Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv prt] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Progressive Democrats had been on the brink of walking out of Prime Minister Albert Reynolds ' government team over an accusation of dishonesty he made against their leader , Des O'Malley , last week . |
| 2 | And that 's the kind of singling out of one group of workers , and making a special case for them , that she really disapproved of . |
| 3 | He declared on television that " Poland 's painful but necessary programme of getting out of economic catastrophe can only be realized with the understanding of the majority of the nation " and that " the country had made its choice " . |
| 4 | It decreases the possibility of , of getting out of that situation because you 've got so many other people against , against whom you 're competing for work . |
| 5 | The adventurers will probably want to go through the usual routine of tipping the earth out of the coffin , smashing it , and suchlike , but then they have the pressing problem of getting out of this room . |
| 6 | Consequently , science should contain within it a means of breaking out of one paradigm into a better one . |
| 7 | Permanent consumption can be thought of as the normal or planned level of spending out of permanent income and can differ from measured consumption ( C ) by any unplanned , temporary increases or decreases in consumer spending , called transitory consumption ( CT ) . |
| 8 | Seen in this light , restoration is a kind of patching up of iconographical clothing , as valid for the grand vestments of the Old Masters as for the everyday wear of modern art . |