Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [subord] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A partly-exempt business with branches outside the UK has not been allowed to include the value of overseas branch supplies when calculating its proportion of recoverable input tax . |
| 2 | The uniform group of objects that the programmer has when using an object-oriented model , also reduces the sting of the ‘ elegance and simplicity ’ argument used against the proponents of semantic data modelling . |
| 3 | A proposal canvassed in the CDP by David Bethel , Director of Leicester Polytechnic and a member of the CNAA 's working party , was for an individual ‘ Institutional Committee ’ for each institution designated as having achieved ‘ mature status ’ , to act on behalf of the CNAA , to consult with the institution and to replace institutional visits — another CDP proposal which did not gain CNAA support . |
| 4 | Paul Cole 's grey , who has won in Ireland , Italy , Germany and Canada , had a neck to spare when taking her second Vodafone Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday . |
| 5 | During that time he worked with wool blending as Teasing Foreman and latterly as assistant to the Raw Materials ' Manager in the Warehouse office . |
| 6 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 7 | Mr Rifkind , the Transport Secretary , retained his Edinburgh Pentlands seat — a result seen as justifying Mr Major 's decision to confront demands for devolution and separation by emphasising his support for the continued union between Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 8 | In phonology , a term used when describing where sounds are made in the mouth , as with in sooner |
| 9 | This refers to the front of the mouth as opposed to the centre or back of the mouth ; a term used when describing where sounds are made in the mouth . |
| 10 | The size of figure represented on the card which an individual child can discriminate is then set against the information in the conversion table which indicates the correct text size usable by the child , as well as indicating the visual aid needed when reading certain print sizes at specific distances . |
| 11 | Other typical signs indicating a problem with sharp teeth are , as already mentioned , the evasion of the bit and the horse quidding while eating ( food drops out of the mouth ) ; nodding while being ridden , hanging on the bit to one side , ie pulling on one rein and , in more extreme cases , rearing and bolting. teeth should be left until they are mature . |
| 12 | People tend to invest more time deciding on a house purchase or what car to buy than deciding what to do with their lives and how to develop themselves . |
| 13 | But it is possible to reduce company car costs while increasing the employee 's perceived remuneration . |
| 14 | The APR takes into account any setting up costs of the loan , and is the best yardstick to use when comparing the costs of the different forms of credit . |
| 15 | The APR takes into account any setting up costs of the loan , and is the best yardstick to use when comparing the costs of the different forms of credit . |
| 16 | But given the ineptitude displayed when dealing with some elementary features , e.g. the placing of the base of the cantharus , in pI . |
| 17 | it differs in direction and speed from the true wind experienced when standing still . |
| 18 | In many respects any issue that a department regards as requiring a ministerial decision is likely to be describable as a ‘ policy issue ’ . |
| 19 | What is seldom realised , until a first cross-country , is the vast increase in mental workload involved when soaring , map reading , field landings and flying have to be thought of , instead of just how to stay up . |
| 20 | She told him about open heart surgery , and lasers ; about credit cards and the cost of living , and the vast expense involved when buying a moderately sized residence like Rose Cottage , which he regarded as little short of scandalous , totally unable to begin to comprehend such vast sums of money being paid for such a relatively small return . |
| 21 | It 's heading for a two and a half million pound overspend while having to deal with more than nine thousand repairs . |
| 22 | For the couple made their wedding vows while floating in a balloon 600 feet above the ground in Orlando , Florida , in a sensational start to their married life . |
| 23 | Collins and Brown scotch that notion , but uncertainty remains whether inserting an implement into the premises is sufficient . |
| 24 | One observes that the only difference between these verbs and know lies in the type of condition invoked as allowing one to represent the person or thing denoted by the direct object as being in the state denoted by the infinitive : knowledge vs belief or opinion . |
| 25 | Warning : it is dangerous to let your mind wander when using the guillotine . |
| 26 | Perhaps the most important rule to follow when delivering your speech is to make sure that you are relaxed right from the start . |
| 27 | You must take a glass back to the kitchen to drink whilst preparing the Direktor 's lunch . ’ |
| 28 | Thus only the infinitive is part of the verbal system , and to is an element brought in from outside this system to provide for incidence to a support seen as occupying a place in time before the beginning of the event . |
| 29 | But uncontrollable impulse , caused by mental defect , is not at present accepted as exempting from criminal liability , except that it may serve to reduce murder to manslaughter ( see pp. 167–8 ) . |
| 30 | Interestingly , the manuscript regarded as providing the best text of the poem , Bibliothèque National fr.19152 , labels the work a " " fable " " in the first line while the other copies read " " fabliaus " " or " " fableaus " " , suggesting that the category of fabliau may not have been so clearly defined and recognized at this early date as it was later to become . |