Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | During 1987 , BRAC tested its newly formulated Rice-Salt Oral Rehydration Therapy ( RSORT ) in a field trial covering a population of around 63,000 people . |
| 2 | There would be nothing , in principle , to prevent an ex-employee computer programmer writing a similar program by the exercise of his own mental effort provided he did not simply plagiarize his previous employer 's program . |
| 3 | Brian Whitaker , who had been editor of the Insight team , and had remained alone in the old Grays Inn Road Sunday Times building finishing a book on the sinking of Greenpeace 's Rainbow Warrior , brought along his production skills . |
| 4 | Brain tissue can be stained so that CO is visible , areas with a high CO concentration having a dense brown colour . |
| 5 | They failed to meet the League 's noon deadline to provide assurances they could continue and tomorrow 's Coca-Cola Cup tie at Reading has been cancelled with the Second Division side getting a bye . |
| 6 | All breath samples were analysed for hydrogen concentration using a sensitive chromatographic method , capable of detecting concentrations as low as 1 ppm . |
| 7 | This friendly Club Hotel is set at the edge of a lagoon at the centre of a resort complex offering a range of facilities . |
| 8 | Fig 108 American , Ken Winner performing a lighter wind slalom gybe . |
| 9 | This was determined by automated analysis in the Department of Chemical Pathology using a SMAC machine . |
| 10 | They believe that no part of the money should be used to finance Sizewell C , proposals for which are still on the drawing board awaiting a decision on whether to apply for planning permission . |
| 11 | One way to think of the development of the worm is to draw an analogy with a digital computer and think of the cells at every cell division making a discrete choice as to what to do next . |
| 12 | Last month 16 Mac employees gained a food hygiene certificate following a course organised by environmental health officers from Gateshead Council . |
| 13 | Installed by E. Rand and Sons ( Engineers ) Ltd , of Wetherden , near Stowmarket , in 1984 , it comprises 2 x 185 ft spans plus 5 x 170 ft spans with the corner system which automatically follows a buried guidance cable extending a further 256ft . |
| 14 | Chamden full-back , Vernon Maradonna , intercepted a pass between Doyle and Proby and , with the rest of the Athletico defence sharing a cigarette on the touchline , and John Slack reading War and Peace behind his goal , slotted the ball home to give the Reserves a half-time lead . |
| 15 | Subjects performed one practice trial using a junction not shown in the experimental stimuli before starting the description phase of the experiment . |
| 16 | Alan Wiggins , managing director of Carlton Garage , with showrooms in Harwich and Clacton , said this would not adversely affect the average company car user driving a 1.6 Vauxhall Cavalier , but would hit those with more expensive models , thus ‘ equalising ’ the market . |
| 17 | Short brunette hair exposing a dry and poor scalp . |
| 18 | Although I left the car park wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt with my warmer clothes packed away in the rucksack , the walk was now a serious business and I was wearing everything I had with me . |
| 19 | If only they would come an hour earlier , and erm spend erm a pleasant time in their cars erm on the car park having a picnic before they go in , they would save themselves an awful lot of , of , of hassle . |
| 20 | The other acts as a pickup coil producing a voltage proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux linking it . |
| 21 | Sometimes he and Charlie would spend a Saturday afternoon playing a George Formby record again and again until they 'd got all the words of ‘ I 'm Leaning on a Lamppost ’ or ‘ Chinese Laundry Blues ’ . |
| 22 | THE Celtic manager , Liam Brady , and Tom Grant , the director who leaked information about the Parkhead board requesting a meeting with Brady to discuss the team 's performances , yesterday sat together at a press conference designed , apparently , to show a united front . |
| 23 | On Nov. 3 Michael Heseltine , who had resigned as Secretary of State for Defence in January 1986 over the Westland affair and in particular the anticipated consequences for intra-European co-operation [ see pp. 34192-96 ] , sent an open letter to his Conservative Association chairman containing a severe attack on Thatcher 's policies and style . |
| 24 | She died when a car driver racing a motorbike smashed into her car . |
| 25 | If Midland Life is required to make any payment under the Policyholders ' Protection Act 1975 ( or any enactment amending or replacing the same or of a similar nature ) or if there is any change in the law or Inland Revenue practice affecting a Guaranteed Capital Bond the benefits provided by such a Bond may be varied by Midland Life in such manner as the Midland Life Actuary considers appropriate . |
| 26 | Yes , she could take him in , if he didna mind sharing a bed with Mr Hamilton , who was a pleasant young gentleman . |
| 27 | But he dropped a key ring containing a picture of himself and his girlfriend as he crept upstairs to steal the woman 's jewellery . |
| 28 | RIGHT A telepathy experiment featuring a blindfolded Kuda Bux , who is reproducing the symbols drawn on the board by Lucie Kaye despite the fact that he can not see them . |
| 29 | A silver tray containing a bottle of mineral water and a glass stood on the polished wood dressing-table . |
| 30 | Perhaps graduates of a number of drama schools might be given a provisional Equity card requiring a minimum number of engagements ( and/or weeks ) to be worked within the two or three years of it 's validity , if the holder is to be accepted into full membership . |