Example sentences of "of [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Communist parties inevitably lost credibility as a result of staunchly adhering to the Comintern line throughout the series of volte-face involved in the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 and the subsequent German invasion of Soviet Russia in June 1941 . |
| 2 | Secondly , much effort over the years has gone into education for road safety , though the concentration on advice to adult pedestrians and training for children has the unfortunate effect of apparently placing on the victim the principal responsibility for avoiding an accident . |
| 3 | and that the learning situation itself needs to be examined for its possible contribution to children 's learning difficulties , instead of merely looking in the child for causes . |
| 4 | The heroes of both these plays arrive upon the scene in a dramatic manner — adventurously entering through a window instead of prosaically walking in the door . |
| 5 | TI blames itself for telling the newsletter that that would be the ‘ average price for 1993 ’ because it forgot to factor in the industry practice of constantly repricing in the face of better yields . |
| 6 | Anyone entering the shrine committed the insult of literally stepping on the head of the Roman emperor . |
| 7 | Although a few may take up to a week of daily feeding with the culprit food before they respond , this is probably fairly unusual . |
| 8 | The advantage of normally proceeding through the mediation of rules is enormous . |
| 9 | The easiest uses to come to grips with are exclamations such as ( 1 ) above , because they give a very clear impression of somehow looking at the infinitive event from a position before : they express a desire or longing to realize the infinitive event , so that ( 1 ) might be paraphrased " I would love to be in England … |
| 10 | So one way of just looking from the graph and sort of re reminding you , oh , hang on , we 've got a many-one here , we have n't got a one-one . |
| 11 | The importance of persuading individuals to save for their own pension instead of just relying on the State has been recognised by successive governments . |
| 12 | This was the day before they voted in favour of formally calling for the return of Charles II to the throne of England . |
| 13 | So instead of automatically going to the timber yard and buying new timber , how about looking around at potential sources of second-hand timber and giving the poor old environment a helping hand ? |
| 14 | Instead of now referring to the child as something for us to share , Sarah started saying it was hers . |
| 15 | So get into the habit of really looking at the viewfinder picture as you line up the shot . |
| 16 | Such actions may be indicative of a climate of fear , or of caution , or of simply teaching to the test . |
| 17 | As a result , some Marxist writers , who wish to argue that the state is ultimately a repressive tool of the capitalist ruling class but recognise the weakness of simply reading off the role of the state from what is happening in the economy , have formulated an alternative class-theoretical account . |
| 18 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 19 | Even if changes in South Africa bring the war to an end in the near future , the costs of simply returning to the situation before the war are enormous , both in terms of the capital cost of replacing destroyed and damaged schools , and the running costs of the system . |
| 20 | Now there was nothing , no way of even getting inside the place . |
| 21 | So instead of immediately looking for the weakness in a woman , I will look for the strength and I will discount the fact that she might have a great body or be simply beautiful . |
| 22 | Instead of immediately heading for the ocean , as they are genetically programmed to do , they headed inland , and all perished . |
| 23 | As shown in Map 13 overleaf , there is a massive throne-like wooden chair , with comfortable cushions , which is capable of magically moving around the room on command , to give its occupant a view through any archway he desires . |
| 24 | Otherwise every scrum would have ended with the scrum-halves and both sets of forwards wallowing in the mire with little chance of the ball every seeing daylight . |
| 25 | But I think all the silliness is all part of actually adjusting to the condom , and something to do with the embarrassment that because they do n't know enough about it they , they do n't want to be er , seen to be silly |
| 26 | And so it would be a case of actually negotiating with the council hopefully ? |