Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical . |
| 2 | Either keeping personal creditors accounts or making sundry creditors adjustments can consume inordinate amounts of administrative and accounting time . |
| 3 | According to the report , the New York-based Lawyers ' Committee for Human Rights had obtained evidence that the 17 had been charged with " vague and broadly worded offences " under a 1965 government decree which outlawed actions " opposing any of the goals of the revolution , or advocating any disorderly acts or publishing false news with the aim of causing disorder " . |
| 4 | Since these qualities are fundamentally expressions of values , attitudes and feelings within the persons , traditional in-service training approaches which concentrate on conveying new knowledge , imparting particular skills or prescribing certain patterns of behaviour are insufficient for headship development . |
| 5 | In Lewes , as in many other Sussex towns , the patriotism of the Bonfire displays , heightened during the wars with France , could spill easily over into a week of repeated apprentice riots , with the participants throwing bricks through the windows of unpopular employers or threatening personal violence and arson . |
| 6 | And illustrate acceptance of the need to keep their own skills and knowledge up to date through participation in education activities or training appropriate to their role in industry . |
| 7 | ‘ … a fiscal and accounting entity with self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances and changes therein which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations , restrictions or limitations . ’ |
| 8 | Needing to score quickly , West Indies made 176 at nearly five an over , despite some fine bowling from Snow , when Lloyd declared with five wickets down , setting England the task of surviving for five and a quarter hours or scoring 339 to win . |
| 9 | The opposite is generally applicable for standard equipment , but of course there is a financial reward for adapting to standard , readily available products or modifying standard products to suit your needs . |
| 10 | Trailing wires can so easily be cut when trimming back hedges or mowing long grass . |
| 11 | Most could be prevented by following simple safety rules or taking simple precautions . |
| 12 | There will be no means , in such a society , of deliberately adapting the rules to changing circumstances , either by eliminating old rules or introducing new ones : for , again , the possibility of doing this presupposes the existence of rules of a different type from the primary rules of obligation by which alone the society lives … |
| 13 | And evidence shows that women feel more inhibited by things like not having cleaned their teeth or feeling grubby . |
| 14 | Italians only find skiing interesting when they 're shouting epithets or carving each other up , which makes for severe anxiety neurosis among less passionate mortals . |
| 15 | For instance by encouraging an active interest in the environment in which we live , and by supporting groups or promoting cleaner technology , less pollution and less waste , we 're ensuring the quality of life for future generations , and also the potential for future business opportunities . |
| 16 | However , the penalty was that English grammar dominated his description and there were , therefore , long sequences where signing stopped and only English was produced , since there were no direct sign-for-word translations . |
| 17 | And , of course , if you ever need any help organising dinner parties or entertaining any of Julius 's important business clients , I 'd be delighted to give you some advice . |
| 18 | People holding loud parties or operating noisy machinery will be closely scrutinised by the council 's environmental health officers . |
| 19 | The Davis/Baker/Tear recording , made for Philips in 1977 , is so deservedly well-known and admired that anybody thinking about changing allegiances or buying another version in preference must be urged to think twice . |
| 20 | At the moment our whole economy is based on natural found hydrocarbons — oil , petrol — as these begin to run out , then we 've got to find a way of making these or substitutes for them , and this is what chemistry is all about , making new compounds or making old compounds in new ways . |
| 21 | There are still , thank God , a few areas where one can work without either having to use computers or feeling guilty because one does not . |
| 22 | Such spiritual afflictions , then , are to be found in circumstances where other secular means of ventilating grievances or pursuing vital interests are blocked , or very restricted . |
| 23 | The risks involved in entering new markets , new sectors or using new processes can be externalized or shared within conglomerate groups or underwritten by the state on behalf of society . |
| 24 | However , this does not take account of the fact that some of the housing stock will be vacant for frictional reasons , or because of government policy , or its unattractiveness , or use as second homes : furthermore , some dwellings may be unfit , lacking amenities or requiring substantial repairs — in England alone two million had at least one of these physical problems in 1981 ( English House Condition Survey , 1982 , p. 3 ) . |
| 25 | The speed of flow is impressive , far faster than any human could achieve either with traditional methods or using earlier versions of PageMaker and so the feature is a genuinely worthwhile addition to the product . |
| 26 | Wiring together the jaws of compulsive overeaters or performing surgical Operations to reduce the abdominal apron or reduce the length of the intestines , and hence reduce their capacity to absorb food , or inserting inflatable balloons through an endoscopic tube into the stomach , or performing liposuction to various parts of the body , all show no understanding of the primary spiritual nature Of addictive disease . |
| 27 | Many of their customers are suffering losses or going bust , so they have bad debts . |
| 28 | It would encourage pupils to relate to their own uniqueness as a normal activity — not as something done in special sessions or requiring special structures or special input by someone like a teacher . |
| 29 | We think it would also be useful if the Director General of Fair Trading made it clear to traders that advocating follow-on credit is unfair , and expect ( from what they told us ) that the National Consumer Credit Federation and Consumer Credit Association would support him in persuading traders to abandon the practice . |
| 30 | And while it is easy enough for an experienced journalist to write that synopsis from memory ( checking for the elusive name of Software Arts and making sure that it really was PrairieTek that vanished last year ) , it would take a deal of research and above all deep thought to put together a dissertation on why things panned out the way they did , the fatal mistakes , the good decisions that each company made to achieve triumph or disaster , or both in quick succession . |