both shareholders and any market , managers are free to become public servants , ‘ a purely neutral technocracy , balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 2 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 3 | Other responsibilities for defence and security would include : ( i ) declaring general or partial mobilization , a state of war " in the event of a military attack on the USSR " ( subject to immediate referral to the USSR Supreme Soviet ) , or martial law in specific localities " in the interest of the defence of the USSR and the security of its citizens " ; ( ii ) giving warning of the declaration of a state of emergency in particular localities " in the interests of safeguarding citizens ' security " , and proceeding with such a declaration " at the request or with the consent of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet or supreme body of state power of the affected union republic " . |
| 4 | It narrowly escaped being called upon to name them ( see later , p155 ) but its conduct in promising a plea of justification and persisting in such a plea until the last moment was punished by damages of £50,000 . |
| 5 | Out of the confines of Easegill Kirk , the beck can be followed upstream without difficulty , passing more cave entrances on the south bank and arriving in half a mile at the waterfall of Cow Dub . |
| 6 | It can also involve destruction of furniture , hitting people , hurting themselves , and screaming for half an hour or more . |