Example sentences of "and [v-ing] with the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr R. Mardle for painting a museum sign and helping with the interim layout ; |
| 2 | What policy advice will the Home Secretary need on prison matters , for example the use of police cells and contracting with the private sector , which are distinct from the operations of the Prison Service , and by whom should it be given ? |
| 3 | Roads fan out from Lairg like the open fingers of a hand , each with its separate destination — Lochinver , Scourie , Kinlochbervie , Durness and Tongue — and the postal services along them were undertaken by MacBrayne 's buses which left the post offices in these places in the early morning , bringing the day 's collection to Lairg for despatch on the railway and returning with the incoming mail from the station . |
| 4 | Even the cheapest bed should have five layers of upholstery usually starting with a thick layer of padding over the springs and ending with the decorative cover . |
| 5 | A clue comes with the final disappearance of the cat , when it slowly vanishes , starting with the end of its tail and ending with the broad grin , which remains some time after the rest of the animal has gone . |
| 6 | British politics in the 1930s were often disillusioning for the labour movement , starting with the defection of the Labour Party 's leadership and the Party 's electoral eclipse , and ending with the Second World War , which destroyed the party 's hope of peace through disarmament and the League of Nations . |
| 7 | STARTING with a crash and ending with the tightest finish in America 's Cup sailing , the fourth race of the Louis Vuitton challenger semi-finals off San Diego was both memorable and miserable , writes Tim Jeffery . |
| 8 | As we saw earlier , the period in the history of the human race when ‘ the superego did not exist ’ was that preceding the primal trauma and coinciding with the foraging way of life of our hominid ancestors . |
| 9 | If learning to read is regarded as a continual process of making more and more sense of written language , advancing with every reading experience and beginning with the first insight that print is meaningful , then it will be seen that there can never be anything specific for a child to be ready for … . |
| 10 | In these very years not a few of the lesser clergy were contributing as well to purveyances and local commissions of array , and suffering with the whole community the repercussions of wool customs . |
| 11 | Ex-Sun Microsystems Inc executive Bill Keating who traipsed off about 18 months ago to become vice president and general manager over at Rational Inc ( UX No 349 ) is now winding down out of that job and consulting with the new Lachman Technology Inc , helping to get that start-up going ( UX No 418 ) . |
| 12 | They hover together in their crowded safety , their tables littered by empty pint glasses rimmed and dripping with the foamy froth of leftover lager , and ashtrays overflowing like untidy clumps of ashen moss . |
| 13 | Caterers also face other difficulties , such as keeping food hot and coping with the long travelling distances between the kitchens and wards . |
| 14 | From nowhere a Mamba appears and I 'm up and running with the bleeding pigeon up my jumper playing the bongos on my chest . |
| 15 | 9 Through listening and comparing with the standard model , the student is encourage to evaluate his progress himself . |
| 16 | This procedure has been extensively tested by moving the reference card in all possible directions from the correct position and comparing with the resulting message on screen . |
| 17 | Characteristically , the overt discussion has concentrated upon far more apparently neutral issues — particularly it has focused upon the curriculum — ranging from concern with ‘ areas of experience ’ to the fascination with TVEI and the whole MSC approach to ‘ relevance ’ , and culminating with the National Curriculum and associated assessment proposals . |
| 18 | ‘ When goalkeepers come to England they often have a problem with the physical side of the game and dealing with the vast number of crosses , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 19 | For those universities producing the largest numbers of theses , it was considered that personal visits to their libraries for examination of the consultation records was desirable , so as also to study storage conditions , ease of access , and to discuss regulations on access , loan , and copying with the relevant library staff . |
| 20 | The first way is by taking the work off the machine with waste yarn , turning it and rehanging with the plain side towards me . |
| 21 | One of the things that concerns us is provision for people who are unemployed and we are we are speaking and working , speaking to and working with the Labour Group and the Labour Party on establishing a centre for people who are unemployed . |
| 22 | This requires bravery — to go against the ‘ safety first ’ approach — but , paradoxically , it is possible under LMS , and working with the governing body , to structure schools and their management in ways very different from anything that would have been possible before . |
| 23 | sensitively to consumers , individualizing service provision and engaging with the local community , but the going often proved to be tough . |
| 24 | They have access to a ring of thieves who act as couriers , stripping streets of luxury cars or ramming the gates of car showrooms and disappearing with the entire fleet of vehicles . ’ |