Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Prime Minister would be most welcome to visit the Wallsend part of North Tyneside where he would have an opportunity to visit Swan Hunter and see a dedicated work force , a dedicated management and , above all , the pride of the people in Wallsend in building and refitting ships for the Royal Navy . |
2 | All the valve and operating fittings for the above locos were completed and burnished by hand at Wolverton Works Brass Shop . |
3 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
4 | To this framework people may add their own memorials to their loved ones , while the Association can ensure that memorials can benefit the living through undertaking projects such as Eagle Lodges and providing homes for the sick and elderly . |
5 | Some Conservatives also suspected that the welfare ethic — by removing the risks and disciplines of the market , providing a cushion for failures , and undermining incentives for the ambitious — weakened enterprise . |
6 | We have set out our tax and spending plans for the next three years . |
7 | In particular , the project will study a method called the Holt-Winters procedure , and examine ways of choosing smoothing parameters and starting values for the automatic version of the procedure , as well as testing a non-automatic version which allows subjective adjustment in regard to such features as outliers . |
8 | A training allowance and travelling expenses for the 16 weeks of the programme . |
9 | In this way , the Party furnishes itself with an army of willing and uncomplaining helpers for the vital tasks of conducting electoral campaigns . |
10 | There were craft workshops , shops and counting houses for the commercial and artisan community . |
11 | One output of the study will be suggestions for improved record keepin and monitoring procedures for the two authorities . |
12 | In 1920 the Imperial Bureau of Mycology was established at Kew under the directorship of Butler , who , after assembling a small staff and laying plans for the abstracting journal , the Review of Applied Mycology , visited plant pathologists in the United States , and subsequently Commonwealth countries , to obtain support for the Bureau , which flourished . |
13 | Some geographical targets might be covered , locating historical sites on a map using a grid , and planning marches for the Roman army on a topographical map , which would involve understanding of landforms and contour lines . |
14 | On Oct. 9 the Mozambique legislature approved a number of amendments to the Constitution which effectively incorporated the terms of Protocol Number 3 signed between the government and Renamo on March 12 and covering arrangements for the future electoral system [ see p. 38804 ] . |
15 | Walsall Museum and Art Gallery has developed an energetic and lively educational programme around the collection , encouraging primary school teachers to use it as a teaching aid for the national curriculum , starting up a printmaking course inspired by the works in the collection and offering prizes for the best short description of one of the works . |