Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ she-male ’ character of the Bessy is not merely a woman impersonated by a man , but denotes a combination of both male and female , a total unity encompassing the whole in primitive man 's attempt to understand the universe . |
| 2 | I kept one hand on my sword hilt and the other on my wallet as I mentally phrased the letter I intended to send to Cardinal Wolsey demanding the graveyard be cleared of such a collection of villains . |
| 3 | Again we are confronted with a system of control in part generating the terms , the concepts , and the space of its own negation . |
| 4 | Projects using the expertise within the group have included the Falkirk and Stirling environmental geological mapping projects , the East Grampian project and the DOE sponsored West Birmingham and Fuller 's Earth projects . |
| 5 | Indeed , the Angolan constitution contains a provision prohibiting the installation of foreign military bases . |
| 6 | Did the runner bringing the news from the battlefield run straight past him when he reached the town ? |
| 7 | Refinement against the F A values using the program ASLSQ was unstable and not used . |
| 8 | The structure was held together with ropes binding the beams to the vertical posts . |
| 9 | The extent of active support for the Khmer Rouge in the countryside is impossible to judge , but interviews with peasants in the provinces of Battambang , Pursat , Takeo and Kampot , in the west and south of Cambodia , indicate widespread passive support allowing the guerrillas to move around and gather food . |
| 10 | He wrote Quodlibeta ( between 1291 and 1301 ) , and treatises opposing the doctrine of the plurality of forms . |
| 11 | Dynamic input of the text involves the user generating the text at run-time using either an electronic bitpad or electronic paper . |
| 12 | But I have found no evidence of maladministration by the DoE or the Health and Safety Executive and in the circumstances I do not question the merits of the decision allowing the appeals . ’ |
| 13 | Only inhabited for the past two hundred years , the unique flora and fauna of these delightfully unsophisticated island have been allowed to evolve undisturbed over the past 600 million years , yielding a unique heritage of birds and blooms encompassing the spectrum 's every colour . |
| 14 | Mr Ingham blusters and inveighs against the perfidious press at the drop of a hat — any story using the words ‘ bunkum and balderdash ’ as part of a denial are certainly based on his remarks — largely because they do not always print what he wishes to see . |
| 15 | The committee proposals for a Cornwall and West Plymouth European parliamentary constituency provoked an enormous response opposing the link with Plymouth er as it has done on each occasion that the constituency 's been reviewed . |
| 16 | He just looked so intolerably sexy , lounging on the white sofa , his body lean and powerful , the open-necked black polo shirt drawing the eye to that muscle-packed chest , his black jeans enhancing his long legs . |
| 17 | Deputies opposing the bill , led by Yegor Ligachev , feared it would lead to the re-emergence of a class society and allow criminal elements to buy up industries . |
| 18 | ‘ At this present moment they are engaged in a fully comprehensive training course using the systems run by the local college , on which I took the liberty of enrolling them . |
| 19 | After two months of production delays due to ‘ unprecedented demand ’ and a shortage of chips , Elonex Plc has churned out 17 new models of personal computers from its factory in North London : these comprise eight types of upgradable Intel Corp 80486-based desktops with local video bus — price ranges from £1,100 to £1,750 ; two higher entry-level desktops based on Intel 's 80486SX-25 chip — the PC-425XM Entry Level and the PC-425XB Entry Level start at £1,100 and will replace the former 20MHz PC-420X Entry Level models ; four types of WS-400 upgradeable LAN workstations based on processors ranging from 25MHz 80486SX to 66MHz 80486DX2 with Ethernet modules based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc PCnet AT chip set ; a Token Ring module will be released in due course using the IBM Corp Tropic chip set ; prices start at £950 ; and three fault-tolerant mirrored file server systems based on Novell Inc NetWare SFT III v3.11 are planned ; Elonex also intends to ship modular notebook personal computers this month . |
| 20 | A small hole was dug , the cigarette buried , songs sung over the grave and then the whole procession wended its w ? y round the field four times singing the funeral march from Aida , which we had been practising for a week . |
| 21 | Should the log on attempt fail , the best course of action is to check the user name , delete the password using the LINEFEED key , and re-enter the password . |
| 22 | However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point . |
| 23 | However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point . |
| 24 | You can do everything from digging the foundations building the walls and putting in the plumbing and electrics . |
| 25 | The required discipline is provided by the attempt to complete a chart such as a flow process chart using the A.S.M.E. symbols . |
| 26 | The presentation was an excellent example of design expertise using the C.A.D. and the latest computerised sample machine . |
| 27 | the tenancy must not contain any provision allowing the landlord to terminate the tenancy within six months of the beginning of the tenancy |
| 28 | So that you could get the slow and of course coating the granules before compression . |
| 29 | One of her students , Simon , was having difficulty gathering the money to pay his yearly fees , despite working every available holiday . |
| 30 | Mrs Clwyd — like Mr Livingstone — may well have difficulty gathering the nominations of 55 MPs needed to get her name on the ballot paper . |