Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) The contract may limit liability to certain heads of damage : if the goods prove defective our liability is limited to the refund of all payments made by the Buyer or if the goods prove defective our liability is limited to the cost of repairing or making good the defects in the goods , provided that , if the cost of repair exceeds the contract price , we may at our option replace the goods or refund all payments made by the Buyer and such replacement or refund shall be in full satisfaction of all our liability under this contract . |
| 2 | This involves nothing more than putting right the small faults such as leaks , poor control settings and using excessive temperatures or times for various energy consuming activities . |
| 3 | The tribunal itself need do nothing to further the appeal , other than making available the notes of evidence and the chairman 's record of the hearing . |
| 4 | Are you also saying that soap operas , in particular — it may be other programmes as well — are picking up on and creating a space for discussing topics that really are preoccupying people , and rendering conscious a lot of issues that are ‘ out there ’ already ? |
| 5 | You know he 's going into the country so I 'm to go too and I 'll live nearby in a little room or a shed , for I 'm going to put my life in order , I 'm crazed with living in London and in the pubs and getting drunk every day , no wonder I could n't write poetry , for I could n't think . |
| 6 | Unesco was able to assure the societies of its continuing important service as coordinator between them and the Soprintendenze , also saving them 4% VAT , and making available an employee and its office in St Mark 's Square . |
| 7 | An excellent drill is to think in terms of rallying , with targets of 30 , 50 , 100 or whatever you think you are capable of doing — and making sure the ball lands between the service line and the baseline . |
| 8 | Attaching carpet piercing spikes to the base , and making sure the system pierces the top few millimetres of wood below the carpet adds further to security . |
| 9 | Put a lid on the saucepan and cook slowly for about one hour , stirring occasionally and making sure the chicken joints are turned every fifteen minutes or so . |
| 10 | Maria Candida ordered the following morning , and when Sara obeyed slipped the kirtle over her head , pulling the skirt down over her waist and making sure the bodice was not twisted on the girl 's white shoulders . |
| 11 | These are establishing analogues , integrating technologies , understanding uncertainties and making sure the right people are in the right place at the right time . |
| 12 | She then turned her attention to the food that needed to be cooked , placing it within easy reach of the barbecue , and making sure the necessary utensils for handling it were nearby . |
| 13 | And power lies in the files , in knowing , and making sure the knowledge can not be checked or shared . |
| 14 | For fax has now arrived with a vengeance , doubling its United Kingdom sales annually and making possible a world in which a businessman in Croydon may instantly replicate his A4 thoughts complete with illegible signature — upon desks in Hull , Hoboken or Hong Kong . |
| 15 | The latter would be the work of so many interchangeable ‘ hands ’ executing and making possible the designs of superordinate others . |
| 16 | A spiritual dimension is at work in all religions and constantly pushing and making uncomfortable the easy surrender to unspiritual and despiritualizing tendencies . |
| 17 | With such questions , a major task lies in unpacking the word-play , and making clear the distinctions you are drawing from the formulation of the question . |
| 18 | So welcome WHYTE and barking mad THE BLACK DOG . |
| 19 | Should the judges take it into their heads to question this ‘ authority ’ ( as occasionally they have ) then much of it is not too difficult to discount , as being obiter dicta , or as relating only to a rather narrow , specific point , ( e.g. the effect of a fraud on the Private Bills Committee of the House of Commons ) and leaving untouched the broader general question . |
| 20 | On Nov. 13 a 16-year-old Palestinian was captured after crossing into Israel from Jordan and shooting dead an Israeli soldier . |
| 21 | It seems he first complained of a headache and feeling shivery a couple of days ago . |
| 22 | A Speaker takes charge of the Questions , so when a player lands on a Ballot Box they simply pick a number ( there are 120 questions for 50 , 216 questions for 25 ) and the Speaker asks questions ( giving clues if necessary but making sure no question is asked twice ) . |
| 23 | This colour is used to cover all the lower part of the picture , but leaving white the reflections of the masts , the roller-reefed jib sails and the yacht hulls . |
| 24 | These conceded Indian representation on an elective basis in both the central and provincial councils of government , while maintaining intact the principle of the irresponsible executive . |
| 25 | The intention — set out in Plan for Action — was to increase consultant numbers by 2.8% a year while keeping constant the number of senior registrars and reducing modestly the number of career registrars . |
| 26 | Document preparation systems based on mark-up ( such as LaTeX ) , while making explicit the crucial distinction between logical and physical structures of a document , are difficult for beginners to use , and provoke the frequent cry from those more interested in use than principle of ‘ why use this , it 's so much easier using [ my favourite word processor ] ’ . |
| 27 | Emanuel Shinwell , who has never changed his mind on this issue , was clear in 1918 about the wrong-headedness of destroying the people 's grammar schools while leaving unscathed the privileged Public Schools : ‘ We were afraid to tackle the public schools to which the wealthy people send their sons , but at the same time are ready to throw overboard the grammar schools which are for many working-class boys the stepping-stone to the universities and a useful career . |
| 28 | A simple rule — To use when making good the Inbound Track is : QDM more than your required QDM … |
| 29 | This view informs every page of I.A. Richards 's Principles of Literary Criticism , where the critic is seen as making explicit the states of mind produced in the reader by the literary work . |
| 30 | The snags they sort out can be as simple as making sure a contractor understands plans properly to having to re-design equipment found to need modification when it is being installed . |