Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The kinds of structure drills used for mastering the grammar of a language are : substitution ( frame ) drills ( these are non-differential ) |
2 | According to reports on Dec. 7 , the victim of the alleged rape , Farhana Hayat , had named Irfanullah Marwat Khan , a close adviser to the Sind provincial government and a son-in-law of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan , as responsible for instigating the attack against her . |
3 | Children or young people were responsible for instigating the complaint and consequently social workers and police officers were highly dependent on children 's testimonies . |
4 | The choice of time for instigating the policy would be important here ; the cost of mortgage tax relief in 1988 has increased in annual terms from £5 billion to over £6.5 billion . |
5 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
6 | Kept saying something about building a parade of really modern shops . |
7 | How about building a hedgehog house ? |
8 | In one sense CBHPs are not about building a grass roots community health movement but more about broadening the popular understanding of the root causes of ill health . |
9 | Now they 're talking about building a bypass around Winchelsea . |
10 | One hears so many discussions in the name of drama from children in role as town councillors arguing about building a swimming baths or an old people 's home . |
11 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
12 | That one about building the house ? |
13 | In one extraordinary case in July 1988 , the reason the officer gave for doubting the name and address of the person arrested was that ‘ suspects usually gave false names and addresses ’ . |
14 | In 4.2 I gave reasons for doubting the existence or if not the existence the usefulness of infallible beliefs . |
15 | We give here the main reasons for doubting the validity of Urquhart 's population dose estimates , and for rejecting the conclusions of the accompanying contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ ( pB74 ) . |
16 | However , probably because of the demonstration that preceded the classroom observations , the children completely ignored the researchers and their equipment , and there were no grounds for doubting the naturalness of their behaviour . |
17 | However , in the same Pul Eliya context , the business of the two pots with the gold coins formed part of the procedure for bringing a spirit medium out of his state of possession , while the business of the head shroud worn by an individual in a state of dangerous sanctity occurred in an elaborate ritual for the painting of the eyes of a new image of the Lord Buddha . |
18 | The connotations of this in the creation of manhood were made clear by Baden Powell , founder of the Scout movement , who observed that masturbation checks the semen from getting its full chance of making the strong , manly man : ‘ You are throwing away the seed that has been handed down to you as a trust instead of keeping it and ripening it for bringing a son to you later on . ’ |
19 | The period of limitation for bringing an action arising out of carriage under the CMR convention is one year . |
20 | where you have missed the time limit for presenting an unfair dismissal application ( the normal limitation period for bringing an action for breach of contract in the civil courts is six years , rather than the strict three-month time limit for pursuing an unfair dismissal claim ) ; |
21 | This places an additional responsibility on an Area Director in deciding whether an applicant for legal aid has reasonable grounds for bringing an action as plaintiff — the Director may be protecting unassisted defendants as well as the public purse . |
22 | The CPA 1987 amends the Limitation Act 1980 with respect to time limits for bringing an action ( see s6(6) and Sched 1 ) . |
23 | He denounced the Republicans in the New York state legislature for bringing the state to the " brink of disaster " by blocking agreement on a plan to close an estimated $875 million gap in the current state budget and deal with a $3,600 million deficit for the coming year , but acknowledged that he could not contemplate campaigning in New Hampshire whilst his state faced such a crisis . |
24 | Yet on an island where even nature conservationists seem bent on taming every last acre , I think that the time may be ripe for bringing the word — and the kind of land it refers to — back into currency . |
25 | It was the start of a series of events that led finally to his fast exit from America , never to return , and many close to him believe to this day he was eventually ostracized by powerful Hollywood money for bringing the film industry into such disrepute . |
26 | ‘ Thank you for bringing the message . |
27 | We are grateful to this member for bringing the subject before us . |
28 | The whole br reason for bringing the scheme forward in the programme was associated with the waste management plant and it was n't er er a scheme which would have achieved that priority in its own right . |
29 | Its report , entitled Special Education Needs , contained important recommendations for bringing the education of handicapped pupils into line with that for ordinary children . |
30 | St Tuttston Bastian of Tankerville was the foundation stud dog of the Tankerville Kennels and was probably responsible for bringing the breed to the notice of the general public . |