Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lilies have to push their way through thyme covering the soil of their pots , so that there 's a green covering even when the eye-catching bulbs have finished flowering . |
| 2 | MILLIONAIRE Alan Sugar will be staying on as chairman following the defeat of his buy-out plan . |
| 3 | The deal is a timely boost for Scotland 's top steeplechase after a long , fruitless search for support following the decision by William Hill , sponsor for the past 15 years , to pull out after last year 's race . |
| 4 | a sketch of a page for printing showing the position of text and illustrations and giving general instructions . |
| 5 | In the ideal conditions for wave riding the wind is blowing parallel to the shore but , as with jumping , you can get away with winds that blow slightly onshore . |
| 6 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 7 | There are other processes ( or what some might regard as ‘ tricks ’ ) the investigator can use , for instance establishing the effectiveness of wheel braking on a slippery runway by means of the longitudinal acceleration recording . |
| 8 | Some of the common strategies deployed within lyrics , for instance creating the impression of the lyric 's reader as an intruder gazing voyeuristically into texts meant for private circulation , is one of the devices employed by poets to protect themselves . |
| 9 | In fact the extent to which this happens , and to which aid itself directly finances consumption , for instance paying the salaries of local staff , has been a matter of controversy among economists . |
| 10 | An account he submitted for payment covering the period 9 December 1541 to 12 June 1543 ( Arber II.50–60 ) is admirably detailed , concerning not only quantities and costs of proclamations but also special purchases of books for the king , with the style and price of binding . |
| 11 | The next stage is to translate this into actual artwork , ready for exposure using the ultra-violet system . |
| 12 | The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures and Commerce ( RSA ) has outlined new plans for its Better Environment Awards for Industry following the prime minister 's announcement that there will be a new Queen 's Award for Environmental Achievement . |
| 13 | When he heard about Bonanza parking the Fraser girl on ice out in the country he must have figured it was his chance for the big killing . |
| 14 | For future planning the report recommended the regular collection and review of statistics at four levels : |
| 15 | The teenager who can not find a job , the young mother with no one but toddlers to talk to , the active man forced to retire because of age regulations , the person who spends day after day doing the same repetitive work — all these people , and many others , may suffer from extreme boredom . |
| 16 | This one appear to have broken shortly after impact spinning the car onto its jagged edge . |
| 17 | Mom ? a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
| 18 | Rupert 's having a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
| 19 | The letters ‘ c ’ and ‘ x ’ refer to the dilution factor used in the preparation of the remedy and it need not concern us here , as to all practical intents and purposes for home prescribing the difference is negligible . |
| 20 | Private law might be defined as law regulating the relations of private persons , whether individuals , corporations , or unincorporated associations , with one another . |
| 21 | Hence a prime accounting task is to ensure that for business-portfolio planning the financial details of embryo businesses being built for the future are separated from those of ongoing businesses . |
| 22 | Now you will hear the old buggers tell you how their hearts are kindled and the blood bubbles in their veins at the prospect of war : banners snapping angrily in the breeze ; war horses caparisoned for battle pawing the ground ; brave young men in shining armour , their faces flushed with the prospect of war ; swords sharpened , helmets plumed . |
| 23 | A database containing information relating to bibliographic references including abstracts will be a literary work as will a database such as LEXIS containing the full text of legal cases and statutes . |
| 24 | The desire for children may determine the timing of marriage , rather than the desire for marriage determining the arrival of children . |
| 25 | The chief executive of Gwynedd County Council , Huw V Thomas , who is acting as co-ordinator following the flood damage in the Aberconwy area , last night praised the 50 Army personnel for the work they put in during the day to help clear up the mess in the Morfa Conwy and Llandudno Junction areas . |
| 26 | Others might argue that this idea of the personal as a form of unity admitting the most internal complexity is beside the point . |
| 27 | Both the scale and rate of change affecting the operation of the company have been dramatic over the last nine months . |
| 28 | United by a sense of shared adversity , party leaders in Peking and East Berlin have now forgotten their past quarrels to confront what both see as their common enemy — the forces of change sweeping the rest of the Communist world . |
| 29 | Reporting on the decade of change following the 1971 Census , the CES found : first , in those areas under consideration , there has been a population decline of 20 per cent , whereas the population at large has grown . |
| 30 | This is because freckled skin indicates a pigmentary imbalance , and the area of skin surrounding the freckles has less ability to protect itself . |