Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three particular issues were addressed : the right , under certain circumstances , to " decompile " an existing computer program a right to take necessary back-up copies a right to copy and adapt including for error correction . |
| 2 | But he admitted allowing under age sex and the smoking of cannabis in his home and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on each charge to run concurrently . |
| 3 | I 'm gon na get her to go jogging with bin liners strapped to her bum ! |
| 4 | The allegations were confirmed by US Secretary of State James Baker who said on July 1 that the Bush administration was " looking at a variety of options " , said to include policing by UN guards , to halt the illegal flow of oil and commercial goods across the Iraqi-Jordanian border . |
| 5 | Seek out opportunities to publicise nursing to men and " mature " women . |
| 6 | It now offers charting by way of Microsoft Graph and you can include a chart on a slide as you would any other graphics object . |
| 7 | BBC commentator Brooking ( 44 ) admitted speeding at Ketteringham in Norfolk . |
| 8 | Failing to do all the IMF wanted was one thing : escaping the exigencies of dependence on foreign credit , if only to continue financing of trade , was quite another . |
| 9 | A committee was formed consisting of Messrs H. W. Anderson , A.F. Bowker , E.G. Brown , G. Couchman , A.H . |
| 10 | Yeltsin 's speech also covered the issues of land ownership , the need to counter crime and corruption , for which a group had been formed consisting of Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet , Sergei Filatov , Security Council Secretary Skokov and State Secretary Gennady Burbulis , and the need for an arms law to combat the " blatant pilfering of military property " . |
| 11 | It was granted for the following day and a deputation was formed consisting of Dr. Paisley , leader of the DUP ; Rev. William Beattie , deputy leader of the same party ; Cecil Harvey , Vanguard Unionist Assembly member from the Saintfield area ; and the present writer . |
| 12 | This book should be available from the LEA and with LMS its provisions remain binding on governors unless overridden by those of the Pay & Conditions Documents . |
| 13 | Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain . |
| 14 | A more satisfactory theory of what determines a country 's ability to carry foreign debt should be developed allowing for interactions between economic growth , political stability and debt-servicing capacity , and distinguishing between permanent and transitory states of the relevant variables . |
| 15 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 16 | Invited to preach to the Commons in March 1651 , at the suggestion of Major-General Thomas Harrison [ q.v. ] , he used the occasion to champion lay preaching by soldiers , when inspired by the spirit , and to damn the professional clergy and human learning . |
| 17 | ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul . |
| 18 | There , the conduct of those who admitted using inside information was described as ‘ immoral ’ , ‘ unscrupulous ’ , ‘ unfair ’ , and a ‘ betrayal of fiduciary duties ’ . |
| 19 | This year it has been impossible to plan policing in Northumbria because the force has 112 fewer officers than last year . |
| 20 | It 's crazy to risk crashing during tests . ’ |
| 21 | The mowing of cereals for threshing involves binding into sheaves with the grain heads at one end . |
| 22 | He had been taught drawing at Eton by ‘ Sammy ’ and Sidney Evans , of the long-established dynasty of drawing masters , and in Oxford at the Ruskin School and by the Slade professor ( Sir ) Charles Holmes [ q.v. ] , but he was over forty before his individual style was formed . |
| 23 | But , today , rapid changes in life expectancy , provision of international aid and the availability of birth control make forecasting for periods greater than five years difficult . |
| 24 | Whether harmonization of requirements would prove feasible or not , there would have to be a major rationalization of the aircraft industry if it was to continue competing in world markets . |
| 25 | In the silence the sound of the sledge could be heard thudding on stones from one of the near fields . |
| 26 | After I have put the phone down I sit gazing at Kyle on the opposite side of the airwell . |
| 27 | For example , a work placement involves trawling for candidates , testing and form-filling and preliminary sifts before the interview followed by induction and training after the interview . |
| 28 | er , I hate driving on motorways ! |
| 29 | Opposition politicians on Sept. 5 alleged that senior officials were involved in corruption and influence peddling in relation to the privatization of state assets . |
| 30 | The way he goes crunching into tackles makes me so glad I play with him and not against him . |