Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] this [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When confronted with the difficult problem of explaining this the diffusionist will try to establish the movement 's place of origin . |
| 2 | a relaxation of the regulations on the combinations of single fields in Stage II ( the previous regulation in effect required a 50 : 50 split , now 7/16 acceptable modules was the minimum for one field ( the Course rejected the idea of calling this a major/minor system ) ; |
| 3 | Within a few minutes of receiving this the King had written back regretting that lie was unable to alter his decision . |
| 4 | In Britton , the actions of the defendant took place late at night , and at some distance from the street , and the court took the view that these facts militated against calling this a distribution , although it said that had there been evidence that the documents were visible to whoever passed by , this might amount to publication , with which the particular defendant had not been charged . |
| 5 | Mind , I get bored to tears with doing this every damn day ! |
| 6 | In deciding this the governing body recognised the successes of the existing educational decision-making ‘ cycle ’ and saw that this success should be built upon under LMS , not swept aside . |
| 7 | You may well think indeed that I 'm wasting your time in calling this an assumption rather than recognising it as a plain fact . |
| 8 | In doing this the anthropologist ‘ at home ’ quickly comes to understand why he must always stand on the margins of structure . |
| 9 | The significance of this case is not only that the House of Lords effectively over-ruled the majority decision in Candler but also that in doing this the judgment went beyond Lord Denning 's minority judgment . |
| 10 | Vice president of development , Saiid Zarrabian , admits the company has spent the last three years ‘ in perpetual transition , desperately trying to find out what it is good at … in doing this the company has lost time and money trying to make good the things it started . ’ |
| 11 | In doing this the government was employing techniques perfected from the sixteenth century onwards in the expansion of the Muscovite state towards the Black Sea and the Volga basin . |
| 12 | In doing this the subject will fail to detect that it was not trespasses that was presented , but the mispronunciation tresbasses . |
| 13 | His side played a significant part in making this a good match . |
| 14 | On hearing this the Queen 's anger knew no bounds . |
| 15 | ‘ But I am ready to ignore any further transfer rumours for the time being and concentrate on making this a successful season for Rangers . ’ |
| 16 | On discovering this the seller immediately informed the police and the Automobile Association . |
| 17 | Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning . |
| 18 | By doing this the work of the council is expedited and the officers of the council are able to get on with the instructions of the committee without waiting for confirmation by the council of the decisions of the committee . |
| 19 | It is felt that by doing this the planning department can gain a better understanding of the information needed by the business units , their concerns and possible ways in which they could be assisted . |
| 20 | By saying this a I appear to inflict on his person a kind of mineral water torture : he twitches and tics , fusses and winks , and the bruised ends of his finger tips madly tempt him . |