Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be , however , that the dictum is an overstatement of the true position and that the agency principle does not require that the act of one partner be that of all for all purposes , but merely deems that to be the case for the limited purpose of attaching liability to the firm for the acts and omissions of one of its members . |
| 2 | However a disadvantage of this technique in comparison with patch clamp is that you ca n't always guarantee the orientation of your channels , so that if you see some kind of rectifying characteristic in the bilayer er you have no way a prior of knowing whether that rectifying er characteristic is associated with an influx or an afflux from the cytoplasm . |
| 3 | Caradryel introduces the system of rotating units to the Gateway fortresses so that the garrisons are always at full strength . |
| 4 | Alongside whatever direct impact petitions had on MPs , some printed material and very particular kinds of evidence were channelled straight to parliamentarians — especially the results of quantifying aspects of the slave trade and slavery and the direct testimony of witnesses whose authenticity was expected to impress . |
| 5 | Tudjman , who had urged local leaders in Trogir ( west of Split ) on May 5 to demonstrate at the naval base to show the world their support for the battle being waged by the Croatian leadership , was accused by the Defence Secretariat of inflaming sentiments against the army . |
| 6 | Husbands were equally exempt from liability under section 3(1) as well as for the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her and enable a man to have sexual intercourse with her . |
| 7 | The cleanest way of recovering embryos from the oviduct is to use a fine needle with attached syringe and to flush them out . |
| 8 | It was claimed that in developing an aggressive new foreign policy , he was disregarding nationalist dreams of recovering control of the mainland . |
| 9 | He appealed to drivers to park sensibly and avoid the inconvenience and expense of recovering vehicles from the car pound . |
| 10 | The system of co-opting members of the public to serve on council committees can be a good one , for in this way specialised knowledge , information and service can be recruited to the council 's activities . |
| 11 | Erm I , I , I think there 's an erm an imply of suggesting disapproval of the ivory trade er in in the cartoon . |
| 12 | The idea of using frames in a word processor is , perhaps , a little novel , although Ami Professional uses them for graphics and tables . |
| 13 | The third set of arguments points to the bad effects of using law on the family . |
| 14 | Although the predictive value of a negative result ( clarity ) was 96% and the false negative rate 3.7% , the sensitivity of using transparency as an index of the absence of infection was only 32.4% in this population . |
| 15 | The rigidity of the system operating in the United States , imposed by private enterprise ( Taylor ) through the publication of Dissertation Abstracts International , which practically eliminated the formerly widespread practice of using theses as an exchange medium between universities , is unlikely to occur here , because of the smaller potential market . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Designed for office dictation use , this machine followed Edison 's preferred method of using electricity for the motor , but it had acoustic recording and reproduction . |
| 18 | The disadvantage of using water as a medium for cooking is that it absorbs a considerable proportion of the minerals and vitamins in the potato . |
| 19 | the effects of using English as a medium of instruction |
| 20 | An eighteen-year-old boy who had flown from India to marry a Calcutta girl now living in Liverpool was detained for three days by the officials , who suspected him of being under age and of using marriage as a trick to get a work permit . |
| 21 | There was an idea of using part of the forest for a an area for blues . |
| 22 | The effect of using garnet as an inlay can be seen with particular brilliance in the jewellery purse components , shield ornaments and sword-fittings from the royal ship-burial at Sutton Hoo ( fig. 27 ) . |
| 23 | The main advantage of using acrylic like a watercolour is that once it is applied , it dries to be water-resistant . |
| 24 | This is one of the most effective ways of using video in the classroom . |
| 25 | The utility of using readmissions as an index of outcome and as a surrogate method of identifying ‘ poor ’ clinical care is limited by the conceptual and methodological limitations noted earlier . |
| 26 | ‘ I think that you 're too fond of using Bella as an excuse . |
| 27 | Most mammalian embryologists have been guilty in the past of using age as a measure of developmental stage ; this has proved to be an inadequate and often misleading criterion . |
| 28 | He wrote what became a celebrated memorandum to Cordell Hull , the secretary of state , in which he declared that he was " thrilled by the idea of using iran as an example of what we could do by an unselfish American policy . |
| 29 | If the purpose of these ivory carvings remains a matter for discussion , it is evident that Upper Palaeolithic man began the custom of using ivory as a medium for animal and human sculpture which has lasted down to modern times . |
| 30 | We can expect , in the next decade , to see more sophisticated hardware and software produced as users become more expert and practised in the best ways of using computers in the learning process . |