Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A common ruse involves masquerading as the Queen 's cousin / picture keeper / chief valuer . |
| 2 | This technique involves washing off the protein residues and then seeking an immunological reaction with commercial anti-sera for different animal species . |
| 3 | This technique involves asking for the order in such a way that if the timing is premature the presentation can continue with the minimum of interruption . |
| 4 | It could have been the extra garlic I 'd put in the Rogan Josh which woke me at 2.06 a.m. , but it was probably the noise Billy Tuckett made falling through the bathroom skylight and killing himself . |
| 5 | He wanted Zweig to return to Germany to continue working on other projects . |
| 6 | This suggests that it is the major influence of the transmural pressure on this parameter calculated according to the Law of LaPlace . |
| 7 | As it is , your Council has effectively decided to challenge Structure Plan 1985 , policies HP8 and EP5 , since your decision to support housing at Colt Hill was made with no reference to timing . |
| 8 | ‘ Six Beauforts of 22 Squadron operating from Thorney Island attacked shipping in Cherbourg Harbour at 23,00 hours on September 17 , 1940 . |
| 9 | You can really only make your decision to go netting in a particular area that same day . |
| 10 | Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges , followed by self-induced purging or vomiting . |
| 11 | The gradings recommended for coarse aggregates arranged according to specified nominal diameters in BS 882:1973 are indicated in Fig. 3.14 and those for the four zones of fine aggregates of BS 812 : 1975 in Fig. 3.15 . |
| 12 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 13 | Whatever the outcome , the Government 's willingness to continue pushing through the float during this Parliament shows how ministers are prepared to put political expediency before the interests of the industry . |
| 14 | A team of experts will visit India in April to assess implementation of the conditions , and the decision to continue funding for the project will then be reviewed . |
| 15 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 16 | In the United States , senior health administrators stressed that their advice to doctors and researchers to continue working with AZT in the immediate wake of the Concorde results did not imply any criticism of the european study . |
| 17 | equipment , and in ‘ first-world ’ country sees no excuse to continue fishing in this manner : ‘ The counter-arguments of a handful of fishermen ... not representative of the industry ... should not be given any particular weight . |
| 18 | On similar lines the NOPWC reported in 1963 that some nineteen employment agencies were being run by old people 's welfare committees ‘ to give older workers the opportunity to continue working beyond retirement age , ’ and prevent them ‘ being thrown on a human scrap heap where their physical and mental health suffered and some became prematurely incapable of leading independent lives ’ ( NOPWC 1963 : 4 ) . |
| 19 | WE WERE sailing from the Queensland port of Cairns to go diving on the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 20 | The procedure for severance differs depending upon whether title to the matrimonial home is registered or not . |
| 21 | Faced with the loss of their previous high-performance computer in 1987 , the university got backing from the Science and Engineering Research Council and the Department of Trade and Industry to purchase a large Computing Surface to serve both as a research vehicle and a flagship site for Meiko . |
| 22 | A second , but also rare , situation in which an extended household could arise was when an elderly person was able to obtain the support of either an adult child or grandchild to continue living in his or her own home . |
| 23 | The method outlined in this section for detecting interactions involves looking for differences in the magnitude of the ds . |
| 24 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 25 | Lynda found working with Laura a great stimulant ; ‘ She never stopped thinking of the company and would often spot something in a book that attracted her ; she would know instantly how it could be adapted . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the effect is cumulative , since once the board starts turning into the wind it is even harder to sheet in the sail fully . |
| 27 | Last week DEC stopped flirting with Unix System Labs Inc 's transaction processor monitor , Tuxedo , and officially became part of ‘ the club , ’ a die-in-the-wool Tuxedo reseller in hot pursuit of the commercial user . |
| 28 | Vietnam 's co-operation in the Cambodian peace process had removed one of the major obstacles to normalization , but there remained the issue of approximately 2,300 US service personnel reported missing in action ( MIAs ) in the war and still unaccounted for . |
| 29 | She was half way up Stanley Street before she recovered and her heart stopped sinking in her breast . |
| 30 | It is for this reason that those concerned with young people — parents , teachers , librarians , and others — feel the need to provide a wide range of such materials as books , films , videos , and pictures , and to provide opportunities for acquiring the skills to obtain meaning from print and pictures . |