Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | easy as riding a bike or walking the sea . |
| 2 | Indeed , many executives harbor misconceptions , believing it is merely a matter of adding extra engineering and design personnel or introducing the latest computer-aided design ( CAD ) technology . |
| 3 | * Use the present tense for describing the content of a text or narrating the story . |
| 4 | Some rejected entirely any talk of self-government or treating the Ukrainians as an oppressed people . |
| 5 | It is tempting to say that they have no function besides advancing the story or embellishing the characters , no value outside their immediate context . |
| 6 | Similarly , early reproduction may impair survival or future fertility , by consuming resources , causing somatic damage or exposing the organism to environmental injury : there is a ‘ cost of reproduction ’ . |
| 7 | At many Siva temples and Cobra shrines , women are often seen in prayer or receiving the blessings of the attending priest . |
| 8 | It was quite spontaneous , for the Germans instigated nothing although they would sometimes co-operate in an elementary way by allowing wood for goalposts or permitting the construction of a theatre . |
| 9 | Philosophers of science have latterly been busy explaining that science is about correlating phenomena or acquiring the power to manipulate them . |
| 10 | Article 1 sets out its purpose , viz. ‘ to ensure the continuation of farming thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ In order to ensure the continuation of farming , thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas the list of which is … ’ |
| 12 | But I never developed symbols for whammy bars and screaming dive bombs or scraping the strings . |
| 13 | Whether he was meeting Wacko Jacko in LA or reviewing the latest Lurkers 45 , Baker had perspective . |
| 14 | Several teenagers have died after smoking or drinking the leaves or seeds of the datura shrub , found in woodland . |
| 15 | That seat in there , does that fit facing the driver or facing the front of the passenger rear ? |
| 16 | Or even , when it was apparent that we were not going to get anywhere with the local government , the whole neighbourhood would get together on a Sunday to work putting in the drains or paving the streets . |
| 17 | Rather , the time spent negotiating detailed heads of terms is usually better spent on starting due diligence or negotiating the main agreement . |
| 18 | The other element related to control of the mind where through meditation or chanting the practitioner seeks to free his soul from the bondage of his mind and body and to prepare himself for spiritual enlightenment or true self-realisation — that he is in fact part of the ‘ Impersonal Absolute ’ ( Brahman ) . |
| 19 | The Government could only be brought down if sufficient Conservatives were prepared to vote with Labour and Liberal MPs to defeat it in the House of Commons , forcing a new election or opening the way to a reconstituted anti-fascist National Government . |
| 20 | Moran was either mowing a new field or tossing the field ahead of them with the tedder but he joined the band of girls under the shade of one of the big beeches when Rose came with the basket and can . |
| 21 | 5.6 makes it obligatory ( with certain exceptions ) for a person conducting building operations or changing the use of a building to apply to the buildings authority for a warrant authorising the proposed works . |
| 22 | On 15 May 1660 Willys was condemned but pardoned , on condition of never again coming into the king 's presence or entering the verges of the court . |
| 23 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 24 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 25 | Adding the complexity or letting the complexity be in silicone , which is very inexpensive and readily controlled and so on . |
| 26 | In order to make a weekly sum of money even dimly visible to the naked eye , she had to translate fifty pages a week , a drudgery she tried to regard as ineluctable as brushing her teeth or washing the kitchen floor . |
| 27 | The distinction between adjudicatory and regulatory tribunals is that the former are making a binding decision following a reference by a person aggrieved by a decision which has already been made , whereas the latter are directly applying a system of government regulation rather than supervising or reviewing the proper application of the system of government regulation . |
| 28 | Using a wedding bouquet as an example , and assuming that you are either attending the function or collecting the bouquet afterwards , you should make up a simple box , such as the one shown in the photograph . |
| 29 | The plan is intended to prevent farmers from poisoning or shooting the birds , which is against the law . |
| 30 | The fact is that men do n't like childbirth much , because , unlike fixing the car or mowing the lawn , or even loading the dishwasher , there is no pivotal , directional role for us to take . |