Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of using d'Compress as the launch pad for other programs is that you can use the facilities of d'Compress to gather the files together , a stage that would otherwise have to be done in the DOS window . |
| 2 | Salvo , showing an impressive sensitivity to atmosphere , took himself off almost immediately on the pretext of helping Sofia with the baby . |
| 3 | His general note was one of chiding MacDonald for the weakness of his control over his own extremists and suggesting that what the country needed was men of practical experience , breadth of view and lack of dogmatic commitment . |
| 4 | In this decade of evangelisation it is important for the Church to ‘ teach publicly on moral issues and for its lay members to become more involved in the social and political life of the country … that all members of the Church should take part in the Church 's mission of bringing Christ to the world . ’ |
| 5 | Leading a band of forty-five lodges up the Valley of Winding Waters in the summer of 1875 , Joseph found two companies of cavalry under Captain Whipple stationed there as a peace-keeping force . |
| 6 | He had almost given up hope of meeting Liza on the beach and was considering whether he would , after all , call at Four Winds , despite Eleanor 's warnings , when , to his incredulous delight , on the fifth day of his visit , he saw a different figure scrambling down the cliff followed by a little girl . |
| 7 | But he remained hopeful of securing Walden in the future , for he ‘ would be the making of the Leeds City team if only I could get him to Elland Road ’ . |
| 8 | Israel secured its objective of preserving Jordan against the challenge of the PLO and Syria but , in so doing , left Jordan embarrassed in the Arab arena . |
| 9 | These entries related to royal debts assigned to Elijah by way of compensation for debts pardoned by the Crown in favour of the abbey of Stratford , and the alterations allegedly had the effect of enriching Elijah at the Crown 's expense . |
| 10 | The whole structure of the Covenant creaked under the strain as Salam in Beirut and Rashid Karami , the Sunni leader in Tripoli , accused the Chamounists of allying Lebanon with the West . |
| 11 | The motion followed a debate on the conduct of the Yugoslav delegation at the London conference , during which nationalist and ex-communist deputies had accused Panic 's delegation of betraying Serbia at the conference . |
| 12 | Then he climbed into the Land Rover beside his two passengers and drove off fast , with the aim of abandoning Jamie to the custody of his aunt as quickly as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ No , but I 'm thinking of asking Tim for the truth . ’ |
| 14 | As we have seen , C. S. Lewis , more clearly than most writers , has sensed the uniqueness of God-inspired desire and of having God as the object of desire . |
| 15 | Apart from the expense of taking Alison to the cinema , Nigel 's evening out was all he could have hoped for . |
| 16 | ‘ Think no more of it , I pray you , except — ’ she paused in the act of motioning Isabel behind the screen , and this time her smile was one of pure feminine conspiracy ‘ — do not dismiss him as another rough , unchivalrous soldier , Isabel . |
| 17 | It could well be that Matadial was thoroughly discredited , even as the case ran , but with advance information her demolition could have been more clinically achieved , with perhaps a greater effect on the jury and with a better chance of involving Zaidie in the destruction of the Crown case on motive and malice . |
| 18 | YORKSHIRE were last night on the brink of pipping Worcester for the signature of West Indies ' paceman Ken Benjamin to boost their weak attack . |
| 19 | The Emperor , however , had not sought power simply in order to dazzle contemporaries with spectacle , but rather with the aim of putting France in the forefront of general progress and restoring her to what he considered to be her rightful place in Europe . |
| 20 | Now the United States is on the verge of bombing Iraq on the pretext that Iraq refuses to destroy its ‘ weapons of mass destruction ’ — when , in fact , Iraq has asked that some of its military industry be converted to civilian production laid waste by allied bombing . |
| 21 | With her marriage to Damian , his life 's work of fighting Charles for the company was finally at an end . |
| 22 | They offered some concessions to France , including the final resolution of CAP , but they also threatened to use majority votes in January without him , and even talked of admitting Britain to the Community whether he agreed or not . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State argues that to allow what my Bill proposes would be to place Scotland at the top of a slippery slope , but his attitude has the effect of placing Scotland at the edge of a cliff . |
| 24 | Unrest had surfaced in Lincolnshire in late February and proved to have been fomented by Clarence and Warwick with the aim of placing Clarence on the throne . |
| 25 | Unrest had surfaced in Lincolnshire in late February and proved to have been fomented by Clarence and Warwick with the aim of placing Clarence on the throne . |
| 26 | It is true that , while outright military victory remained improbable , Labour leaders Toping for a German revolution ) resisted calls for the post-war de-industrialization of Germany and toyed with the idea of placing Britain at the head of a revolutionary European resistance to Hitler . |
| 27 | While well pleased to have won the privilege of confronting Bath in the cup final , mid-table Quins are mindful of overall responsibilities to other clubs . |
| 28 | Chamberlain returned to Britain and publicly proclaimed ‘ Peace in our time ’ but he had by now realised that Hitler 's word could not be trusted , so he endeavoured to form an alliance with Russia against Germany , the fear of Communism being overcome by the greater fear of Nazi domination , However , Poland refused to agree to Russian troops having the right to cross Polish territory for the purpose of attacking Germany from the east , so an effective alliance was impracticable and Russia became isolated from that proposed pact . |
| 29 | I think he was more than capable of shooting Barak in the back . |
| 30 | Last night , he said : ‘ I will miss the glory of beating Bowe in the ring . ’ |