Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an order can prohibit the cutting down , topping , or lopping of trees except with the consent of the local planning authority . |
| 2 | Suspicious documentation e.g. changes or alterations to estimates or invoices , same writing or typing on estimates or receipts as on claim form , no company logo on documentation . |
| 3 | These winds make Bitez our recommended centre for those keen on developing more advanced sailing skills — trapezing , strong wind sailing , bombing in Lasers or struggling with windsurfers . |
| 4 | Nutritional counselling aims not to prescribe yet another rigid diet but to guide the patient back to eating in a normal and relaxed way , with sufficient flexibility to adapt to various social settings such as going to a restaurant or eating with friends . |
| 5 | Their Neolithic context is confirmed by occurrences in the cairn of Cairnholy , south-west Scotland , in the causewayed enclosure at High Peak , Devonshire , and above all on the course of the Sweet timber trackway in the Somerset Levels dated in radiocarbon years to c. 3200 B.C. The absence of any trace of haft or binding under conditions exceptionally favourable for the survival of organic materials and the lack of the slightest sign of wear suggest that the jadeite celt was deposited as an unhafted and unused blade to fulfil a symbolic role . |
| 6 | There is much vocal participation by all who are present , in singing and in giving testimonies or prophecies , as well as in speaking or singing in tongues . |
| 7 | Management consultants These may be engaged for certain specific tasks such as evaluating the bid , developing a post acquisition stategy or helping with submissions to merger control authorities . |
| 8 | A flash of sunlight , burning logs , an old psalm tune , fallen leaves , are part of his remembered world ; as are ballads , songs and dance rhythms , the sound of water sliding down window panes , or slapping against holes in the river bank . |
| 9 | With the literal meaning of writing or drawing about whores , it may be applied nowadays to practically anything which affects the senses and excites sexual associations . |
| 10 | Although some could do this through using their savings or drawing on insurances , many could not , with women much less likely than men to be able to support themselves by these means ( Roebuck and Slaughter , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | This was the case in their technique of writing or drawing on photos , or photographing bits of reality , like J.A . |
| 12 | This was the case in their technique of writing or drawing on photos , or photographing bits of reality — like J. A. Boiffard 's telescopically enlarged shot of a big toe ( Le Gros Orteil ) — which seem primarily to be ( in this case phallic ) signifiers . |
| 13 | But there were children with the women here and there , subdued children eating chips or drawing on pieces of paper on the floor . |
| 14 | These , when I passed them , I saw to be sitting or kneeling beside cradles , rocking them , or singing , or gazing intently . |
| 15 | There are some delightful and newly published illustrations of them from manuscripts they made , peering out of initials which they are still painting , or kneeling in corners , or , in the case of Nicolaus Bertschi of Augsburg , apparently accepting a mug of beer from his wife Margaret . |
| 16 | In entertaining , begging , or hawking at stations they were making shift to use the railway as an inadequate substitute . |
| 17 | A series of disasters involving public safety travelling or spectating at sports stadiums have occurred since 1985 . |
| 18 | They are largely caused by a lack of knowledge or understanding in chambers where no ground rules are laid down . |
| 19 | Third parties are those outside a bilateral relationship , whether formally created , for example by treaty or the commencement of proceedings , or occurring through events such as the outbreak of armed conflict . |
| 20 | Try standing the legs of greenhouse benches or staging in trays or saucers of water to make an impassable barrier . |
| 21 | Consumers will have the right to hit back hard if they suspect overcharging or cheating by firms including banks , stores , BT and water companies . |
| 22 | Crews from all over the world were competing at Henley this weekend … for women rowers this is the big event of the year … but times are a changing … there 'll be a women 's single sculls at this years main Henley Regatta … they 've been there before in invitation races or coxing in men 's crews but competing in international competition is quite a breakthrough |
| 23 | She saw more of England driving with him in his car , or walking through cities while he attended to business , then she ever had before . |
| 24 | Watch out for household products being used up too fast or appearing in places where they are not usually kept . |
| 25 | The smallest varieties are the most prized , so the plants have to be picked over every two or three days to prevent the buds from becoming either too large or opening into flowers . |
| 26 | Like a baby , playing with plastic beakers on the edge of a volcano , or shuddering at tales of the Big Bad Wolf while monstrous murderers sharpened their knives at the door . |
| 27 | A single dose of Puls 200 produced a night free of flushes but this did n't hold and repetition of the Puls 200 after 2 days had no effect nor did increasing to Puls 1M or returning to Puls LM4 . |
| 28 | It can still be said , he suggests , ‘ that there are some things capable of being known , though they are still not ones that can be known with an Aristotelian knowledge , but only experientially , or according to appearances ’ . |
| 29 | Little mention has been made so far of those elements of material forms which relate to each other in an ordered fashion , and which may thereby influence the manner in which they are utilized in constituting cultural patterns or acting as systems of meaning . |
| 30 | If you can not afford the furniture or floorcovering you want , further trips to shops or markets , or looking at suppliers ' catalogues , should give you more inspiration . |