Example sentences of "in [v-ing] [adv] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than bringing about increased skills portability , YTS has proved instrumental in bringing about a sharpening of labour market segmentation , as the conditions surrounding entry to jobs at all levels has become more formalized and rigidified . |
| 2 | More important in bringing about a change of direction in government policy were changes in the top government positions . |
| 3 | We have recently succeeded in bringing in a number of new projects but to put it in perspective we need something like 250,000 hours of work a year and a major project like Tencel was about 50,000 in total . |
| 4 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 5 | Er I 'm impressed that they are willing to er potentially consider a , a further difficult task in drawing up a confession of faith . |
| 6 | Once all responses have been received , we should assist our client in drawing up a shortlist of those targets our client would most wish to meet , by combining the relative enthusiasm of each response with the proactive search rankings . |
| 7 | However , she had encountered difficulties in drawing up a list of ways in which she would like her parents to be more tolerant . |
| 8 | The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals co-operated with the University Grants Committee , before its demise in 1989 , in drawing up a list of ‘ performance indicators ’ . |
| 9 | These events in his native land must have appeared insignificant to Nkrumah , engaged in building up a structure of organisations to develop an awareness of African identity and solidarity . |
| 10 | For a growing number of older women , a great support in building up a sense of independence and self-esteem has been the a growth of the feminist movement , and there is more on this in the chapter ‘ Feeling good , looking good ’ . |
| 11 | The use of successive pumice or ash deposits in building up a history of the eruptive activity in an area is known as tephrachronology , and this is increasingly being used to add precision to the study of the history of volcanic areas . |
| 12 | He is seeking help in building up a stock of frames . |
| 13 | He is seeking help in building up a stock of the frames . |
| 14 | This meant that what the social scientist was doing in building up a picture of the political society was systematizing people 's conscious perceptions into a system . |
| 15 | Adam 's secretary was engrossed in totting up a column of figures when Lissa walked into his office on Monday morning . |
| 16 | As a first step in turning out a molecule of sugar ( which has six carbon atoms in it ) they are content to link three CO2 molecules together into a proto-carbohydrate . |
| 17 | The law of the directions of cure : This was enunciated by Hahnemann 's pupil , Dr Constantine Hering , and is of practical use in deciding how a course of treatment is progressing . |
| 18 | Is there any point in paying out a lot of money each week . |
| 19 | So how we , so there was no obvious leader and how are we gon na pull ourselves ah ahead , well we have to improve our media coverage and we 've done quite a lot on that , John 's been very successful in getting quite a lot of media coverage both for individuals within the firm and for the the firm as a whole . |
| 20 | ‘ It was quite frightening to see the extent of the flooding , and a tribute must be paid to the emergency services for the part they played in rescuing quite a number of people , ’ said a Dyfed County Council spokesman . |
| 21 | I mean many people wrote disparagingly about your attempt , your nerve in taking on a gem of the New York stage and turning it into a British directed movie . |
| 22 | " The meeting having considered the application of the Schoolmaster of Kildaltan for the payment of the sum he expended upon building his House — they have examined said accot. — and reprobate the conduct of the Schoolmaster in carrying on a work of such magnitude without authority — and they refuse to countenance such conduct … " |
| 23 | The experience of the monetary authorities in carrying out a policy of control of the money supply has not , however , been a happy one ( Leigh-Pemberton 1986 ) . |
| 24 | N C V O has taken the initiative in putting up a number of ideas to the Prime Minister 's and the Home Office , to make this commitment a meaningful one , and a constructive one for voluntary organisations in this country . |
| 25 | In March 1171 the monks of St Martial 's , Limoges , though perhaps with some embarrassment , asked for , and were sent , aid in putting down a revolt of their townsmen at La Souterraine , a revolt which had the backing of Count Audebert of La Marche . |
| 26 | I detest María Corral , director of the Reina Sofía , who , by allowing the removal of ‘ Guernica ’ to her museum where it will be ‘ the pivot of the permanent collection ’ , and by accepting the funerary gifts of Dalí and Miró , will ultimately succeed in putting together a collection of degenerate art without the State having forked out a cent for acquisitions . |
| 27 | One of the most remarkable contributions opens the book : Monte San , born in the 1880s , in an age where the then sovereign , Queen Victoria , refused to believe lesbians existed anywhere , let alone in the British Empire 's colonies ) Bradstock and Wakeling have done an admirable job in putting together a collection of personal essays that explore the inner and outer ramifications of being a lesbian , in the last hundred years of the myth-shrouded place that is Australia . |
| 28 | The CAB service has taken the initiative in setting up a system of advisory sessions in which local solicitors , operating on a rota , give free legal advice to clients who have been ‘ booked in ’ to a special session by a local CAB . |
| 29 | Played a crucial part in setting up a network of anti-tobacco organisations to campaign in the most effective way possible for a ban on tobacco advertising |
| 30 | The Liberal Democrats complained that too many schools have outside lavatories ; that the Tories were profligate in setting up a chair of maritime history at a local university ; and that they had spent too much on a ceremonial mace . |