Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry Pollitt reported to the Central Committee of the Party in January 1936 that : We fight to affiliate as an organised Party , campaigning for united action on the part of all workers organisations , for a change of policy that corresponds to the desires of the Labour Party members , and that also opens up the perspective of realising at a later stage one united working class political party . |
| 2 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 3 | Another person we thought of using as a front man was Midge Ure — who I went on to work with straight after The Pistols , in The Rich Kids . |
| 4 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 5 | It will cover many kinds of shaping for a huge variety of subjects and once learned will save you a good deal of time in making up and garment fitting . |
| 6 | A 50-year-old man dreams of drowning inside a sinking ship . |
| 7 | In the last month of his life Minton contacted Ted Dicks , who had by then left the College , with the idea of collaborating on a musical play . |
| 8 | The reason I ask is this ; Last season my club achieved promotion in the Courage League and naturally all the players were very pleased and excited by the prospect of competing at a higher level of rugby . |
| 9 | He is confident that given five years and more know-how , Russia will have international companies capable of competing at a global level . |
| 10 | Wallace Mercer , the effusive and outspoken chairman of Hearts , made a public and hostile bid for control of bitter rivals Hibernian , with the intention of merging the clubs to form an Edinburgh team capable of competing in a European super-league . |
| 11 | Indulging in passive leisure activities such as reading and listening to the radio cost nothing and can seem a luxury after a lifetime of sticking to a working schedule . |
| 12 | Virtually anything is possible here and , for a relaxing change of pace , it is worthwhile hunting out a slow boat instead of sticking to a frenetic dash in the fast lane . |
| 13 | The importance of stopping smoking needs to be very strongly emphasised , as well as the advisability of sticking to a low animal fat diet for the future , of getting the weight down to normal and of taking those measures necessary to reduce blood pressure to an ideal level , i.e. reducing salt and alcohol intake , keeping the weight normal , taking regular exercise and avoiding anger . |
| 14 | The major focus of nursing in a surgical ward is the care of patients undergoing and recovering from surgical ( operative ) procedures . |
| 15 | When they ignore the whole idea of pandering to a European market , they can be quite good , as in Tarkovsky 's Italian-funded productions , where he just carried on making the same film that had obsessed him for the past 30 years , only a bit more slowly . |
| 16 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 17 | Displays of police horses , motor cycles , dogs , and dress marching were a dominant image of policing as a uniformed institution in the city . |
| 18 | Our project was designed deliberately to follow the pattern of ethnographic studies of routine policing , so as to add to this tradition the dimension provided by studying this kind of policing in a divided society . |
| 19 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 20 | That 's why I 'm still walking around , instead of resting under a shady tree waiting for Connie Fraser to join me . ’ |
| 21 | What we are trying to do is to provide good people who have an enthusiasm for this kind of catering with a fast route towards management responsibility , and that is a route which , for those who want it , can lead right up into store management and beyond . |
| 22 | ‘ Who 's talking of dying on a fine day like this ? ’ |
| 23 | And I dream of dying in a great tree … burning … is that the first forest ? ’ |
| 24 | After two years it was found that the fish eaters had up to 30 per cent less chance of dying from a second heart attack than those who had been told nothing about fish . |
| 25 | Those aged above 60 have a pedestrian casualty rate per head of population which is nearly double that of the 20–39 age group , whilst their greater likelihood of dying from a particular accident gives them a fatality rate six and one half times higher . |
| 26 | The art of palpating for a pyloric mass should be taught by experienced senior staff to junior staff and students . |
| 27 | This requires a strategy of networking on a wide scale . |
| 28 | This phenomenon raises the possibility of returning to a previous tableau , leading to the occurrence of cycling ( cf. Chapter 3 ) . |
| 29 | As a result of this research , Armitage Shanks came up with Chablis — a soft and subtle shade which will add warmth to its surroundings , with the added advantage of co-ordinating with a wide range of other colours from pastels to bold primaries . |
| 30 | The Profitboss , in developing his contacts , never forgets that the friendly Steven Cook he met at the conference last month might just be the head of purchasing for a major customer in two years ' time . |