Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 6 a.m. the morning was fairly quiet , except for the occasional sniping . |
| 2 | Britain 's 56 area Probation Committees have a statutory responsibility for the efficient carrying out the work of the Probation Service , mainly through delegated management by the chief probation officer . |
| 3 | This compensates for the top-lighting. making the animals look flatter and less conspicuous . |
| 4 | As for the 1991 cruising season , most of the Med is still perfectly safe to visit . |
| 5 | Check the excellent scantily clads and look for the blatant Talkin Loud ‘ inspiration ’ |
| 6 | In Britain , for the Irish entering in search of a new life , Liverpool and London stations were their gateways to the streets more often paved with misery than with gold . |
| 7 | ‘ Those extensive powers are conferred upon the court for the beneficial winding up of the company , for sometimes it happens that the liquidator is unable to obtain from unwilling persons the information which he requires . |
| 8 | These powers are : ( i ) to make any compromise with creditors or persons claiming to be creditors ; ( ii ) to bring or defend proceedings ; ( iii ) to carry on the business of the bankrupt so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the estate ; ( iv ) to accept payment in the future on the sale of any property comprised in the estate . |
| 9 | TASK 5 was similar to TASK 4 but lots of class preparation was substituted for the individualised re-drafting process . |
| 10 | Indeed today in the High Court a petition is being presented for the compulsory winding up of the company . |
| 11 | George Wilson of Reddings , Moffat , and Neil Manning of Tweedshaws , Tweedsmuir , Biggar also spent 2,800gns for Barlaes Teviot , a two-year-old from R&M Fergusson , Barlaes , Dalry , and this was followed at 2,200gns by a bid from FA Waugh of Kilnstown , Carlisle , for the first prizewinning Huntly Yarrow shown by R&M McIntosh of Outer Huntly , Ashkirk , Selkirk . |
| 12 | The next year 1937 , followed likewise , and a bumper crop of free anonymous gifts arrived — monogrammed crockery , chain and post fencing ‘ for the new putting green ’ , fire baskets , lighting , dining room alterations , redecorating ( and the bar-hatch ! ) , and so on . |
| 13 | By then Leith was feeling more than a shade guilty that she was the one responsible for the two having met . |
| 14 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 15 | The dog , which was hardly backed at 5–1 , clocked a tremendous 27.47 secs for the 450 metres trip , and even allowing for the +30 going still ‘ found ’ 47 spots . |
| 16 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 17 | The successive replacement of dA by d ystems3C A resulted in a considerable drop in the T m values of the duplexes , 317.6 K for the unmodified duplex ( duplex 1 ) as compared to 304.2 K for the duplex containing three d 3C A residues ( duplex 4 ) and the thermodynamic parameters clearly demonstrate that d 3C A destabilises the duplexes . |
| 18 | A joint communiqué released on Feb. 7 by Pizarro and government peace negotiator Rafael Pardo Ruedas had announced that a pact would be signed on Feb. 14 conferring a general amnesty on the guerrillas in return for the M-19 relinquishing their arms and returning to civilian life . |
| 19 | As she did both Ellie and Patsy stuck their hands into the jar together for the delicious looking cookies . |
| 20 | Employers demanded that unions bargain with them on an industry-wide basis and their pressure was critical for the eventual securing of the industrial union principle of organisation . |
| 21 | The result tied the record for the worst drubbing an American pair had ever received in Ryder Cup Fourballs and also sent Olazabal into raptures about his senior partner . |
| 22 | Options will be granted under seal and will be exercisable within a period of ten years and will entitle the recipients to acquire ordinary shares in the Company at a price determined by the Committee , being not less than the average of the middle market quotations for such shares as derived from the Daily Official List of The Stock Exchange for the three dealing days immediately preceding the date of grant or the market value ( as agreed with the Inland Revenue ) of the shares as at the date of grant ( or , in the case of new shares , their nominal value if greater ) . |
| 23 | We have to give thanks for the magnificent giving to the Camphill Project . |
| 24 | The scheme is also supposed to compensate for the different addressing schemes that the networks use . |
| 25 | Where the proceedings are in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) , it is a defence under s.94(4) to prove , on a balance of probabilities , ( the burden being on the defendant ) that the accumulation or deposit was necessary for the effectual carrying on of a business or manufacture , was not kept longer than necessary , and that best practicable means were used to prevent them from being prejudicial to health or a nuisance . |
| 26 | She saw him lift his head , alert as a hunter for the slightest weakening in his quarry . |
| 27 | And this I I find is one of the helpful things and when you get together not during the actual talking the actual session but er . |
| 28 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
| 29 | FROM Graham White come more photographs of Tamiami Airport , taken during the expensive mopping up operation after the terrible night of August 24 . |
| 30 | And if a Palestinian Arab fled his or her home during the 1948 fighting for an area controlled by Arab forces — even though the individual did not in any way participate in the war — Israeli law effectively deprived the owners of their homes and lands . |